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Modern and Past Glacial Environments

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Edited by:

John Menzies

Modern and Past Glacial Environments

Book2002

 

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Edited by:

John Menzies

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In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-rang ... read full description

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    1 - Glacial environments — Modern and past

    J. Menzies

    Pages 1-13

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    2 - Global glacial chronologies and causes of glaciation

    Parker E. Calkin and Grant M. Young

    Pages 15-52

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    3 - Glaciers and ice sheets

    J. Menzies and Terry J. Hughes

    Pages 53-78

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    4 - Ice flow and hydrology

    John Menzies

    Pages 79-130

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    5 - Processes of glacial erosion

    Neal R. Iverson

    Pages 131-145

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    6 - Processes of glacial transportation

    Martin P. Kirkbride

    Pages 147-169

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    7 - Processes of terrestrial glacial deposition

    Colin A. Whiteman

    Pages 171-181

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    8 - Subglacial environments

    John Menzies and Bill W. Shilts

    Pages 183-278

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    9 - Sediments and landforms of modern proglacial terrestrial environments

    Judith Maizels

    Pages 279-316

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    10 - Supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms

    W. Hilt Johnson and John Menzies

    Pages 317-333

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    11 - Glaciolacustrine environments

    Gail M. Ashley

    Pages 335-359

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    12 - Modern glaciomarine environments

    Ross Powell and Gene W. Domack

    Pages 361-389

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    13 - Past glaciomarine environments

    Anders Elverhøi and Rüdiger Henrich

    Pages 391-415

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    14 - Processes of glaciotectonism

    Dick M. van der Wateren

    Pages 417-443

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    15 - Glacial stratigraphy

    Jim Rose and John Menzies

    Pages 445-473

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    16 - Problems and perspectives

    John Menzies

    Pages 475-481

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    References

    Pages 483-528

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    Index

    Pages 529-543

About the book

Description

In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics.

This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments and landscapes which are drawn from a world wide perspective. Together with a web- based set of current and comprehensive references and bibliographic sources, it provides an ideal reference text.

This survey includes coverage of the glaciology, geomorphology and sedimentology of modern glaciers and ice sheets, and the sediments and forms generated within Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene glacial environments. Quaternary scientists and students will find this work their first point of reference. Likewise students of Physical Geography, Geology, Earth Science, Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Sciences should find this a useful guide and reference to Glacial Geomorphology and Geology.

In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics.

This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments and landscapes which are drawn from a world wide perspective. Together with a web- based set of current and comprehensive references and bibliographic sources, it provides an ideal reference text.

This survey includes coverage of the glaciology, geomorphology and sedimentology of modern glaciers and ice sheets, and the sediments and forms generated within Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene glacial environments. Quaternary scientists and students will find this work their first point of reference. Likewise students of Physical Geography, Geology, Earth Science, Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Sciences should find this a useful guide and reference to Glacial Geomorphology and Geology.

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  • Essential new academic version
  • Highest contributors in their fields
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  • Essential new academic version
  • Highest contributors in their fields
  • Well reviewed first editions

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ISBN

978-0-7506-4226-2

Language

English

Published

2002

Copyright

Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Imprint

Butterworth-Heinemann

Editors

John Menzies

Departments of Earth Sciences and Geography, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada