Glaciers & glaciation /
Benn, Douglas I.
Glaciers & glaciation / Glaciers and glaciation Douglas I. Benn and David J.A. Evans. - First Edition - vii, 734 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some colours) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-716) and index.
Snow, ice and climate -- Glacier hydrology -- Processes of glacier motion -- Glacier dynamics -- The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets -- Glaciers and sea-level change -- Part II Glaciation -- Erosional processes, forms and landscapes -- Debris entrainment and transport -- Glacigenic sediments and depositional processes -- Sediment landform associations -- Landsystems and palaeoglaciology
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.
9780340905791
98116042
Glaciers.
Glaciares
GB2403.2 / .B44 2010
551.31
Glaciers & glaciation / Glaciers and glaciation Douglas I. Benn and David J.A. Evans. - First Edition - vii, 734 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some colours) ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-716) and index.
Snow, ice and climate -- Glacier hydrology -- Processes of glacier motion -- Glacier dynamics -- The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets -- Glaciers and sea-level change -- Part II Glaciation -- Erosional processes, forms and landscapes -- Debris entrainment and transport -- Glacigenic sediments and depositional processes -- Sediment landform associations -- Landsystems and palaeoglaciology
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.
9780340905791
98116042
Glaciers.
Glaciares
GB2403.2 / .B44 2010
551.31