Periglacial processes in the Holocene
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restricted range of periglacial processes continues to operate in the Cairngorm
Mountains today. The mountain environment is windy and wet, with frequent
freeze-thaw cycles to shallow depth. Ballantyne(1996) recognises several groups
of active processes related to:
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Frost action and its effect of rock weathering, small scale patterned ground and solifluction
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Late-lying snow and nivation
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Wind action
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Mass movement on steep debris mantled slopes