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10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «SOLIFLUCTION»
Découvrez l'usage de
solifluction dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
solifluction et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
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The Periglaciation of Great Britain
11 Solifluction landforms in upland Britain Table 11.1: Characteristics of
solifluction lobes on some Scottish mountains. Both upland and lowland
landscapes in Britain have been substantially modified by solifluction, the slow
downslope ...
Colin K. Ballantyne, 1994
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Permafrost International Conference: Proceedings
At least three reasons explain this: (1) The periglacial zone, particularly its
maritime subarctic part, probably has the most rapid denudation of all climatic
zones, due mainly to frost weathering and solifluction . (2) Such periglacial
processes and ...
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Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second ...
active lie almost entirely above or beyond the forest limit. Solifluction areas in
North America are widespread and lie in the Far North. In Alaska, they are well
developed in the central and northern part of the state. Well-developed
solifluction ...
.5.3 Solifluction deposits and shear surfaces Solifluction deposits were formed in
a periglacial environment as a consequence of the high pore-pressures set up
during thawing of surface soils and, as such, may mantle very gentle slopes ...
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Geography: An Integrated Approach
Figure 5.12 Solifluction sheet in the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada b head
exposed in a cliff in south-west England soil, formed since ice age Figures. 14
Model of a river regime inaperiglacialarea laces 1. may also turn well-jointed
rocks, ...
The word solifluction, which literally means “soil flow,” refers to the relatively slow
downslope movement of water-saturated soil and/or regolith. Solifluction is most
common in high-latitude or high-elevation tundra regions that have permafrost, ...
Robert Gabler, James Petersen, L. Trapasso, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
Solifluction produces characteristic surface features involving lobes, terraces and
sheets. Wherevegetation issparse or absent, sortedstripes (a kindof PATTERNED
GROUND ) often develop onthe tread of these features. The most widespread ...
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Geomorphology: The Mechanics and Chemistry of Landscapes
Solifluction lobes Soil mantled hillslopes in periglacial environments are often
festooned with lobate or terraced features that are reminiscent of gobs of frosting
running down a cake. These are solifluction lobes, landforms produced by slow ...
Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
Features and processes Among identified solifluction features, lobes and
terraces are most commonly observed and are frequently associated with alpine
periglacial environments (French, 1996). Solifluction lobes and terraces are
reported in ...
Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, 2011
In binary systems without solid solutions, it is a straight line; in binary systems
with solid solutions, it is a curved line or a combination of straight and curved
lines. si>1i,lu,il (so-li-flu'-al) Said of debris resulting from solifluction (Baulig, 1957
, ...
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
10 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «SOLIFLUCTION»
Découvrez de quoi on parle dans les médias nationaux et internationaux et comment le terme
solifluction est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
Montana Tech professor, students present at AGU Fall Meeting
Apple presented her research of these stripes, known as solifluction terraces, at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco in December, ... «Montana Tech, janv 15»
DNR proposes salvage logging in 1285 acres of Carlton Complex …
... by gravity and that includes such gradual movements as creep and solifluction and such rapid movements as produce rockfalls, landslides, and mudflows.”. «Methow Valley News, janv 15»
Climate Change, Effects and Impact on the Ghanaian Economy
On slopes of inclines, the removal of vegetal cover may accelerate solifluction or soil creep on the slopes. We need to encourage our rural dwellers to create ... «GhanaWeb, sept 14»
The Sandpit: Department of Australia
I come from a land of slag heaps, black and susceptible to solifluction of acid rain and ” pea-souper fogs. Where just breathing was the equivalent of smoking 20 ... «Crikey, juil 14»
England's 100 best Views, by Simon Jenkins - review
... under his tutelage; I come away from his 100 Views with a pipeful of 'pargeting', 'reef knolls', 'shake holes', 'throughs' and 'solifluction' to smoke at my leisure. «Spectator.co.uk, oct 13»
Arctic alpine plants may survive in 'micro refuges' as temperatures rise
For example, the creep downhill of soil due to repeated freezing – also known as "solifluction" – can prevent crowberry, dwarf birch and juniper from growing in ... «The Guardian, sept 13»
Kilpisjärvi: disturbing the plants
Another is disturbance; Luoto assessed each site for geomorphological disturbance such as cryoturbation (frost churn), solifluction (a type of frost creep), ... «environmentalresearchweb, août 13»
Kilpisjärvi: visiting the classics
It's flat so there's little in the way of wind or water-related effects, and it's not steep enough for solifluction – the slow downhill movement of water-saturated ... «environmentalresearchweb, août 13»
Three Sides of Everest
Less dramatic are the globular landforms known as solifluction (moving soil) lobes, where saturated soils have flowed slowly downward on steep mountain ... «Natural History Magazine, juin 13»
Antarctic Island Heavily Trashed
... entering into force in 1998, and is now being exposed anew by solifluction — a process by which soil saturated with water from melting frost oozes downslope. «Discovery News, mars 13»
