xxiv, 486pp, with black and white illustrations in text. Laminated pictorial blue and black paper-covered boards. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine ends, small tear at head of spine at front joint, shelf number label on spine; corners lightly rubbed and rounded, paper at bottom corners worn through. Top text block edge slightly tanned, rubber stamp to top and fore edges. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Lender's stamps, security device and markings on endpapers and prelims. Internally pages are lightly tanned at page margins, otherwise a clean, neat and tight volume.
Part 1: Weathering, Erosion and Related Sedimentary Features; Part 2: Frozen Ground and Active Layer Processes; Part 3: Process and Form The Example of Frost Mounds; Part 4: Perspectives on the Periglacial System. Foreword by Hugh M French.