The UGI Periglacial Commission and its role from 1949 until 1980

Abstract

The formation of a periglacial Commission during the first Geographical Congress held after the war (Lisbon, 1949) was a consequence of the sudden awareness of the importance of climatic geomorphology. It seemed elear that the majority of the superficial deposits that are found in temperate countries, were formed during the cold Pleistocene periods and that the morphology was deeply shaped by periglacial processes. In 1972, in the Congress of Montreal the Commission disappeared, but a working group was set up under the title of "Coordinating Committee for Periglacial Researches of IGU."