Glaciers and Glaciation, 2nd edition

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource.In this new edition, the text, references and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature, origin and behaviour of glaciers and the geological and geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth.The first part of the book investigates the processes involved in forming glacier ice, the nature of glacier-climate relationships, the mechanisms of glacier flow and the interactions of glaciers with other natural systems such as rivers, lakes and oceans.In the second part, the emphasis moves to landforms and sediment, the interpretation of the earth's glacial legacy and the reconstruction of glacial depositional environments and palaeoglaciology.

Ghetarii si Glaciatia este manualul clasic pentru toti studentii la glaciatie. Stimulant si accesibil, acesta si-a stabilit reputatia ca o resursa cuprinzatoare si esentiala. In aceasta noua editie, textul, referintele si ilustratiile au fost actualizate temeinic pentru a oferi cititorului de astazi o prezentare actualizata a naturii, originii si comportamentului. a ghetarilor si a dovezilor geologice si geomorfologice ale istoriei lor trecute pe pamant. Prima parte a cartii investigheaza procesele implicate in formarea ghetii ghetare, natura relatiilor ghetar-clima, mecanismele fluxului ghetarului si interactiunile ghetarilor cu alte sisteme naturale precum rauri, lacuri si oceane. In a doua parte, accentul se indreapta asupra formelor de relief si a sedimentelor, interpretarea mostenirii glaciare a pamantului si reconstructia mediilor de depozitare glaciare si paleoglaciologia.