Sten Rudberg (13 September 1917 – 22 October 1996) was a
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...
and
geomorphologist
Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...
. He was the son of Gunnar Rudberg. Sten Rudberg was appointed chair professor of the
Göteborg University
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion Händelser i avdelningen för kulturgeografis historia /ref> In 1959 Rudberg was elected into the
Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg, abbreviated KVVS and often known simply as ''Samhället'') is a Swedish Royal Academy. Its predecessor was founded in Gothenburg ...
.Sten Rudberg in ''Vem är Vem''. Subsequently, in 1961 Rudberg's professorship was transformed into a professorship in
Physical geography
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. In 1964 Rudberg went to head the department of Physical geography after the Geography department of the Göteborg University was dissolved and
Human geography
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formed its own department. Rudberg remained professor in Gothenburg until 1984.
Rudbergs
Ph.D.
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thesis
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dealt with the large-scale geomorphology and
denudation chronology Denudation chronology is the study of the long-term evolution of topography seen as sequence. Denudation chronology revolves around episodes of landscape-wide erosion, better known as denudation. The cycle of erosion The geographic cycle, or cycle ...
of
Västerbotten
Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the provi ...
in northern Sweden, he subsequently continued to work on large scale geomorphology of Scandinavia while also making scientific contributions dealing with
wind erosion
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,
cliff retreat
Scarp retreat is a geological process through which the location of an escarpment changes over time. Typically the cliff is undermined, rocks fall and form a talus slope, the talus is chemically or mechanically weathered and then removed through ...
, and
periglacial
Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", also referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and ot ...
mass movement Mass movement may refer to:
* Mass movement (geology), the movement of rock and soil down slopes due to gravity
* Mass movement (politics)
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s.Rudberg, S. (1962). A report on some field observations concerning periglacial geomorphology and mass movement on slopes in Sweden. ''
Biuletyn Peryglacjalny
''Biuletyn Peryglacjalny'' was a scientific journal covering research on periglacial geomorphology. It was established in 1954 in Łódź by Polish geomorphologist Jan Dylik, who was its editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead ...
'', 11, 311-323. While working with large-scale geomorphology Rudberg was not concerned with
tectonics
Tectonics (; ) are the processes that control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. These include the processes of mountain building, the growth and behavior of the strong, old cores of continents k ...