Geodiversity of polar landforms

Guest Editors: Andrzej Kostrzewski (Poznañ, Poland) & Zbigniew Zwoliñski (Poznañ, Poland)

Landform Analysis, vol. 5, 2007 - Published by the Association of Polish Geomorphologists

Landform Analysis (vol. 5, 2007) is dedicated for the IAG/AIG (International Association of Geomorphologists) Regional Conference on Geomorphology Geodiversity of polar landforms which was held in Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, Norway) on August 1-5, 2007. Conference was organised on the occasion of the International Polar Year 2007/2008 by the Association of Polish Geomorphologists.

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Andrzej Kostrzewski, Zbigniew Zwolinski: Foreword
Stefan Bartoszewski, Andrzej Gluza, Krzysztof Siwek, Piotr Zagorski: The functioning of Scott Glacier in conditions of climate global changes
Achim A. Beylich: Quantitative studies on sediment fluxes and sediment budgets in changing cold environments - potential and expected benefit of coordinated data exchange and the unification of methods
Achim A. Beylich, Scott F. Lamoureux, Armelle Decaulne: Coordinated quantitative studies on sediment fluxes and sediment budgets in changing cold environments - examples from three SEDIBUD key test areas in Canada, Iceland and Norway
Stanislaw Chmiel, Stefan Bartoszewski, Andrzej Gluza, Krzysztof Siwek, Piotr Zagorski: Physicochemical characteristics of land waters in the Bellsund region (Spitsbergen)
R.G. Darmody, M. Seppala, C.E. Thorn, Y.K. Li, S.W. Campbell, J. Harbor: Age and weathering status of granite tors in arctic Finland
Robert G. Darmody, Colin E. Thorn, John C. Dixon: The white streaks of Karkevagge
Christine Embleton-Hamann, Olav Slaymaker: Geomorphology and global environmental change
Ian S. Evans: Glacier distribution and direction in the Arctic: the unusual nature of Svalbard
Monique Fort, Brigitte van Vliet-Lanoe: Permafrost and periglacial environment of Western Tibet
Amos Frumkin, Sorin Lisker, Anton Vaks, Miryam Bar-Matthews: Glacial Quaternary of the Levant from speleothems, lakes and loess
Marek Jozwiak, Malgorzata Jozwiak: The heavy metals in water of select Spitsbergen and Iceland glaciers
Veronika Kapralova: Application of remote sensing and mathematical morphology of landscape for studying thermo-karst processes
Andrzej Kostrzewski, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Zbigniew Zwolinski: Present-day geomorphological activity in the Arctic
Nina Loncar, Perica Drazen: The impact of frost action and nivation on relief formation of Velebit Mt. (Croatia)
Donald L. Macalady, James F. Ranville, Ola Magne Saether: Weathering rates, natural organic matter and global climate change: Are they related?
Marek Marciniak, Krzysztof Dragon, Anna Szczucinska: Measurements of selected water balance components in Ebbaelva catchments, Svalbard - pilot study
Pavel Mentlik, Lenka Lisa, Jozef Minar: Concept of geomorphological analysis of previously glaciated areas (based on analysis of the surroundings of Prasilske jezero lake and Jezero Laka lake, Sumava Mts., Czech Republic)
Adam Nawrot, Michal Petlicki: Assumption and realization of Arie catchment measuring system, Spitsbergen
Alessandro Pasuto, Mauro Soldati: Geomorphological map of the surroundings of Cortina d'Ampezzo (Dolomites, Italy)
Grzegorz Rachlewicz: Floods in High Arctic valley systems and their geomorphologic effects (examples from Billefjorden, Central Spitsbergen)
Ola Magne Saether, Achim Beylich, Goran Aberg: Strontium isotope systematics in the Oppstryn drainage basin, western Norway
Olav Slaymaker: Criteria to discriminate between proglacial and paraglacial environments
Mateusz Strzelecki: The dynamics of suspended and dissolved transport in a High-Arctic glaciated catchment in ablation seasons 2005 and 2006, Bertram River, Central Spitsbergen
David Theler, Emmanuel Reynard: Geomorphological mapping in high mountain watersheds: the contribution of geomorphology to the evaluation of sediment transfer processes
C.E. Thorn, R.G. Darmody, C.E. Allen, S.W. Campbell: Chemical weathering on the glacial foreland of Storbreen, Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway
Valenti Turu: Pressuremeter test in glaciated valley sediments (Andorra, Southern Pyrenees) Part one: An improved approach to their geomechanical behaviour
Valenti Turu: Pressuremeter test in glaciated valley sediments (Andorra, Southern Pyrenees) Part two: Fossil subglacial drainage patterns, dynamics and rheology
Piotr Zagorski: The conditioning of the evolution of NW part of the coast of Wedel Jarlsberg Land (Spitsbergen) during the last century
Zbigniew Zwolinski: The geoecosystem of polar oases within the ice drainage basin of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica
Zbigniew Zwolinski, Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Malgorzata Mazurek, Renata Paluszkiewicz: The geoecological model for small tundra lakes, Spitsbergen
Glaciology, hydrology and geomorphology in the Kaffioyra region - Leader Ireneusz Sobota
Geomorphology of the southern side of Bellsund - Leader Piotr Zagorski
Recent and present-day glaciological and geomorphological processes at Hornsund - Leader Piotr Glowacki
Petuniabukta: from glacial to paraglacial processes in Ebbadalen - Leader Grzegorz Rachlewicz