Modern and past glacial environments /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Rev. student ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 543 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Glaciers. Glacial epoch. Glaciers. Époque glaciaire. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy. Glacial epoch. Glaciers. Glaciale sedimenten. IJstijden. Glaciologie. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11154539

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Varying Form of Title:	Modern & past glacial environments
Other authors / contributors:	Menzies, John.
ISBN:	9781429483575 1429483571 0750642262 9780750642262
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-528) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments and landscapes which are drawn from a world wide perspective. Together with a web- based set of current and comprehensive references and bibliographic sources, it provides an ideal reference text. This survey includes coverage of the glaciology, geomorphology and sedimentology of modern glaciers and ice sheets, and the sediments and forms generated within Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene glacial environments. Quaternary scientists and students will find this work their first point of reference. Likewise students of Physical Geography, Geology, Earth Science, Engineering Geology, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Sciences should find this a useful guide and reference to Glacial Geomorphology and Geology. Essential new academic version Highest contributors in their fields Well reviewed first editions.
Other form:	Print version: Modern and past glacial environments. Rev. student ed. Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002 0750642262 9780750642262

Table of Contents:

Glacial environments, modern and past / J. Menzies
Global glacial chronologies and causes of glaciation / Parker E. Calkin and Grant M. Young
Glaciers and ice sheets / J. Menzies and Terry J. Hughes
Ice flow and hydrology / Neal R. Iverson
Processes of glacial transportation / Martin P. Kirkbride
Processes of terrestrial glacial deposition / Colin A. Whiteman
Subglacial environments / John Menzies and Bill W. Shilts
Sediments and landforms of modern proglacial terrestrial environments / Judith Maizels
Supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms / W. Hilt Johnson and John Menzies
Glaciolacustrine environments / Gail M. Ashley
Modern glaciomarine environments / Ross Powell and Gene W. Domack
Past glaciomarine environments / Anders Elverhøi and Rüdiger Henrich
Processes of glaciotectonism / Dick M. van der Wateren
Glacial stratigraphy / Jim Rose and John Menzies
Problems and perspectives / J. Menzies.

Modern and past glacial environments /

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