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The introduction of the term periglacial by Lozinski in 1909 to describe the cold-climate conditions in the zone adjacent to, but beyond, the Pleistocene glaciers encouraged the separate development of geocryological and glaciological research. Geological and geomorphological processes at the interface between glaciers and permafrost have, as a result, been given less attention than they warrant, and the influence of one on the other has in many respects been neglected. This book includes a collection of papers that emphasize glacier-permafrost interactions. Papers consider permafrost and its influence on glacitectonic processes, glacial meltwater systems and ground-ice development in proglacial and ice-marginal environments. In addition, recent research findings are reported on paraglacial processes, permafrost evolution, rock glaciers, the formation of ice-wedge casts and periglacial slope evolution. It is hoped that this book will stimulate interest in the interface between glacial and periglacial systems, and encourage further collaborative research involving glaciologists and glacial geologists on the one hand, and geocryologists and permafrost scientists on the other.Also available: Glacier-Influenced Sedimentation on High-Latitude Continental Margins - ISBN 1862391203 Drift Exploration in Glaciated Terrain - ISBN 1862390827 The Geology of Svalbard - ISBN 1897799934
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Cryospheric Systems" Glaciers and Permafrost
Geological Society Special Publications Society Book Editors R. J. PANKHURST (CHIEF EDITOR) P. DOYLE F. J. GREGORY J. S. GRIFFITHS A. J. HARTLEY R. E. HOLDSWORTH J. A. HOWE P. T. LEAT A. C. MORTON N. S. ROBINS J. P. TURNER
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It is recommended that reference to all or part of this book should be made in one of the following ways: HARRIS, C. & MURTON, J. B. (eds) 2005. Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 242. HUMLUM, O. 2005. Holocene permafrost aggradation in Svalbard. In: HARRlS, C. & MURTON, J. B. (eds) 2005. Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 242, 119-130.
G E O L O G I C A L SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 242
Cryospheric Systems" Glaciers and Permafrost EDITED BY
C. HARRIS Cardiff University, UK and
J. B. MURTON University of Sussex, UK