Glacial Geology

28.07.2009

Englisch

9780470516911

John Wiley & Sons

Nein

400

2

Broschiert

Ice Sheets and Landforms

Earth Sciences, Geologie, Geologie u. Geophysik, Geology & Geophysics, Geowissenschaften, Quartärforschung, Glaziologie, Quaternary Science & Glaciology

RBG - Geologie und die Lithosphäre

Preface Acknowledgements Illustrations Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 What is Glacial Geology and Why is it Important? 1.2 The Aim and Structure of this Book Chapter 2: Glaciations Around The Globe 2.1 The Antarctic Ice Sheet 2.2 Greenland in the Greenhouse 2.3 Southern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Patagonia and New Zealand 2.4 Northern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Alaska and Iceland 2.5 High-Altitude Glaciers: The Himalaya 2.6 Tropical Glaciers: The Cordillera Blanca, Peru 2.7 Arctic Polythermal Glaciers 2.8 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 3: Mass Balance and the Mechanisms of Ice Flow 3.1 Annual Mass Balance 3.2 The Mass Balance Gradient: The Glacial Driving Mechanism 3.3 Mechanisms of Ice Flow 3.4 The Principles of Basal Thermal Regime 3.5 Patterns and Rates of Ice Flow 3.6 Glacier Response to Climate Change 3.7 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 4: Glacier Hydrology 4.1 Glacier Hydrology 4.2 Sources of Glacial Meltwater 4.3 Storage of Water in Glaciers 4.4 Methods of Studying Glacier Hydrology 4.5 Glacier Hydrological Systems 4.6 Subglacial Water Pressure 4.7 Discharge Fluctuations 4.8 Glacial Meltwater Erosion 4.9 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 5: The Processes of Glacial Erosion 5.1 Glacial Abrasion 5.2 Glacial Quarrying 5.3 Estimating Rates of Glacial Erosion 5.4 Patterns of Glacial Erosion 5.5 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 6: Landforms of Glacial Erosion 6.1 Microscale Features of Glacial Erosion 6.2 Mesoscale Features of Glacial Erosion 6.3 Macroscale Features of Glacial Erosion 6.4 Landscapes of Glacial Erosion 6.5 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 7: Glacial Debris Entrainment and Transport 7.1 High-Level Debris Transport 7.2 Debris Entrainment 7.3 Low-Level Debris Transport 7.4 Debris Transfer Between Low and High Levels 7.5 Debris Transfer 7.6 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 8: Glacial Sedimentation on Land 8.1 Direct Glacial Sedimentation 8.2 Fluvial Sedimentation 8.3 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 9: Landforms of Glacial Deposition on Land 9.1 Ice-Marginal Moraines 9.2 Subglacial Landforms Formed by Ice or Sediment Flow 9.3 Glaciofluvial Ice-Marginal Landforms 9.4 Glaciofluvial Subglacial Landforms 9.5 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 10: Glacial Sedimentation in Water 10.1 Sedimentation in Lacustrine Environments 10.2 Sedimentation in Marine Environments 10.3 Distinguishing Glaciolacustrine and Glaciomarine Diamicts from Glacial Tills 10.4 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 11: Landforms of Glacial Deposition in Water 11.1 Glaciolacustrine Landforms 11.2 Glaciomarine Landforms 11.3 Summary Suggested Reading Chapter 12: Palaeoglaciology 12.1 The Methods Used in Palaeoglaciology 12.2 The Key Landforms Used in Palaeoglaciology 12.3 Former Subglacial Thermal Regimes 12.4 Palaeoglaciological Reconstructions 12.5 Summary Suggested Reading Index

244 mm

16.9 cm