The Internal Structure of Periglacial Landforms: Assessments of Subsurface Variations in Permafrost-related and Frost-related Phenomena by Multi-dimen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783958261389)

Periglacial environments are facing dramatic changes. Warming air temperatures and strong snow cover variations fundamentally affect landforming processes in this hotspot region of Climate Change. But before we can assess the response of landform development to a changing climate, we need to enhance our understanding of the internal structure of those landforms. Within this study, a broad scope of landform types from alpine and subarctic regions is investigated: rock glaciers, solifluction lobes, palsas and patterned ground. By using the geophysical methods 2-D and 3-D ERI, as well as GPR surveying, structural differences and similarities between landform units of different or the same landform types are highlighted. This enables a reconstruction of their past and a projection of their future development.

Author: Adrian Alexander Emmert
ISBN-10: 3958261388
ISBN-13: 9783958261389
Publisher: Wurzburg University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2020
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.40d