Permafrost and Periglacial Processes is an international journal dedicated to the rapid publication of scientific and technical papers concerned with earth surface cryogenic processes, landforms and sediments present in a variety of (Sub) Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain environments. It provides an efficient vehicle of communication amongst those with an interest in the cold, non-glacial geosciences. The focus is on (1) original research based on geomorphological, hydrological, sedimentological, geotechnical and engineering aspects of these areas and (2) original research carried out upon relict features where the objective has been to reconstruct the nature of the processes and/or palaeoenvironments which gave rise to these features, as opposed to purely stratigraphical considerations. The journal also publishes short communications, reviews, discussions and book reviews. The high scientific standard, interdisciplinary character and worldwide representation of PPP are maintained by regional editorial support and a rigorous refereeing system.
THE SUBJECT MATTER
GEOCRYOLOGY, PAST AND PRESENT: the study of frozen ground (seasonally frozen ground as well as permafrost), excluding glacier ice; active and inactive processes and forms; cold-climate or (Sub) Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain environments.
CRYOGENIC PROCESSES AND FROST ACTION: soil freezing, freeze-thaw indices/cycles; thermal contraction and ice segregation processes, frost wedging/heaving/thrusting/cracking/sorting; mass-wasting processes and deposits; rock glaciers; slopewash processes and deposits; frost weathering.
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL LANDSCAPE: permafrost aggradation/degradation; thermokarst; coastal erosion and sediment fluxes; mass wasting, rock fall and rock avalanches; soil erosion; carbon flux changes; impacts on vegetation and ecosystems.
PERMAFROST AND GROUND ICE: permafrost distribution/depth/thickness; origin of permafrost, including alpine and offshore permafrost, and relation to climate; forms of ground ice; thermal regime of active layer/permafrost ; frozen ground chemistry, mechanics and physics; planetary permafrost.
PERIGLACIAL LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION: patterned ground forms; frost mounds and other periglacial phenomena; nivation forms; cryoplanation and cryopediments; fluvial activity, lacustrine and coastal forms, eolian activity, snow and meltwater activity.
PLEISTOCENE PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS: relict or ancient (Pleistocene) periglacial structures, deposits and landforms; pseudomorphs; palaeogeographic, palaeo-climatic and palaeo-environmental reconstruction and implications.
PRESENT PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS - MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES, GEOTECHNICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS: aspects of hydraulic, agricultural, forestry, geotechnical (buildings, highways, railways, airfields) and sanitary engineering in relation to permafrost and frost action processes; mining, hydrocarbon exploration, production and transportation in permafrost regions; seismic surveys and remote sensing in permafrost surveys; sensitivity of permafrost ecosystems, environmental protection, nature conservation and management.

EDITOR

Professor Mauro Guglielmin
Department of Theoretical and Applied Science
Insubria University
Varese
Italy


ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Professor and Dean Emeritus Douglas Goering
College of Engineering and Mines
University of Alaska Fairbanks 
Fairbanks, AK 99775 
USA

Assoc. Professor Denis Lacelle
Department of Geography
University of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada

 

FORMER EDITORS

Professor A. G. Lewkowicz
Department of Geography
University of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada

Professor Julian Murton
Department of Geography
University of Sussex
Brighton
Sussex BN1 9RH
UK

FOUNDING EDITOR

Professor Emeritus H.M. French
Departments of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6N5
Canada


EDITORIAL BOARD

Sergey Alexeev
Institute of the Earth's Crust SB RAS
128, Lermontov street, Irkutsk, 664033,
Russia

Professor O. A. Anisimov
State Hydrological Institute
23 second Line V.O.
St. Petersburg
Russia

Professor C. Burn
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
Canada	
Professor D. G. Froese
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Alberta T6G 2E3
Canada

Professor H. J. Jin
State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soils Engineering
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Sciences
No. 320, West Dongang Road
Lanzhou
Gansu 730000
China	Professor A. Kaab
Department of Geosciences
University of Oslo
Oslo
Norway
Dr S. Kokelj
Northwest Territories Geological Survey
P.O. Box 1320
4601-B 52 Avenue
Yellowknife, NWT
Canada	Professor N. Matsuoka
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571
Japan
Dr C. P. McKay
Planetary Systems Branch
National Aeronauticsand Space Administration
Ames
USA	Fritz Nelson
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
673 Auditorium Road
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Professor V. E. Romanovsky
Permafrost Laboratory
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks
AK 99775
USA	C. Tarnocai
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Branch
960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa K1A 0C6
Canada
Professor Y. Vasil'chuk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Faculty of Geography
Dept. of Landscape Geochemistry & Soil Science
119991 Leninskiye Gory, 1, GSP-1
Russia	 Professor D. Wagner
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ Research Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg C-425
14473 Potsdam
Germany
 	 

HONORARY EDITORIAL BOARD

Professor Emeritus H. M. French (Ottawa)

Professor Emeritus C. Harris (Cardiff)
Professor Emeritus E.A. Koster (Utrecht)

Professor A. G. Lewkowicz (Ottawa)