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Landscapes of Transition

Landform Assemblages and Transformations in Cold Regions

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Hewitt

    1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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  2. Mary-Louise Byrne

    1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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  3. Michael English

    1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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  4. Gordon Young

    1. Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 68)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Landscape Assemblages and Transitions in Cold Regions

    1. Introduction: Landscape Assemblages and Transitions in Cold Regions

      • Kenneth Hewitt
      Pages 1-8

  4. Cold Lowland and Coastal Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Where on Earth is Permafrost? Boundaries and Transitions

      • Michael W. Smith, Dan W. Riseborough
      Pages 121-139

    3. Typical Aspects of Cold Regions Shorelines

      • Mary-Louise Byrne, Jean-Claude Dionne
      Pages 141-158

    4. Landform Development in an Arctic Delta: The Roles of Snow, Ice and Permafrost

      • H. Jesse Walker
      Pages 159-183

    5. The Search for an Arctic Coastal Karren Model in Norway and Spitzbergen

      • Joyce Lundberg, Stein-Erik Lauritzen
      Pages 185-203

    6. Sedimentary Characteristics, Biological Zonation and Physical Processes of the Tidal Flats of Iqaluit, Nunavut

      • Janis E. Dale, Shannon Leech, S. Brian McCann, Glenda Samuelson
      Pages 205-234

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 235-246
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About this book

This volume had its origins in an international symposium organised by the Cold Regions Research Centre, and held at Wilfrid Laurier University in November, 1999. The chapters are modified from a selection of the papers at the meeting, and reflect reviews and revisions in light of discussions then. The original idea for the meeting was to address certain questions that the organisers were encountering in their own work, and that we felt had received limited attention in the recent literature. The two broad issues we wanted to address were: the complex associations of actual landforms and processes in cold regions, and how the almost universal legacies of past, different cold environments of the late Quaternary affect these landscapes in the present. The former involves the problem of identifying landform and sediment complexes, and the interrelations of relevant processes. We sought to identify this in terms oflandform and sediment assemblages appropriate to regional and field-orientedconcerns.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    Kenneth Hewitt, Mary-Louise Byrne, Michael English, Gordon Young

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Landscapes of Transition

  • Book Subtitle: Landform Assemblages and Transformations in Cold Regions

  • Editors: Kenneth Hewitt, Mary-Louise Byrne, Michael English, Gordon Young

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2037-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0663-0Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6037-2Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2037-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 246

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Geography, general

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