Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface to Fourth Edition
Preface to Third Edition
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Periglacial Domain
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 The Periglacial Concept
1.2 Diagnostic Criteria
1.3 Periglacial Environments
1.4 The Periglacial Domain
1.5 The Periglacial Domain and the Cryosphere
1.6 Disciplinary Considerations
1.7 Societal Considerations
1.8 The Growth of Periglacial Knowledge
Chapter 2: Periglacial Climates
2.1 Boundary Conditions
2.2 Cold Deserts
2.3 Regional Climates
2.4 Snow and Ice
2.5 Wind
2.6 Ground Climates
2.7 Periglacial Climates and Global Climate Change
Chapter 3: Periglacial Ecosystems
3.1 General Statement
3.2 Biogeographic Zonation and Major Vegetation Types
3.3 Adaptations to Cold, Snow, Wind and Aridity
3.4 The Effect of Vegetation
3.5 The Polar Deserts
3.6 The Polar Desert–Tundra Transition
3.7 The Low-Arctic Tundra
3.8 The Forest–Tundra Bioclimatic Boundary (The Tree Line)
3.9 The Boreal Forest
3.10 The Alpine and Montane Ecosystems
3.11 Antarctica – A Special Case
3.12 Periglacial Ecosystems and Climate Change
Part II: Frozen Ground and Permafrost
chapter 4: Ground Freezing, Permafrost and the Active Layer
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Ground Freezing
4.3 Perennially-Frozen Ground (Permafrost)
4.4 Moisture and Ice Within Permafrost
4.5 Thermal and Physical Properties
4.6 Permafrost Hydrology
4.7 The Active Layer
Chapter 5: Permafrost Distribution and Stability
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Controls over Permafrost Distribution
5.3 Spatial Extent of Permafrost and Frozen Ground
5.4 Sub-Sea and Relict Permafrost
5.5 Permafrost and Ecosystems
5.6 Permafrost Monitoring and Mapping
5.7 Climate Warming and Permafrost
Chapter 6: Ground Ice and Cryostratigraphy
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Quantitative Parameters
6.3 Epigenetic, Syngenetic and Polygenetic Permafrost
6.4 Classification
6.5 Main Ground Ice Types
6.6 Ice Distribution
6.7 Cryostratigraphy and Cryolithology
6.10 Massive Ice and Massive-Icy Bodies
6.11 Cryostratigraphy and Past Environments
Chapter 7: Aggradational Permafrost Landforms
7.1 Introduction
7.2 How Does Permafrost Aggrade?
7.3 Thermal-Contraction-Crack Polygons
7.4 Ice and Sand Wedges
7.5 Organic Terrain
7.6 Frost Mounds
Chapter 8: Thermokarst Processes and Landforms
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Thawing Ground
8.3 Causes of Thermokarst
8.4 Thaw-Related Processes
8.5 Thermokarst Sediments and Structures
8.6 Thermokarst Landscapes
8.7 Ice-Wedge Thermokarst Relief
8.8 Thaw Lakes and Depressions
Part III: Periglacial Geomorphology
Chapter 9: Cold-Climate Weathering
9.1 Introduction
9.2 General Weathering Facts
9.3 Freezing and Thawing Indices
9.4 Rock (Frost?) Shattering
9.5 Chemical Weathering
9.6 Cryogenic Weathering
9.7 Cryobiological Weathering
9.8 Rates of Cold-Climate Bedrock Weathering
9.9 Cryosols and Cryopedology
Chapter 10: Mass-Wasting Processes and Active-Layer Phenomena
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Slow Mass-Wasting Processes
10.3 Rapid Mass-Wasting Processes
10.4 Snow Hydrology and Slopewash Processes
10.5 Active-Layer Phenomena
10.6 Patterned Ground
Chapter 11: Azonal Processes and Landforms
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Fluvial Processes and Landforms
11.3 Lakes and Lake Ice
11.4 Coastal Processes and Landforms
11.5 Aeolian Processes, Sediments and Landforms
Chapter 12: Slope Development and Landscape Evolution
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Slope Morphology
12.3 Slope and Valley Development
12.4 Frozen and Thawing Slopes
12.5 Periglacial Slope Evolution
12.6 Landscape Inheritance
Chapter 13: The Pleistocene Periglacial Domain
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The Time Scale and Climatic Fluctuations
13.3 Global (Eustatic) Considerations
13.4 Past Glaciations, Permafrost and Frozen Ground
13.5 Pleistocene Periglacial Environments
13.6 The Pleistocene Periglacial Domain in the Northern Hemisphere
13.7 The Pleistocene Periglacial Domain in the Southern Circumpolar Region
Part IV: Pleistocene Periglacial Environments
Chapter 14: Previously-Frozen Ground
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Past Permafrost Aggradation
14.3 Frost-Fissure Pseudomorphs and Casts
14.4 Frost-Mound Remnants
14.5 Past Permafrost Degradation
14.6 Summary
Chapter 15: Pleistocene Periglaciation
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Intense Frost Action
15.3 Mass-Wasting and Aeolian-Linked Sediment Deposition
15.4 Wind Abrasion and Aeolian Sediment Transport
15.5 Drainage Modification
15.6 Planation and Pedimentation
15.7 A Perspective on Periglaciation
Part V: Human Occupance and The Periglacial Environment
Chapter 16: Urban and Social Infrastructure
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Human Occupance
16.3 Human-Induced Thermokarst
16.4 Cold-Regions Engineering
16.5 Provision of Municipal Infrastructure in Northern Canada
16.6 The Alaskan Experience: The Example of Fairbanks
16.7 Water-Supply Problems
16.8 Urban Infrastructure and Climate Change
Chapter 17: Transportation and Resource Development
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Rivers as Highways
17.3 Roads and Highways
17.4 Railways
17.5 Bridge Construction
17.6 Runways and Airstrips
17.7 Oil and Gas Development
17.8 Mining Activities
References
Index
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Guide
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Preface to Fourth Edition
Part I: The Periglacial Domain
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