Relief formation under climatic control in periglacial environment (a case of the Central Chernozem regions)

Abstract

The present-day relief has been greatly influenced by sheet wash and solifluction processes under periglacial conditions, the solifluction having been most important for slopes and fluvial terraces modeling at the Central Chernozem region. The sheet wash significance increased towards the ends of periglacial stages as well as from older to younger periglacial stages, which is also manifested in recent topography.