272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context. The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of teh many research problms that remain to be solved. The accessible style adopted in the text facilitates a clear understanding of glaciers and the role they play in... Read more
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Glaciers and the global system 3. Formation and mass balance of glaciers 4. Material, chemical and thermal properies of glaciers 5. Structure and morphology of glaciers 6. Glacier hydrology 7. Movement of glaciers 8. Glacier fluctuations 9. Glacial sediment transfer and geomorphology 10. Glacier hazards and resources 11. Ice cores 12. Research directions in glaciology References Index
Biography
Peter Knight
