Abstract
The paper is a scrutiny of periglacial weathering research at the scale of underpinning concepts. Recognizing the centrality of weathering to the development of all landscapes, including those that are periglacial, an attempt is made to identify focal questions within periglacial weathering studies. The primary question is what is different about periglacial weathering regimes if freeze-thaw or mechanical weathering is not the diagnostic characteristic. Secondary questions are derived from this foundational question. In the second portion of the paper, it is suggested that there is considerable utility to viewing periglacial landscapes from other perspectives such as youth and rock type, as well as from a deliberate attempt to import analogies from elsewhere in geomorphology—for example, desert geomorphology.
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