Slow soil movement as a global phenomenon

Polish geographical investigations in different climato-geomorphological zones. Special issue

Auteurs :
JAHN, A.
JAHN, A.

Description :
The slow movement of the soil depends on local factors (slope angle, moisture of the soil, vegetation cover) and on the latitudinal and altitudinal climatic zonal factors (temperature, precipitation). The rate of soil movement in the polar (periglacial) zone is the highest on the globe. It is, as mass movement of the soil, three times higher than in the alpine zone. The soil creep processes in temperate climates are relatively small but greater than in the tropic zone. The smallest soil movement is in the arid and semi-arid zone.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
International Georgraphical Congress, 27th, Inconnu, 1992-08, Geographia polonica, issn : 0016-7282, 1992, n°. 60, p. 5-24, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 58 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pologne, Warszawa, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe