Glacial Environments

ISBN-13: 9781857280043 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 302 str.

Michael Hambrey; Hambrey Hambrey; M. J. Hambrey

Opis

Enhanced by photographic illustrations of extraordinary quality, this text should provide students with a complete introduction to the scientific study of environments dominated by snow and ice. Emphasizing the range of erosional and depositional landforms, drawing on the older geological record, according due attention to the marine environment, and covering all relevant parts of the world - this book should find a wide readership among students of geography, geology and environmental science.

Spis treści

Glacier dynamics; Glacial erosional processes and landforms; Environments of terrestrial glacial deposition; Glaciofluvial processes and landforms; Glaciolacustrine processes and sediments; Glaciomarine processes and sediments, part I: fjords; Glaciomarine processes and sediments, part II: continental shelf and deep se.

O autorze

Hambrey, Michael