Cryopedology

First comprehensive treatment of the discipline of Cryopedology

Single-author treatment of topic in a concise fashion

35 color photographs of soils, vegetation, landforms, and special features

The author has 43 years of experience in the Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine regions

The material has been used to teach a university course at the undergraduate-graduate level

First comprehensive treatment of the discipline of Cryopedology Single-author treatment of topic in a concise fashion 35 color photographs of soils, vegetation, landforms, and special features The author has 43 years of experience in the Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine regions The material has been used to teach a university course at the undergraduate-graduate level

Résumé

First comprehensive treatment of the discipline of Cryopedology

Single-author treatment of topic in a concise fashion

35 color photographs of soils, vegetation, landforms, and special features

The author has 43 years of experience in the Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine regions

The material has been used to teach a university course at the undergraduate-graduate level

Contenu
Introduction.- Cryosols: a Three-Part System.- Description, sampling and analysis of Cryosols.- Soil Formatting Factors.- Cryogenic Processes.- Classification of Cryosols.- Distribution of Cryosols.- Arctic Cryosols.- Antartic Cryosols.- Alpine Cryosols.- Cryosols and Earth-system Sciences.- Cryosols in a Changing Climate.- Management of Cryosols.- Cryosol Databases and Their Use.