Fundamentals of glacier dynamics.
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| Author / Creator: | Veen, C. J. van der (Cornelis J.), 1956- |
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| Imprint: | Rotterdam ; Brookfield, Vt. : A.A. Balkema, 1999. |
| Description: | x, 462 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4214782 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Ice in the climate system
- 2. Ice deformation
- 3. Mechanics of glacier flow
- 4. Basal sliding
- 5. Modelling glacier flow
- 6. Equilibrium profiles of glaciers
- 7. Glacier thermodynamics
- 8. Numerical ice-sheet models
- 9. Large-scale dynamics of ice sheets
- 10. Mountain glaciers
- 11. The Greenland ice sheet
- 12. The Antarctic ice sheet
- References.
- Acknowledgements of figures
- Subject Index
