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The periglacial environment / 6 6 by Hugh M. French. - Fourth edition. - - 1 online resource. - - - - - . - . - 0 . - . - 0 .

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The Periglacial Domain. Introduction -- Periglacial Climates -- Periglacial Ecosystems -- Frozen Ground and Permafrost. Ground Freezing, Permafrost and the Active Layer -- Permafrost Distribution and Stability -- Ground Ice and Cryostratigraphy -- Aggradational Permafrost Landforms -- Thermokarst Processes and Landforms -- Periglacial Geomorphology. Cold-Climate Weathering -- Mass-Wasting Processes and Active-Layer Phenomena -- Azonal Processes and Landforms -- Slope Development and Landscape Evolution -- Pleistocene Periglacial Environments. The Pleistocene Periglacial Domain -- Previously-Frozen Ground -- Pleistocene Periglaciation -- Human Occupance and The Periglacial Environment. Urban and Social Infrastructure -- Transportation and Resource Development.

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