Date : 2010
Editeur / Publisher : Burlington (Mass.) : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier , cop. 2010
Type : Livre / Book
Langue / Language : anglais / English
ISBN : 978-0-12-369461-4
ISBN : 0-12-369461-2
Catalogue Worldcat
Classification Dewey : 551.31/2
Résumé / Abstract : La 4e de couverture indique : "Now in its fourth edition, this classic text covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers, -terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow, -including mountain glaciers, small ice caps, ice sheets, and ice shelves. New and expanded chapters discuss climate change topics, including: how ice core studies obtain information about past climate and atmospheric composition; the reaction of glaciers and ice sheets to global warming; quaternary climate history and the ice ages; and the challenge of projecting future sea-level rise. The book explores many additional topics of interest to geologists and geophysicists who study tectonics and geomorphology."