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Modern and Past Glacial Environments.

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 access...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Butterworth-Heinemann 2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Modern and Past Glacial Environments; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Symbols; Chapter 1. Glacial environments
  • modern and past; Chapter 2. Global glacial chronologies and causes of glaciation; Chapter 3. Glaciers and ice sheets; Chapter 4. Ice flow and hydrology; Chapter 5. Processes of glacial erosion; Chapter 6. Processes of glacial transportation; Chapter 7. Processes of terrestrial glacial deposition; Chapter 8. Subglacial environments; Chapter 9. Sediments and landforms of modern proglacial terrestrial environments.