ABSTRACT
Process geomorphology identifies process domains and quantifies process rates for explaining the origin of landforms. Process domain refers to a specific process activity, such as deflation, solution, or frost shattering, which exceeds other concurrently functioning processes at the site by higher frequency of occurrence. Contrary to expectations, however, diverse processes as disintegration, decomposition, and biochemical weathering domains co-dominate in areas of both moisture scarcity and optimum moisture conditions (Pope et al., 1995). Thus, rocks in cold region environments are pulverized by frost disintegration, hydration shattering, and chemical alteration of the constituent minerals and mineral aggregates. Flood plains similarly evolve by co-dominant vertical and lateral accretion processes of sedimentation within, along, and beyond channel margins.
