Matti Seppälä

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Matti Kullervo Seppälä (5 September 1941 in Vaasa – 24 November 2020 in Hämeenlinna[1]) was a Finnish geomorphologist specialized in cold climate aeolian processes.[2]

Seppälä was undoubted the foremost expert on palsas.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Seppälä obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Turku in 1971 and moved after to work at the University of Oulu.

In 1978 he moved to the University of Helsinki and served as professor of physical geography from 1978 to 2009[10]

Matti Seppälä was also a research fellow at Uppsala University, Heidelberg University, Université de Montréal, University of Cambridge and Durham University.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Death notice. Helsingin Sanomat, 20 December 2020, p. C 17 (in Finnish).
  2. ^ Ellonen, Leena, ed. (2008). Suomen professorit. Finlands professorer: 1640–2007. Helsinki: Professoriliitto. p. 664. ISBN 978-952-99281-1-8.
  3. ^ "Professor Matti Seppälä". Durham University. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Seppälä, Matti (1979). "Recent palsa studies in Finland". Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. Ser. A (82): 81–87.
  5. ^ Seppälä, Matti (1982). "An experimental study on the formation of palsas". Proceedings Fourth Canadian Permafrost Conference, Calgary: 36–42.
  6. ^ SeppäIä, Matti (1982). "Present-day periglacial phenomena in northern Finland". Biuletyn Peryglacjalny: 231–243.
  7. ^ Seppälä, Matti (1983). "Seasonal thawing of palsas in Finnish Lapland". Permafrost: Fourth International Conference , Proceedings, Washington D.C.: 1127–1132.
  8. ^ Seppälä, Matti (1986). "The origin of palsas". Geografiska Annaler. 86A: 141–147.
  9. ^ Seppälä, Matti (2004). Wind as Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates (Frontmatter) (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 56406 9. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Matti Seppälä". University of Helsinki. October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2014.


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