TY - JOUR N2 - The paper deals with dynamics of present morphologic processes and cover deposits of nival and subnival stages in the area to the north of the Hornsund Fiord. Qualitative and quantitative parameters of the processes are described on the basis of direct measurements and radiocarbon datings. A particular attention was paid to the action of frost and gravitational processes in the specific morphoclimatic conditions of a nival landscape stage. The cover deposits are described from the point of view of their origin and physico-chemical properties. The age of the covers is defined on the ground of radiocarbon datings of fossil plants found at the nunataks for the first time in 1973. These datings enabled to distinguish the development phases of the morphogenetic processes during Late Holocene. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111609/PDF-MASTER/1980_2-3_009-044.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111609 PY - 1980 IS - No 2-3 EP - 44 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - geomorphology A1 - Pękala, Kazimierz PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 1 DA - 1980 T1 - Morphogenetic processes and cover deposits of nunataks in the Hornsund area (SW Spitsbergen) SP - 9 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111609 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -