Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain
Periglacial environments are characterized by cold-climate non-glacial conditions and ground freezing. The coldest periglacial environments in Pleistocene Britain were underlain by permafrost (ground that remains at or below 0°C for two years or more), while many glaciated areas experienced paraglac...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/52f72d51-d211-40a3-b972-67ed346d7aba 2023-05-15T16:37:03+02:00 Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain Murton, Julian B. Ballantyne, Colin Griffiths, J. S. Martin, C. J. 2017 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/periglacial-and-permafrost-conceptual-ground-models-for-great-britain(52f72d51-d211-40a3-b972-67ed346d7aba).html https://doi.org/10.1144/EGSP28.5 eng eng The Geological Society of London info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Murton , J B & Ballantyne , C 2017 , Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain . in J S Griffiths & C J Martin (eds) , Engineering geology and geomorphology of glaciated and periglaciated terrains : engineering group working party report . vol. 28 , Geological Society, London, Engineering Group Special Publications , The Geological Society of London , pp. 501–597 . https://doi.org/10.1144/EGSP28.5 bookPart 2017 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1144/EGSP28.5 2022-06-02T07:49:43Z Periglacial environments are characterized by cold-climate non-glacial conditions and ground freezing. The coldest periglacial environments in Pleistocene Britain were underlain by permafrost (ground that remains at or below 0°C for two years or more), while many glaciated areas experienced paraglacial modification as the landscape adjusted to non-glacial conditions. The growth and melt of ground ice, supplemented by temperature-induced ground deformation, leads to periglacial disturbance and drives the periglacial debris system. Ice segregation can fracture porous bedrock and sediment, and produce an ice-rich brecciated layer in the upper metres of permafrost. This layer is vulnerable to melting and thaw consolidation, which can release debris into the active layer and, in undrained conditions, result in elevated porewater pressures and sediment deformation. Thus, an important difference arises between ground that is frost-susceptible, and hence prone to ice segregation, and ground that is not. Mass-movement, fluvial and aeolian processes operating under periglacial conditions have also contributed to reworking sediment under cold-climate conditions and the evolution of periglacial landscapes. A fundamental distinction exists between lowland landscapes, which have evolved under periglacial conditions throughout much of the Quaternary, and upland periglacial landscapes, which have largely evolved over the past c. 19 ka following retreat and downwastage of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet. Periglacial landsystems provide a conceptual framework to interpret the imprint of periglacial processes on the British landscape, and to predict the engineering properties of the ground. Landsystems are distinguished according to topography, relief and the presence or absence of a sediment mantle. Four landsystems characterize both lowland and upland periglacial terrains: plateau landsystems, sediment-mantled hillslope landsystems, rock-slope landsystems, and slope-foot landsystems. Two additional landsystems are also ... Book Part Ice Ice Sheet permafrost University of St Andrews: Research Portal Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications 28 1 501 597 |
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Periglacial environments are characterized by cold-climate non-glacial conditions and ground freezing. The coldest periglacial environments in Pleistocene Britain were underlain by permafrost (ground that remains at or below 0°C for two years or more), while many glaciated areas experienced paraglacial modification as the landscape adjusted to non-glacial conditions. The growth and melt of ground ice, supplemented by temperature-induced ground deformation, leads to periglacial disturbance and drives the periglacial debris system. Ice segregation can fracture porous bedrock and sediment, and produce an ice-rich brecciated layer in the upper metres of permafrost. This layer is vulnerable to melting and thaw consolidation, which can release debris into the active layer and, in undrained conditions, result in elevated porewater pressures and sediment deformation. Thus, an important difference arises between ground that is frost-susceptible, and hence prone to ice segregation, and ground that is not. Mass-movement, fluvial and aeolian processes operating under periglacial conditions have also contributed to reworking sediment under cold-climate conditions and the evolution of periglacial landscapes. A fundamental distinction exists between lowland landscapes, which have evolved under periglacial conditions throughout much of the Quaternary, and upland periglacial landscapes, which have largely evolved over the past c. 19 ka following retreat and downwastage of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet. Periglacial landsystems provide a conceptual framework to interpret the imprint of periglacial processes on the British landscape, and to predict the engineering properties of the ground. Landsystems are distinguished according to topography, relief and the presence or absence of a sediment mantle. Four landsystems characterize both lowland and upland periglacial terrains: plateau landsystems, sediment-mantled hillslope landsystems, rock-slope landsystems, and slope-foot landsystems. Two additional landsystems are also ... |
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Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain |
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Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain |
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Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain |
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Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain |
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Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain |
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periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for great britain |
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Murton , J B & Ballantyne , C 2017 , Periglacial and permafrost conceptual ground models for Great Britain . in J S Griffiths & C J Martin (eds) , Engineering geology and geomorphology of glaciated and periglaciated terrains : engineering group working party report . vol. 28 , Geological Society, London, Engineering Group Special Publications , The Geological Society of London , pp. 501–597 . https://doi.org/10.1144/EGSP28.5 |
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