ABSTRACT
Lozinski first used the term periglacial in 1909 to explain the distribution of frostshattered debris about the cold ice-free margins of Pleistocene glaciers (Embleton and King, 1968). As frost activity is not exclusive to the proximity of either former or present-day glaciers, the term periglacial nowadays is used for cold region processes and their landforms (Price, 1972; Washburn, 1979; Thorn, 1992). Washburn (1979) adopted the term geocryology for processes and landforms of cold environments, but periglacial term has come to stay in the literature, and is widely used for the purpose.
