Does Lozinski's periglacial realm exist today? A discussion relevant to modern usage of the term 'periglacial'

The Pleistocene periglacial environment identified by Walery Lozinski was c old, mountainous, proglacial (i.e. icc-marginal), sparsely vegetated, and m id-latitude in nature. These conditions represent a specific and limiting t ype of periglacial environment not necessarily typical of the vast majority of present-day periglacial environments. While this environment was presen t in many areas during the Pleistocene, modern-day analogues are not easily recognized. The term 'periglacial' should be regarded as synonymous with ' cold, non-glacial'. It should be applied to environments in which frost-rel ated processes and/or permafrost are either dominant or characteristic. Cop yright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Suns, Ltd.