Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology

Informationen zum Autor Bryn Hubbard is the author of Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology, published by Wiley. Neil F. Glasser is the author of Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology, published by Wiley. Klappentext "Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology" is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volume. Coverage includes: The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphologyLogistical preparations for fieldworkField techniques in glaciology such as investigations on ice and meltwatersField techniques in glacial geomorphology ranging from investigations on glacial landforms and sedimentsInternational case studies show each method in practice Students in glacial geomorphology and glaciology, engaging in fieldwork, have long done research without a definitive text guiding them on accepted techniques. Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first comprehensive textbook on all the field techniques a researcher needs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Planning and Conducting glaciological fieldwork. 3. Glacier ice: Character, Sampling and analysis. 4. Glacier meltwater: Character, sampling and analysis. 5. Hot-water borehole drilling and borehole instrumentation. 6. Ice radar. 7. Glacier mass balance and motion. 8. Glacigenic sediments. 9. Mapping glaciers and glacial landforms. 10. Monitoring and reconstructing glacier fluctuations. References. Index.

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• Authors: Neil F Glasser, Neil F. Glasser, Neil F. (University of Wales Glasser, Glasser Neil F., Hubbard, B Hubbard, B. Glasser Hubbard, Bryn Hubbard, Bryn (University of Wales Hubbard, Bryn Glasser Hubbard, HUBBARD B GLASSER NEIL F, Hubbard Bryn
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2005
• EAN: 9780470844274
• ISBN: 978-0-470-84427-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Geomorphology and geological surface processes