Glacial Geology - Ice Sheets and Landforms

Informationen zum Autor Matthew M. Bennett is the editor of Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Neil F. Glasser is the editor of Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Klappentext The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition. This book will appeal to all students interested in the landforms and sediments that make up glacial landscapes. The aim of the book is to outline glacial landforms and sediments and to provide the reader with the tools required to interpret glacial landscapes. It describes how glaciers work and how the processes of glacial erosion and deposition which operate within them are recorded in the glacial landscape. The Second Edition is presented in the same clear and concise format as the First Edition, providing detailed explanations that are not cluttered with unnecessary detail. Additions include a new chapter on Glaciations around the Globe, demonstrating the range of glacial environments present on Earth today and a new chapter on Palaeoglaciology, explaining how glacial landforms and sediments are used in ice-sheet reconstructions.  Like the original book, text boxes are used throughout to explain key concepts and to introduce students to case study material from the glacial literature. Newly updated sections on Further Reading are also included at the end of each chapter to point the reader towards key references.  The book is illustrated throughout with colour photographs and illustrations. Zusammenfassung The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition. This book will appeal to all students interested in the landforms and sediments that make up glacial landscapes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Illustrations xiii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 What is Glacial Geology and Why is it Important? 1 1.2 The Aim and Structure of this Book 6 Chapter 2: Glaciations Around The Globe 7 2.1 The Antarctic Ice Sheet 7 2.2 Greenland in the Greenhouse 15 2.3 Southern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Patagonia and New Zealand 17 2.4 Northern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Alaska and Iceland 21 2.5 High-Altitude Glaciers: The Himalaya 22 2.6 Tropical Glaciers: The Cordillera Blanca, Peru 26 2.7 Arctic Polythermal Glaciers 29 2.8 Summary 33 Suggested Reading 33 Chapter 3: Mass Balance and the Mechanisms of Ice Flow 41 3.1 Annual Mass Balance 41 3.2 The Mass Balance Gradient: The Glacial Driving Mechanism 44 3.3 Mechanisms of Ice Flow 47 3.4 The Principles of Basal Thermal Regime 55 3.5 Patterns and Rates of Ice Flow 63 3.6 Glacier Response to Climate Change 69 3.7 Summary 76 Suggested Reading 76 Chapter 4: Glacier Hydrology 81 4.1 Glacier Hydrology 81 4.2 Sources of Glacial Meltwater 82 4.3 Storage of Water in Glaciers 83 4.4 Methods of Studying Glacier Hydrology 84 4.5 Glacier Hydrological Systems 86 4.6 Subglacial Water Pressure 90 4.7 Discharge Fluctuations 97 4.8 Glacial Meltwater Erosion 102 4.9 Summary 104 Suggested Reading 104 Chapter 5: The Processes of Glacial Erosion 109 5.1 Glacial Abrasion 109 5.2 Glacial Quarrying 117 5.3 Estimating Rates of Glacial Erosion 125 5.4 Patterns of Glacial Erosion 128 5.5 Summary 131 Suggested Reading 131 Chapter 6: Landforms of Glacial Erosion 135 6.1 Microscale Features of Glaci...

List of contents

Preface
 
Acknowledgements
 
Illustrations
 

Chapter 1: Introduction
 
1.1 What is Glacial Geology and Why is it Important?
 
1.2 The Aim and Structure of this Book
 

Chapter 2: Glaciations Around The Globe
 
2.1 The Antarctic Ice Sheet
 
2.2 Greenland in the Greenhouse
 
2.3 Southern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Patagonia and New Zealand
 
2.4 Northern Hemisphere Temperate Glaciers: Alaska and Iceland
 
2.5 High-Altitude Glaciers: The Himalaya
 
2.6 Tropical Glaciers: The Cordillera Blanca, Peru
 
2.7 Arctic Polythermal Glaciers
 
2.8 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 3: Mass Balance and the Mechanisms of Ice Flow
 
3.1 Annual Mass Balance
 
3.2 The Mass Balance Gradient: The Glacial Driving Mechanism
 
3.3 Mechanisms of Ice Flow
 
3.4 The Principles of Basal Thermal Regime
 
3.5 Patterns and Rates of Ice Flow
 
3.6 Glacier Response to Climate Change
 
3.7 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 4: Glacier Hydrology
 
4.1 Glacier Hydrology
 
4.2 Sources of Glacial Meltwater
 
4.3 Storage of Water in Glaciers
 
4.4 Methods of Studying Glacier Hydrology
 
4.5 Glacier Hydrological Systems
 
4.6 Subglacial Water Pressure
 
4.7 Discharge Fluctuations
 
4.8 Glacial Meltwater Erosion
 
4.9 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 5: The Processes of Glacial Erosion
 
5.1 Glacial Abrasion
 
5.2 Glacial Quarrying
 
5.3 Estimating Rates of Glacial Erosion
 
5.4 Patterns of Glacial Erosion
 
5.5 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 6: Landforms of Glacial Erosion
 
6.1 Microscale Features of Glacial Erosion
 
6.2 Mesoscale Features of Glacial Erosion
 
6.3 Macroscale Features of Glacial Erosion
 
6.4 Landscapes of Glacial Erosion
 
6.5 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 7: Glacial Debris Entrainment and Transport
 
7.1 High-Level Debris Transport
 
7.2 Debris Entrainment
 
7.3 Low-Level Debris Transport
 
7.4 Debris Transfer Between Low and High Levels
 
7.5 Debris Transfer
 
7.6 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 8: Glacial Sedimentation on Land
 
8.1 Direct Glacial Sedimentation
 
8.2 Fluvial Sedimentation
 
8.3 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 9: Landforms of Glacial Deposition on Land
 
9.1 Ice-Marginal Moraines
 
9.2 Subglacial Landforms Formed by Ice or Sediment Flow
 
9.3 Glaciofluvial Ice-Marginal Landforms
 
9.4 Glaciofluvial Subglacial Landforms
 
9.5 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 10: Glacial Sedimentation in Water
 
10.1 Sedimentation in Lacustrine Environments
 
10.2 Sedimentation in Marine Environments
 
10.3 Distinguishing Glaciolacustrine and Glaciomarine Diamicts from Glacial Tills
 
10.4 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 11: Landforms of Glacial Deposition in Water
 
11.1 Glaciolacustrine Landforms
 
11.2 Glaciomarine Landforms
 
11.3 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Chapter 12: Palaeoglaciology
 
12.1 The Methods Used in Palaeoglaciology
 
12.2 The Key Landforms Used in Palaeoglaciology
 
12.3 Former Subglacial Thermal Regimes
 
12.4 Palaeoglaciological Reconstructions
 
12.5 Summary
 
Suggested Reading
 

Report

"The book is written in an accessible manner and well-illustrated; undergraduate students will thus embrace it as a first resource." (Experimental Agriculture, 2010)

Product details

• Authors: BENNETT, Matthew M. Bennett, Matthew M. Glasser Bennett, Matthew R. Bennett, Neil F. Glasser
• Assisted by: Matthew M. Bennett (Editor), Bennett Matthew M. (Editor), F Glasser (Editor), F Glasser (Editor), Neil F. Glasser (Editor), Glasser Neil F. (Editor), Matthe M Bennett (Editor), Matthew M Bennett (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2009
• EAN: 9780470516911
• ISBN: 978-0-470-51691-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Geologie, Geowissenschaften, Earth Sciences, Quaternary Science & Glaciology, Quartärforschung, Glaziologie, Geology & Geophysics, Geologie u. Geophysik