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 t ...

known for introducing the concept of

periglaciation Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing and freezing, very often in areas of permafrost. The meltwater may refreeze in ice wedg ...

into

geomorphology Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface. Geomorphologists seek to understand wh ...

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 '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a Swedish archaeologist, geomorphologist, ...

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

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held in Stockholm. Walery Łoziński was, among others, the editor of the " Gazeta Lwowska".

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