Modern and past glacial environments /
In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing access...
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Butterworth-Heinemann,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Revised student edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750642262 |
Summary: |
In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments a |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 543 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-528) and index. |
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9781429483575 1429483571 |
Index Number: | GB2403 |
CLC: | P343.6 |
Contents: | Glacial environments, modern and past / J. Menzies -- Global glacial chronologies and causes of glaciation / Parker E. Calkin and Grant M. Young -- Glaciers and ice sheets / J. Menzies and Terry J. Hughes -- Ice flow and hydrology / Neal R. Iverson -- Processes of glacial transportation / Martin P. Kirkbride -- Processes of terrestrial glacial deposition / Colin A. Whiteman -- Subglacial environments / John Menzies and Bill W. Shilts -- Sediments and landforms of modern proglacial terrestrial environments / Judith Maizels -- Supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms / W. Hilt John |