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The concept of cryo-conditioning in landscape evolution – Comment to the paper published by Ivar Berthling and Bernd Etzelmüller, Quaternary Research 75 (2011) 378–384

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Wojciech Dobiński
Wojciech Dobiński*
Affiliation:
Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Ul. Bedzinska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
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*Fax: + 48 32 2915865. E-mail address:dobin@wnoz.us.edu.pl.
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Abstract

The term "cryo-conditioning," proposed by the authors for classifying specific landform association in periglacial landscapes, needs to be defined more precisely. A starting point could be the proper understanding of the term "Cryo-" in the various compound words found in various disciplines. This is also important for a correct understanding of the proposed concepts, since it concerns one of the most important processes in nature: the phase transition of water between solid and liquid. Cold-temperate transition surfaces in polythermal glaciers and at the permafrost base in their forelands can act as a specific hub between the glacial and periglacial domains.

Type
Letter to the Editor
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 211 - 212
Copyright
University of Washington

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