Snow Patches and Snow Erosion in the Northern Part of the Urals,

Abstract

Snow erosion, or nivation, belongs among those geomorphological processes whose mechanism is still only partially known. At the same time snow erosion in the Quaternary period has a key significance in the formation of the relief. It accompanies glacial erosion, except that snow patches survive glaciation and remain an effective geomorphological factor for a long time on areas long abandoned by the glaciers. On the territory of the USSR the 'snow patch landscape' currently occupies vast regions in the northern and high mountain zones. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715078

Entities

People

  • S. G. Boch

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Biomes
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • High Mountains
  • Mountains

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.