Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas
The alpine periglacial areas of the world can be divided into three distinctive landscape types dominated by one of the following: active rock glaciers, active block streams, or gelifluction landforms. These also correspond to distinct climates, the active rock glaciers occurring under cold, humid c...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64343 2023-05-15T13:09:45+02:00 Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas Harris, Stuart A. 1994-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64343 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64343/48278 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64343 ARCTIC; Vol. 47 No. 2 (1994): June: 109–205; 184-192 1923-1245 0004-0843 Climatology Creep Mountains Periglacial landforms Plants (Biology) Rock glaciers Alaska Range Brooks Range Alaska China Dempster Highway region N.W.T./Yukon Rocky Mountains Alberta Top of the World Highway region Yukon info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1994 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:32Z The alpine periglacial areas of the world can be divided into three distinctive landscape types dominated by one of the following: active rock glaciers, active block streams, or gelifluction landforms. These also correspond to distinct climates, the active rock glaciers occurring under cold, humid conditions; the active block streams in cold, dry climates; and gelifluction-dominated landforms occurring in warmer areas. These have distinct ranges of mean annual temperature and precipitation, which can be used in interpreting climatic changes based on distribution of fossil landforms.Key words: alpine permafrost, block streams, rock glaciers, gelifluction On peut diviser les régions périglaciaires alpines du globe en trois types de paysages distincts, dominés par un des éléments suivants: glaciers rocheux actifs, coulées de pierres actives ou reliefs de gélifluxion. Ces éléments correspondent aussi à des climats distincts, les glaciers rocheux existant dans des conditions de froid et d'humidité; les coulées de pierres actives sous des climats froids et secs; et les reliefs de gélifluxion dans des régions plus tempérées. Ces paysages ont des gammes différentes de moyennes annuelles de températures et de précipitations, qui peuvent servir à interpréter les changements climatiques fondés sur la distribution des reliefs fossiles.Mots clés : pergélisol alpin, coulées de pierre, glaciers rocheux, gélifluxion Article in Journal/Newspaper alaska range Arctic Brooks Range glaciers permafrost Alaska pergélisol Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Yukon ARCTIC 47 2 |
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Climatology Creep Mountains Periglacial landforms Plants (Biology) Rock glaciers Alaska Range Brooks Range Alaska China Dempster Highway region N.W.T./Yukon Rocky Mountains Alberta Top of the World Highway region Yukon Harris, Stuart A. Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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The alpine periglacial areas of the world can be divided into three distinctive landscape types dominated by one of the following: active rock glaciers, active block streams, or gelifluction landforms. These also correspond to distinct climates, the active rock glaciers occurring under cold, humid conditions; the active block streams in cold, dry climates; and gelifluction-dominated landforms occurring in warmer areas. These have distinct ranges of mean annual temperature and precipitation, which can be used in interpreting climatic changes based on distribution of fossil landforms.Key words: alpine permafrost, block streams, rock glaciers, gelifluction On peut diviser les régions périglaciaires alpines du globe en trois types de paysages distincts, dominés par un des éléments suivants: glaciers rocheux actifs, coulées de pierres actives ou reliefs de gélifluxion. Ces éléments correspondent aussi à des climats distincts, les glaciers rocheux existant dans des conditions de froid et d'humidité; les coulées de pierres actives sous des climats froids et secs; et les reliefs de gélifluxion dans des régions plus tempérées. Ces paysages ont des gammes différentes de moyennes annuelles de températures et de précipitations, qui peuvent servir à interpréter les changements climatiques fondés sur la distribution des reliefs fossiles.Mots clés : pergélisol alpin, coulées de pierre, glaciers rocheux, gélifluxion |
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Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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Climatic Zonality of Periglacial Landforms in Mountain Areas |
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climatic zonality of periglacial landforms in mountain areas |
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