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Author : French, H.M.
Date : 2000.
Title : Does Lozinski's periglacial realm exist today? A discussion relevant to modern usage of the term 'periglacial'.
Publication : Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Issue : 11(1):
Page(s) : 35-42.



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Abstract

The Pleistocene periglacial environment identified by Walery Lozinski was cold, mountainous, proglacial (i.e. ice-marginal), sparsely vegetated, and mid-latitude in nature. These conditions represent a specific and limiting type of periglacial environment not necessarily typical of the vast majority of present-day periglacial environments. While this environment was present in many areas during the Pleistocene, modern-day analogues are not easily recognized. The term periglacial should be regarded as synonymous with cold, non-glacial. It should be applied to environments in which frost-related processes and/or permafrost are either dominant or characteristic.

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