Walery Władysław Daniel Łoziński (1880–1944) was a Polish geographer, geomorphologist and

soil scientist Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the ...

known for introducing the concept of

periglaciation Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", also referring to places at the edges of glacier, glacial areas) describes Geomorphology, geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refree ...

into

geomorphology 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 ...

in 1909. Łoziński extended the work of Swedish geologist

Johan Gunnar Andersson Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960)"Andersson, Johan Gunnar" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a Sweden, Swedish arc ...

who had written about periglacial phenomena in Bjørnøya and the

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. The concept of "periglaciation" was the subject of an intensive discussion at the 1910

International Geological Congress The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of geology. About The IUGS was founded in 1961 and is a Scientific Union member of the Inte ...

held in Stockholm.

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Polish geomorphologists Polish soil scientists 1880 births 1944 deaths Polish geographers Scientists from Lviv University of Lviv alumni Jagiellonian University faculty Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery {{scientist-stub