The cryosphere and glacial permafrost as its integral component
Abstract Since Earth sciences have undertaken studies of other celestial bodies, its various fields have moved beyond the scope of study assigned to them by name. Interest in space makes it necessary to abandon research geocentrism and reverse relations when comparing the structure of the Earth with...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8 2024-09-09T19:44:24+00:00 The cryosphere and glacial permafrost as its integral component Dobiński, Wojciech 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8.pdf http://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8/fulltext.html https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8/xml https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8/pdf en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Open Geosciences volume 4, issue 4, page 623-640 ISSN 2391-5447 journal-article 2012 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/s13533-012-0109-8 2024-07-22T04:11:27Z Abstract Since Earth sciences have undertaken studies of other celestial bodies, its various fields have moved beyond the scope of study assigned to them by name. Interest in space makes it necessary to abandon research geocentrism and reverse relations when comparing the structure of the Earth with other celestial bodies. As an exceptional place in the universe, it should not be the Earth which constitutes a reference point, especially in cryospheric research, but rather the other celestial bodies of our planetary system. This approach, referred to as “Spatial Uniformitarianism,” is the basis for determining the place of ice in the environment and for assigning it to the lithosphere. Ice can be penetrated by frost just as other minerals and rocks, so the occurrence of permafrost may yet be attributed to glaciers and ice-caps. In the article, the occurrence of glacial permafrost has been worked out on the basis of a thermal classification of glaciers with a thorough understanding of the phenomenon. This allows us to specify permafrost’s presence beneath glaciers and ice-caps, a concept which had been needlessly vague. Further, by considering rock glaciers as a mixture of two types of rocks, and by understanding the importance of movement in their evolution, we are now closer to fruitfully determining their role in the environment, their geomorphological significance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost De Gruyter Open Geosciences 4 4 |
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Abstract Since Earth sciences have undertaken studies of other celestial bodies, its various fields have moved beyond the scope of study assigned to them by name. Interest in space makes it necessary to abandon research geocentrism and reverse relations when comparing the structure of the Earth with other celestial bodies. As an exceptional place in the universe, it should not be the Earth which constitutes a reference point, especially in cryospheric research, but rather the other celestial bodies of our planetary system. This approach, referred to as “Spatial Uniformitarianism,” is the basis for determining the place of ice in the environment and for assigning it to the lithosphere. Ice can be penetrated by frost just as other minerals and rocks, so the occurrence of permafrost may yet be attributed to glaciers and ice-caps. In the article, the occurrence of glacial permafrost has been worked out on the basis of a thermal classification of glaciers with a thorough understanding of the phenomenon. This allows us to specify permafrost’s presence beneath glaciers and ice-caps, a concept which had been needlessly vague. Further, by considering rock glaciers as a mixture of two types of rocks, and by understanding the importance of movement in their evolution, we are now closer to fruitfully determining their role in the environment, their geomorphological significance. |
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