Ice Composition and Glacier Dynamics: Vol 8 (Springer Series in Physical Environment) - Hardcover

Lorrain, Reginald D.; Souchez, Roland A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540525211 ISBN 13: 9783540525219

Verlag: Springer, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

I Fundamentals.- 1 The Glacier System.- 2 Ice Composition.- II Implications on Glacier Dynamics.- 3 Ice Composition and Ice Flow: a General View.- 4 The Basal Zone of Ice Caps and Ice Sheets.- 5 The Basal Zone of Alpine Glaciers.- 6 The Contact Zone Between Glacier and Ocean.- Conclusion: Ice Composition, Glacier Dynamics and Global Changes.- References.

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Reseña del editor

The study of ice composition represents an effective tool in our understanding of the dynamics of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves. The authors of this work relate the distribution of isotopes and impurities in ice masses to ice flow, to the key zone close to the ice-substratum interface and to the mechanisms effective in the contact zone between glacier and ocean. Other material in this book is concerned with how global changes may be induced by a climatic warming due to anthropogenic activities. This monograph on glaciology, geophysics and geomorphology is intended for researchers, graduate students and teachers.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3540525211
• ISBN 13: 9783540525219
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 222
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