Glacial Landsystems

ISBN-13: 9780340806661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 544 str.

David Evans

Opis

This book is a comprehensive overview of the ever- captivating field of glaciation from the perspective of glacial landsystems. This approach models the many processes, forms and interactions that can be found in glaciated landscapes throughout the world. This book is an essential reference for anyone embarking upon research or or engineering surveys in glaciated basins and provides a wide-ranging handbook of glacial landsystem stpes for students of glaciation.

Recenzje

All the chapters are well written and contain a wealth of information.
Journal of Quaternary Science

The book presents valuable reviews and new syntheses on glacial process-form models that represent wide-ranging geographic settings and styles of glaciation.
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Spis treści

1 Introduction to glacial landsystems, D.J.A. Evans
2 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: active temperate glacier margins, D.J.A. Evans
3 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: sub-polar glacier margins of the Canadian and Greenland high artic, C.O. Cofaigh, D.J.A. Evans & J. England
4 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: svalbard polythermal glaciers, N.F. Glasser & M.J. Hambrey
5 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: polar-continental glacier margins, S.J.Fitzsimons
6 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: southern Laurentide Ice Sheet margin, P. Colgan, D.M. Mickelson & P.M. Cutler
7 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: northern Laurentide and Innuitian Ice Sheet margins, A.S. Dyke & D.J.A. Evans
8 Ice-marginal terrestrial landsystems: southern Scandinavian Ice Sheet margin, F.M. Van der Wateren
9 Palaeo-ice stream landsystem, C.D. Clark & C.R. Stokes
10 Supraglacial landsystems in lowland terrain, M.D. Johnson & L. Clayton
11 Surging glacier landsystem, D.J.A. Evans & B.R. Rea
12 Subaquatic landsystems: continental margins, T.O. Vorren
13 Subaquatic landsystems: fjords, R.D. Powell
14 Subaquatic landsystems: large proglacial lakes, J.T. Teller
15 Glaciated valley landsystems, D.I. Benn, M.P. Kirkbride, L.A. Owen & V. Brazier
16 Plateau icefield landsystems, B.R. Rea & D.J.A. Evans
17 Paraglacial landsystems, C.K. Ballantyne

O autorze

David Evans is a Reader in the Department of Geography Durham University, UK and one of the authors of the best-selling textbook, 'Glaciers and Glaciation'