Matti Seppälä
Matti Kullervo Seppälä (born 5 September 1941 in Vaasa) is a Finnish geomorphologist specialized in cold climate aeolian processes.[1] Seppälä is arguably the foremost expert on palsas.[2] Seppälä obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Turku in 1971 and moved after to work at the University of Oulu until in 1978 he moved to the University of Helsinki.[3] He served at that university as professor from 1978 to 2009[4] and is currently a retired professor of physical geography at that university.[2][4]
Matti Seppälä has also been a research fellow at Uppsala University, Heidelberg University, Université de Montréal, University of Cambridge and Durham University.[4]
Notable publications
- Wind as Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates. Cambridge University Press (2004). ISBN 0 521 56406 9
- The origin of palsas. Geografiska Annaler 68A (1986), p. 141-147.
References
- ↑ Ellonen, Leena, ed. (2008). Suomen professorit. Finlands professorer: 1640–2007. Helsinki: Professoriliitto. p. 664. ISBN 978-952-99281-1-8.
- 1 2 "Professor Matti Seppälä". Durham University. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ↑ Seppälä, Matti (2004). Wind as Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates (Frontmatter) (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 56406 9. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Matti Seppälä". University of Helsinki. October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
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