Principles of glacier mechanics /

This book, first published in 2005, provides students and practising glaciologists with the tools they need to understand modern glaciology. Relatively simple concepts are introduced first, followed by mathematically more sophisticated chapters. A knowledge of basic calculus is assumed, but importan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hooke, Roger LeB
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Glaciers.
Glacial landforms.
Ice mechanics.
Géomorphologie glaciaire.
Mécanique des glaces.
glaciers (bodies of water)
glacial landforms.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Glacial landforms
Glaciers
Ice mechanics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why study glaciers?
  • Some basic
  • Mass balance
  • Flow and fracture of a crystalline material
  • The velocity field in a glacier
  • Temperature distribution in polar ice sheets
  • The coupling between a glacier and its bed
  • Water flow in and under glaciers: geomorphic implications
  • Stress and deformation
  • Stress and velocity distribution in an idealized glacier
  • Numerical modeling
  • Applications of stress and deformation principles to classical problems
  • Finite strain and the origin of foliation
  • Response of glaciers to changes in mass balance.

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