Matti Seppälä

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 arguably the foremost expert on palsas.[3] 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.[4]

He served at that university as professor from 1978 to 2009[5] and was professor of physical geography at that university.[3][5]

Matti Seppälä was also a research fellow at Uppsala University, Heidelberg University, Université de Montréal, University of Cambridge and Durham University.[5]

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


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