Bryn Hubbard, Neil F Glasser

Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology" is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volume. Coverage includes: The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphologyLogistical preparations for fieldworkField techniques in glaciology such as investigations on ice and meltwatersField techniques in glacial geomorphology ranging from investigations on glacial landforms and sedimentsInternational case studies show each method in practice

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 162mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780470844274
• ISBN-10: 0470844272
• Artikelnr.: 21294447

Autorenporträt

Bryn Hubbard is the author of Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology, published by Wiley. Neil F. Glasser is the author of Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. Planning and Conducting glaciological fieldwork.
3. Glacier ice: Character, Sampling and analysis.
4. Glacier meltwater: Character, sampling and analysis.
5. Hot-water borehole drilling and borehole instrumentation.
6. Ice radar.
7. Glacier mass balance and motion.
8. Glacigenic sediments.
9. Mapping glaciers and glacial landforms.
10. Monitoring and reconstructing glacier fluctuations.
References.
Index.