ISBN: 9780123694614

The Physics of Glaciers, Fourth Edition, discusses the physical principles that underlie the behavior and characteristics of glaciers. The term glacier refers to all bodies of ice created… Mehr…

The Physics of Glaciers, Fourth Edition, discusses the physical principles that underlie the behavior and characteristics of glaciers. The term glacier refers to all bodies of ice created by the accumulation of snowfall, e.g., mountain glaciers, ice caps, continental ice sheets, and ice shelves. Glaciology-the study of all forms of ice-is an interdisciplinary field encompassing physics, geology, atmospheric science, mathematics, and others. This book covers various aspects of glacier studies, including the transformation of snow to ice, grain-scale structures and ice deformation, mass exchange processes, glacial hydrology, glacier flow, and the impact of climate change. The present edition features two new chapters: ?Ice Sheets and the Earth System and ?Ice, Sea Level, and Contemporary Climate Change. The chapter on ice core studies has been updated from the previous version with new material. The materials on the flow of mountain glaciers, ice sheets, ice streams, and ice shelves have been combined into a single chapter entitled ?The Flow of Ice Masses. -Completely updated and revised, with 30% new material including climate change -Accessible to students, and an essential guide for researchers -Authored by preeminent glaciologists Books, [PU: Academic Press]<

2010, ISBN: 9780123694614

Now in its 4th Edition, this classic text covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers -- terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow -- including mo… Mehr…

Now in its 4th Edition, this classic text covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers -- terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow -- including mountain glaciers, small ice caps, ice sheets, and shelves. New material on climate change includes interactions between ice sheets and the ocean and atmosphere, paleoclimate reconstruction using ice cores, Quaternary climate history and the ice ages, and sea level rise. The book also explores topics of interest to geologists and geophysicists, including glacial connections to geomorphology, sedimentation, isostasy, and tectonics. -Completely updated and revised, with 30% new material including climate change -Accessible to students, and an essential guide for researchers -Authored by preeminent glaciologists Buch (fremdspr.) Kurt M. Cuffey#W. S. B. Paterson gebundene Ausgabe, Elsevier LTD, Oxford, 01.06.2010, Elsevier LTD, Oxford, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9780123694614

Academic Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: 4, 704 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-06-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 29001463, 3.03 kg, Verkaufsrang: 98, Geophysik, Geowissen… Mehr…

Academic Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: 4, 704 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-06-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 29001463, 3.03 kg, Verkaufsrang: 98, Geophysik, Geowissenschaften, Naturwissenschaft & Mathematik, Fachbücher, Kategorien, Bücher, Geologie, Naturwissenschaften & Technik, Ingenieurwissenschaft & Technik, Format: Illustriert, Academic Press, 2010<

ISBN: 9780123694614

Hardback, [PU: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc], Covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers - terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow - incl… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc], Covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers - terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow - including mountain glaciers, small ice caps, ice sheets, and shelves., Geophysics<