Periglacial Processes and Landforms in Britain and Ireland

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Preface Introduction Part I. The Search for Analogues Section 1. Present Cold Environments: 1. Periglacial forms of Svalvbard: a review Jonas Akerman 2. Periglacial processes and landforms in the Western Canadian Arctic H. M. French 3. Periglacial phenomena of northern Fennoscandia Matti Seppala 4. Spatial and temporal trends in alpine periglacial studies: implications for paleo reconstruction Colin E. Thorn and Deborah S. Loewenherz Section 2. Pleistocene Conditions in Adjacent Europe: 5. Pleistocene periglacial conditions and geomorphology in north central Europe Johannes Karte 6. Weichselian periglacial structures and their environmental significance: Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France A. Pissart Part II. Britain and Ireland Section 3. Introduction: 7. Permafrost stratigraphy in Britain - a first approximation Peter Worsley 8. Periglacial periods in Ireland William P. Warren 9. The present-day periglaciation of upland Britain Colin K. Ballantyne Section 4. Weathering and soils: 10. Frost weathered mantles on the Chalk R. B. G. Williams 11. Frost and salt weathering as periglacial processes: the results and implications of some laboratory experiments L. C. Jerwood, D. A. Robinson and R. B. G. Williams 12. Effects of the Devensian cold stage on soil characteristics and distribution in eastern England J. A. Catt 13. Periglacial features in the soils of north east Scotland E. A. Fitzpatrick 14. Characteristic ratios of width to depth-of-sorting for sorted stripes in the English Lake District Jeff Warburton 15. Rock platform erosion on periglacial shores: a modern analogue for Pleistocene rock platforms in Britain A. G. Dawson, J. A. Matthews and R. A. Shakesby Section 5. Permafrost and ground ice: 16. Ramparted ground ice depressions in Britain and Ireland R. H. Bryant and C. P. Carpenter 17. Origin of small hollows in Norfolk R. G. West 18. The distribution and age of pingo remnants in Ireland P. Coxon and P. O'Callaghan 19. The role of thermokarst in landscape development in eastern England Rodney G. O. Burton Section 6. Slopes, Sediments and Mass Wasting: 20. Solifluction and related periglacial deposits in England and Wales Charles Harris 21. Periglacial sediments and landforms in the Isles of Scilly and West Cornwall J. D. Scourse 22. Late Devensian periglacial slope deposits in the Cheviot Hills T. D. Douglas and S. Harrison 23. Strongly folded structures associated with permafrost degradation and solifluction at Lyme Regis, Dorset J. N. Hutchinson and D. W. Hight 24. Non-marine molluscan faunas of periglacial deposits in Britain D. H. Keen 25. Sedimentological aspects of periglacial terrace aggradations: a case study from the English Midlands Martin Dawson 26. The periglacial history of Buchan, north east Scotland E. R. Connell and A. M. Hall 27. The significance of periglacial features on Knocknadobar, south west Ireland I. M. Quinn Index.