The periglaciation of Great Britain

Abstract

Part I. Introduction and Context: 1. Introduction 2. Quaternary environmental change in Great Britain 3. Periglacial environments Part II. The Periglaciation of Lowland Britain: 4. Ice wedge casts and relict tundra polygons 5. Ground ice depressions and related phenomena 6. Active layer processes: cryoturbation and patterned ground 7. Periglacial mass-wasting and slope evolution in lowland Britain 8. Lowland landscape modification by fluvial and aeolian processes Part III. The Periglaciation of Up-Land Britain: 9. Frost weathering and mountain-top detritus 10. Patterned ground on British mountains 11. Solifluction landforms in upland Britain 12. Talus slopes and related landforms 13. Nival, fluvial, aeolian and coastal features Part VI. Periglacial Environments: 14. Past and present periglacial environments.