Matti Seppälä

Matti Kullervo Seppälä (born 1941) is a Finnish geomorphologist specialized in cold climate aeolian processes. Seppäla is arguably the foremost expert on palsas.^[1] 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.^[2] He served at that university as professor from 1978 to 2009^[3] and is currently a retired professor of physical geography at that university.^[1][3]

Matti Seppälä has also been a research fellow at Uppsala University, Heidelberg University, Université de Montréal, University of Cambridge and Durham University.^[3]

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

1. "Professor Matti Seppälä". Durham University. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
2. Seppälä, Matti (2004). Wind as Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates (Frontmatter) (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 56406 9. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
3. "Matti Seppälä". University of Helsinki. October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2014.