Glacier Science and Environmental Change

Informationen zum Autor Dr Peter Knight was brought up in Birmingham, England, and educated in geography and glaciology at the Universities of Oxford and Aberdeen. He teaches physical geography at Keele University, and carries out research in glaciology and glacial geomorphology both in the laboratory and at field sites in Iceland, Greenland, and the UK. Klappentext Glacier Science and Environmental Change is an authoritative and comprehensive reference work on contemporary issues in glaciology. It explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change, in the past, present, and future.Written by the world's foremost authorities in the subject and researchers at the scientific frontier where conventional wisdom of approach comes face to face with unsolved problems, this book provides:* state-of-the-art reviews of the key topics in glaciology and related disciplines in environmental change* cutting-edge case studies of the latest research* an interdisciplinary synthesis of the issues that draw together the research efforts of glaciologists and scientists from other areas such as geologists, hydrologists, and climatologists* color-plate section (with selected extra figures provided in color at www.blackwellpublishing.com/knight).The topics in this book have been carefully chosen to reflect current priorities in research, the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, and the developing relationship between glaciology and studies of environmental change.Glacier Science and Environmental Change is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate research students, and professional researchers in glaciology, geology, geography, geophysics, climatology, and related disciplines. Zusammenfassung Glacier Science and Environmental Change is a comprehensive reference work examining contemporary issues in glaciology and explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change! past! present! and future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 7979590 ...

List of contents

Introduction.
1. Peter G. Knight: Glacier science and environmental change: introduction.

Part 1: Glaciers and their coupling with hydraulic and sedimentary processes.

2. Geoffrey S. Boulton: Keynote: Glaciers and their coupling with hydraulic and sedimentary processes.

3. Darrel A. Swift: Case Study: Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland: Hydrological controls on basal sediment evacuation and glacial erosion.

4. John Shaw: A glimpse at meltwater effects associated with continental ice sheets.

5. Mandy J. Munro-Stasiuk and Darren Sjogren: Case Study: The erosional origin of hummocky terrain, Alberta, Canada.

6. Tracy A. Brennand, Hazen A. J. Russell and David R. Sharpe: Case study: Tunnel channel character and evolution in central southern Ontario.

7. Tom Bradwell: Case Study: Glacial bedforms and the role of subglacial meltwater: Annandale, Southern Scotland.

8. Douglas I. Benn and David J. A. Evans: Subglacial megafloods: outrageous hypothesis or just outrageous?.

Reply to Benn and Evans by John Shaw and Mandy Munro-Stasiuk.

9. Jan A. Piotrowski: Groundwater under ice sheets and glaciers.

10. Silke Marczinek and Jan A. Piotrowski: Case Study: Groundwater flow under the margin of the last Scandinavian ice sheet around the Eckernförde Bay, NW Germany.

11. Chris Breemer: Case Study: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Subglacial Hydrology, Late Pleistocene Lake Michigan Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet.

12. Paul M. Cutler: Case Study: Modelling impact of glacier-permafrost interaction on subglacial water flow.

13. Mark Person: Case Study: Pleistocene hydrogeology of the Atlantic continental shelf, New England.

14. Martyn Tranter: Glacial chemical weathering, runoff composition and solute fluxes.

15. J. L.Wadham: Case Study: Solute enhancement in the proglacial zone.

16. Suzanne Prestrud Anderson: Case Study: Impact of mineral surface area on solute fluxes at Bench Glacier, Alaska.

17. Andy Hodson: Case Study: Phosphorus in glacial meltwaters.

18. David J. A. Evans: Glacial landsystems.

19. Colm Ó Cofaigh: Case Study: The sub-polar glacier landsystem of the Canadian High Arctic.

20. Brice R. Rea: Case Study: Plateau icefield landsystem.

Part 2: Glaciers, oceans, atmosphere and climate.

21. John T. Andrews: Keynote: Glaciers, oceans, atmosphere and climate.

22. Alun Hubbard: Case Study: A multi-disciplined approach to the reconstruction of the Late Weichselian deglaciation of Iceland.

23. Mark C. Serreze and Ignatius Rigor: The cryosphere and climate change: perspectives on the Arctic s shrinking sea ice cover.

24. Gerard Bond: The interaction of glaciers and oceans in the context of changing climate.

25. Mark Dyurgerov: Case Study: northern hemisphere glaciers responding to climate warming by increasing their sensitivity and their contribution to sea level rise.

26. Chris R. Stokes and Chris D. Clark: Case Study: Influence of Ice Streaming on the Ocean-Climate System: Examining the Impact of the M'Clintock Channel Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

27. Eric Rignot: Case Study: influence of ocean warming on glaciers and ice streams.

28. C. F. Michael Lewis and James T. Teller: Glacial runoff from North America and its possible impact on oceans and climate.

29. Sean W. Fleming: Case Study: Impacts of climatic trends upon groundwater resources, aquifer-stream interactions and aquatic habitat in glacierized watersheds, Yukon Territory, Canada.

30. Julian A. Dowdeswell: Ice sheets and marine sedimentation on high-latitude continental margins.

31. Martin S. Stoker, David Long, Joseph Bulat and Stephen Davison: Case Study: Seismic geomorphology and Pleistocene ice limits off NW Britain.

32. Shawn J. Marshall: Modelling glacier response to climate change,.

33. Richard Bintanja: Case Study: energy and mass fluxes over dry snow surfaces.

34. E.J.Klok: Case Study: energy fluxes over Morteratschgletscher.

35. R.Souchez and R.

Report

"...this book achieves what it set out to do and provides a comprehensive and up to date position statement on the subject area." New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 2007 "...an excellent aid to research in a wide range of disciplines dealing with glaciers. It provides sensible facts and mechanisms, and addresses its subject matter in a methodical manner. The book will be a useful companion to any research student as well as to researchers dealing with the complicated aspects of changing glaciers across the globe. This outstanding book is comprehensive and well edited." Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2007 "As a busy lecturer in Quaternary related topics, can I thank and congratulate you for the work put into producing Glacier Science and Env. change. It is a wonderful resource, based on a terrific idea and beautifully put together. Many thanks for making my life easier!" Dr Steve McCarron, National University of Ireland, Maynooth I was very impressed by the comprehensive nature of this book...Overall, I truly admire Knight's efforts and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. John F Hiemstra, The Holocene, 2007

Product details

• Authors: Peter Knight, Peter G. Knight
• Assisted by: Pete G Knight (Editor), Peter G. Knight (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2006
• EAN: 9781405100182
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-0018-2
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Geomorphologie, Gletscher, Geowissenschaften, Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Quaternary Science & Glaciology, Quartärforschung, Glaziologie, Klimatologie u. Meteorologie