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Periglaciation (redirect from Periglacial environments)Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal...12 KB (1,375 words) - 23:24, 7 June 2024
periglacial environments are anywhere that freezing and thawing modify the landscape in a significant manner. The tundra climate or periglacial zone is...4 KB (450 words) - 14:36, 30 January 2024
definition of what a periglacial zone is not clear-cut a conservative estimate is that a quarter of Earth's land surface has periglacial conditions. Beyond...18 KB (1,818 words) - 14:07, 24 May 2024
Permafrost (redirect from Discontinuous permafrost zone)Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 1 (1): 31–43. Bibcode:1990PPPr....1...31F. doi:10.1002/ppp.3430010105. Black, Robert F. (1976). "Periglacial Features...114 KB (12,459 words) - 13:11, 14 June 2024- free dictionary. Permafrost is permanently frozen ground found in periglacial zones. Permafrost may also refer to: Permafrost (novella), a 2019 novella...897 bytes (144 words) - 13:42, 6 February 2022
include Debub Misraqawi Zone Hendrickx, Hanne; Jacob, Miro; Frankl, Amaury; Nyssen, Jan (1 October 2015). "Glacial and periglacial geomorphology and its...7 KB (721 words) - 01:53, 3 November 2022
begin, Above 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) the páramos are replaced by a periglacial zone with very little vegetation, mostly lichens, mosses and some dwarf...10 KB (1,031 words) - 15:01, 22 May 2024- Wetland Park * Ulungur He National Wetland Park, Qinghe * Jeminay Alpine Periglacial Zone National Wetland Park * Nilka Kax He National Wetland Park * Burqin...264 KB (27,401 words) - 17:00, 24 June 2024
interest from geologists and geomorphologists due to its climate creating periglacial landforms and widespread and often thick permafrost occurrences. A first...13 KB (1,330 words) - 23:38, 24 September 2023
Mount Kenya (section Periglacial landforms)Kenya is on the equator the freezing nightly temperatures result in periglacial landforms. There is permafrost a few centimetres (inches) below the surface...77 KB (8,862 words) - 02:38, 15 July 2024- in three zones depending on the evaporation-precipitation ratios. A 1994 review argues that only the concepts of desert, glacial, periglacial and a few...7 KB (586 words) - 00:21, 22 March 2024
Jeffrey R. Moore; Kelly R. MacGregor; Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh (2012). "Periglacial weathering and headwall erosion in cirque glacier bergschrunds". Geology...14 KB (1,534 words) - 21:41, 17 June 2024- characteristics. For example, river activity is common across the globe, but in periglacial environments it causes spring floods from snowmelt, freezing and break-up...2 KB (139 words) - 15:59, 23 September 2023
Giardino, John R.; Houser, Chris (eds.), Chapter 13 - Periglacial Processes and Landforms in the Critical Zone, Developments in Earth Surface Processes, vol. 19...29 KB (3,316 words) - 10:33, 16 July 2024
during the sustained permafrost and tundra-like conditions in the periglacial zones of multiple ice ages. Although the southern limit of the main glaciation...27 KB (3,196 words) - 15:27, 2 May 2024
habitat extremization in latitudinal and high — altitude gradients of periglacial zones of Siberia. This project is aimed at studying the regularities of...6 KB (680 words) - 20:23, 19 October 2023
occurs in the form of snow, and the summit of Mauna Loa is described as a periglacial region, where freezing and thawing play a significant role in shaping...93 KB (9,935 words) - 22:40, 4 July 2024
they are associated with the oldest stages of activity at Parinacota. Periglacial landscapes are frequent in the area; they include rounded landforms,...79 KB (9,426 words) - 13:13, 15 January 2024
Mount's Bay (section Marine Conservation Zone)cliffs to Rinsey Head after which the cliffs are topped by Pleistocene periglacial head and have eroded to form sandy beaches such as those at Praa Sands...18 KB (2,298 words) - 16:50, 1 April 2024
surroundings are noted for their patterns of unusual circular stone formed by periglacial action. A metal observation tower with a relief map of the region stands...8 KB (679 words) - 14:19, 6 July 2024
- freezing during summer Low precipitation Once covered in snow Can be periglacial Wet climate due to orographic rainfall The ripping of material from the