A short review is presented of the study of permafrost conditions in high-mountain regions which, in comparison to the main lines of permafrost research, is a much neglected topic. The mountain regions discussed include the Rocky Mountains, Alps, Pamirs, Tien Shan, Altai, and the mountain regions of Mongolia and Japan. The vast mountain regions of central Asia, the Andes, and other mountain massifs of low latitudes have received little attention.
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Aldar P. Gorbunov (1978) studied this question.
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