Glaciers and Glaciation

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In this new edition, the text, references and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature, origin and behaviour of glaciers and the geological and geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth. The first part of the book investigates the processes involved in forming glacier ice, the nature of glacier-climate relationships, the mechanisms of glacier flow and the interactions of glaciers with other natural systems such as rivers, lakes and oceans. In the second part, the emphasis moves to landforms and sediment, the interpretation of the earth's glacial legacy and the reconstruction of glacial depositional environments and palaeoglaciology.

ISBN 0340905794   Pages 816 ISBN13 9780340905791 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Hodder Education   Weight (grammes) 2240 Imprint Hodder Arnold   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780340584316 Publication date 25 Jun 2010   Height (mm) 276 Library of Congress GB2402.3   Width (mm) 216 DEWEY 551.31   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

		Preface
		Preface to the Second Edition
		Acknowledgements
PART ONE		GLACIERS
1		Introduction		3
1.1		Glacier systems		3
1.1.1		Mass balance		4
1.1.2		Meltwater		5
1.1.3		Glacier motion		5
1.1.4		Glaciers and sea-level change		5
1.1.5		Erosion and debris transport		5
1.1.6		Glacial sediments, landforms and landscapes		5
1.2		Glacier morphology		5
1.2.1		Ice sheets and ice caps		6
1.2.2		Glaciers constrained by topography		7
1.2.3		Ice shelves		10
1.3		Present distribution of glaciers		11
1.3.1		Influence of latitude and altitude		11
1.3.2		Influence of aspect, relief and distance from a moisture source		11
1.4		Past distribution of glaciers		13
1.4.1		áIcehouse' and ágreenhouse' worlds		13
1.4.2		Cenozoic glaciation		15
2		Snow, Ice and Climate		22
2.1		Introduction		22
2.2		Surface energy balance		23
2.2.1		Changes of state and temperature		23
2.2.2		Shortwave radiation		24
2.2.3		Longwave radiation		25
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A masterpiece... It demonstrates what can be achieved when widespread and ambitious fieldwork is combined with extensive library work, excellent understanding, and what must have been inordinate dedication. -- Professor J.D. Ives for Choices (about the first edition) A modern synthesis that will be appreciated by professional scientists and graduate students both inside and outside the discipline. This book is the best of its kind, an impressive contribution to science and to education. -- Professor G.K.C. Clarke for the American Geophysical Union (about the first edition) "This is by far the best book on the market for a glacial geology course." -- Dr. Alan Kehew, Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University (on the first edition)

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