Pathological Geomorphology

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    Thermokarst: Earth's most WTF landscape? A Russian example.

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    Few landscapes on Earth are more pathological than those dominated by thermokarst...some may even call low-hanging fruit on this one, but it is impossible to resist the juxtaposition of a wildly meandering alluvial river and an endless array of thermokarst lakes. 

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    Take a minute and learn about thermokarst and how complex of a land management task permafrost imposes.

    http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/?menu_link=engineering&link=hazard_climate&sub_link=hazards&sub2_link=permafrost
    Tags » alluvial meanders periglacial river thermokarst
    • 16 February 2010
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    over 1 year ago Maks Fockte responded:
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    the pictures is so awesome!
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