Glacier ice
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Glacier ice
University of Washington Press, 2000
Rev. ed
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The awesome beauty and majesty of glaciers, the world of ice which has shaped and reshaped large parts of the earth's surfaces, are presented here through more than 100 photographs and a closely integrated, informed text. Austin Post's series of aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with ground-based photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world. The authors clearly explain the features illustrated. Their discussion of the effects of glaciers on the landscape, formation and mass balance, flow and fluctuations, moraines, ogives, and surface details is fascinating for the general reader as well as the expert.
First published in 1971 and long out of print, Glacier Ice is reissued in a completely redesigned edition.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
Glacier Formation and Mass Balance
Major Surface Features of Ice
Glacier Flow
Glacier Fluctuations
Moraines
Glacier Surges
Ogives
Meltwater on Glaciers
Surface Details
Calving Glaciers
Glaciers, Volcanoes and Jokulhlaups
Effects of Glaciers on the Landscape
Temperate, Subpolar, and Polar Glaciers
Glossary of Glacier Terms
Selected Bibliography
Photographic Credits
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