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| The Periglacial Domain | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The periglacial concept | |
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| Disciplinary considerations | |
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| The growth of periglacial knowledge | |
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| The periglacial domain | |
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| The scope of periglacial geomorphology | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Periglacial Landscapes? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Proglacial, paraglacial or periglacial? | |
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| Unglaciated periglacial terrain | |
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| Relict periglacial landscapes | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Periglacial Climates | |
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| Boundary conditions | |
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| Regional climates | |
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| Ground climates | |
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| Periglacial climates and the cryosphere..Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Present-Day Periglacial Environments | |
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| Cold-Climate Weathering | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ground freezing | |
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| Freezing and thawing | |
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| The ground temperature regime | |
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| Rock (frost?) shattering | |
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| Chemical weathering | |
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| Cryogenic weathering | |
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| Cryobiological weathering | |
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| Cryopedology | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Permafrost | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thermal and physical properties | |
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| How does permafrost aggrade? | |
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| Distribution of permafrost | |
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| Relict permafrost | |
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| Permafrost hydrology | |
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| Permafrost and terrain conditions | |
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| The active layer | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Surface Features of Permafrost | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Thermal-contraction-crack polygons | |
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| Organic terrain | |
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| Rock glaciers and permafrost creep | |
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| Frost mounds | |
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| Active-layer phenomena | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Ground Ice | |
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| Definition and description | |
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| Classification | |
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| Ice distribution | |
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| Cryolithology and cryostratigraphy | |
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| Ice wedges | |
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| Massive ice and massive-icy bodies | |
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| Thermokarst | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Causes of thermokarst | |
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| Thaw-related processes | |
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| Thermokarst sediments and structures | |
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| Ice-wedge thermokarst relief | |
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| Thaw lakes and depressions | |
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| Thermokarst-affected terrain | |
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| Man-Induced thermokarstAdvanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Hillslope Processes and Slope Evolution | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Slope morphology | |
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| Mass wasting | |
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| Slow mass-wasting | |
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| Rapid mass-wasting | |
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| Slopewash | |
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| Frozen and thawing slopes | |
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| Cold-climate slope evolution | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Azonal Processes and Landforms | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fluvial processes and landforms | |
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| Aeolian processes and sediments | |
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| Coastal processes and landforms | |
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| Wuaternary and Late-Pleistocene Periglacial Environments | |
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| Quaternary Periglacial Conditions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The time scale and climatic fluctuations | |
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| Global (eustatic) considerations | |
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| Pleistocene periglacial environments of high latitude | |
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| Pleistocene periglacial environments of mid-latitude | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Evidence for Past Permafrost | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Past permafrost aggradation | |
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| Past permafrost degradation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Periglacial Landscape Modification | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Intense frost action | |
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| Intense wind action | |
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| Fluvial activity | |
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| Slope modification | |
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| Advanced reading | |
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| Discussion topics | |
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| Applied Periglacial Geomorphology | |
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| Geotechnical and Engineering Aspects | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cold-regions engineering | |
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| Provision of municipal services and urban infrastructure | |
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| Construction of buildings and houses | |
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| Problems of water supply | |
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| Roads, bridges, railways and airstrips | |
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| Oil and gas d | |