John C. Dixon - Periglacial Geomorphology: Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium 22

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JOHN C. DIXON AND ATHOL D. ABRAHAMS

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Department of Geography
University of Arkansas, USA

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Department of Geography
State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

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Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology (22nd : 1991)

Periglacial geomorphology : proceedings of the 22nd Annual

Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology / edited by John C. Dixon and Athol D. Abrahams.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0471933422 (ppc)

1. Frozen groundCongresses. 2. GeomorphologyCold regionsCongresses. I. Dixon, John Charles. II. Abrahams, A. D. (Athol D.), 1946 III. Title.

GB642.B56 1991 9139799

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Chris Burn, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5, CANADA.

David R. Butler, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.

T. Nelson Caine, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, U.S.A.

G. Michael Clark, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A.

Joseph L. DeMorett, Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, U.S.A.

James S. Gardner, Presidents Office, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, CANADA.

John R. Giardino, Department of Geography and Geology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, U.S.A.

Kevin J. Hall, Department of Geography, University of Natal, P.O. Box 375, Pietermaritzburg 3200, SOUTH AFRICA.

Bernard Hallet, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A.

James Hedges, Big Cove Tannery, PA 17212, U.S.A.

Kenneth M. Hinkel, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, U.S.A.

Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Department of Geography, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, CANADA.

George P. Malanson, Department of Geography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A.

Frederick E. Nelson, Department of Geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, U.S.A.

Samuel I. Outcalt, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A.

Francisco L. Prez, Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.

Wayne H. Pollard, Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, CANADA.

Dan J. Smith, Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 57N 0W0, CANADA.

Colin E. Thorn, Department of Geography, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.

John D. Vitek, Graduate College and School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, U.S.A.

Edwin D. Waddington, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98185, U.S.A.

Steven J. Walsh, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, U.S.A.

Robert O. van Everdingen, The Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, CANADA.

This book contains the proceedings of the 22nd Annual Geomorphology Symposium. It is appropriate that the theme of this years symposium should be periglacial geomorphology, as recently there has been a resurgence of interest in cold climate research. In the past few years a number of conferences have been organized by the IGU Periglacial Commission, and several sessions on periglacial geomorphology were held at the 12th INQUA meeting. The resulting publications (Clark, 1988; French and Koster, 1988; Koster and French, 1988), however, have emphasized periglacial research in Europe and have contained relatively few contributions from North America. Accordingly, one of the aims of the 22nd Annual Geomorphology Symposium was to highlight the considerable quantity and diversity of periglacial geomorphic research being undertaken in Arctic and alpine environments by Canadian and American geomorphologists.

Global climatic and accompanying environmental change represents a contemporary focus of research in the natural sciences. The periglacial environment is one of the regions of the world where such changes will undoubtedly have their greatest impact. Any assessment of the effects of global change clearly requires a thorough understanding of contemporary geomorphic processes operating in the periglacial realm. The papers contained in this volume explore a variety of contemporary geomorphic processes and begin to examine some of the potential impacts of global change on the nature and extent of permafrost and seasonal ice phenomena.