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Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volume.

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• The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphology
• Logistical preparations for fieldwork
• Field techniques in glaciology such as investigations on ice and meltwaters
• Field techniques in glacial geomorphology ranging from investigations on glacial landforms and sediments
• International case studies show each method in practice

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Bought this book thinking it listed the glacier fluctuations and climatic changes since I need to memorize the glaciations for the ASBOG exam, but discovered it is notes from a sumposion held in Amsterdam June 1987. ... Read more

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The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired the team planning the Galileo space craft to gather data on the ice sheet of the Jupiterian moon Europa. The book provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets. ... Read more

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Ever need a fact or quotation on glaciology? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term "glaciology," including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for glaciology, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). ... Read more

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The complex behaviour of media such as seasonally frozen soils, permafrost, and glaciers is becoming more discernable thanks to the availabiliy of ever more reliable analytical and numerical tools. These methods of analysis are still somewhat mathematically involved, and are usually taught at postgraduate levels, or used for research purposes. Engineering Aspects of Geomechanics, Glaciology & Gecryology is written with a wider readership in mind, with an attempt to make modelling more accessible to undergraduate students and practising engineers alike. The book - which includes a variety of topics such as engineering properties of soils, rock, frozen grounds and ice - is organised in a concise and logical way, backed by more than 120 state of the art illustrations and in excess of 20 detailed worked examples. As such, it is an essential text for modellers and practising engineers. ... Read more

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The object of this dictionary is to cover the maximum number of terms and concepts required by anyone concerned with glaciology and related sciences. It contains definitions of almost all the glaciological terms in common use today, providing a comprehensive working dictionary based on the most authoritative books, journals and glossaries in the field of glaciology.

The terms cover all the types of snow and ice and natural phenomena related to them i.e. glaciers, snow cover, avalanches and glacial mudflows; sea, river and lake ice, ground ice, aufeis and glacio-nival phenomena of the past. The dictionary is directed primarily at specialists in glaciology, geography, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, geophysics, geology and also to students and teachers of these disciplines.


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This digital document is a journal article from Quaternary Science Reviews, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The last ice sheet over the British Isles, together with other mid-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, and in contrast to the modern ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, had a relatively low profile, low summit elevation and extensive, elongated lobes at its margin. A thermo-mechanically coupled numerical ice sheet model, driven by a proxy climate, has been used to explore the properties that would have permitted these characteristics to develop. The approach, the key to quantitative palaeoglaciology, is to determine the boundary conditions that permit the simulated ice sheet to mimic the evolution of the real ice sheet through the last glacial cycle. Simulations show how a British ice sheet may have been confluent with a Scandinavian ice sheet during some parts of its history and how unforced periodic and asynchronous oscillations could occur in different parts of its margins. Marginal lobes are a reflection of streaming within the ice sheet. Such streams can be ephemeral, dynamic streams located because of ice sheet properties, or fixed streams whose location is determined by bed properties. The simulations that best satisfy constraints of extent, elevation and relative sea levels are those with major fixed streams that strongly draw down the ice sheet surface. In these, the core upland areas of the ice sheet were cold based at the Last Glacial Maximum, basal streaming velocities were between 500 and 1000ma^-^1 compared with surface velocities of 10-50ma^-^1 in inter-stream zones, shear stresses were as low as 15-25kPa in streams compared with 70-110kPa in upland areas and 60-84% of the ice flux was delivered to the margin via streams. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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The Superior Glaciology subliminal CD is designed to super charge your brain to learn glaciology faster and easier than ever imagined. It will help you learn and master glaciology so that you retain the material longer, understand it better, and enjoy it much more than you normally would. This session can help you pass glaciology exams easier and with higher scores.All you have to do is continue the same glaciology classes or text that you're studying now and listen to this CD to accelerate your learning ability.This CD contains 6 ten minute subliminal sessions to choose from. Each session contains the same subliminal suggestions carefully crafted by hypnotist Alex Armani, CHT. You get to choose which track(s) to listen to!Successful people across the world are using subliminal programming to help them correct bad habits, improve their health, or acquire new skills faster. Subliminal programming means you will hear NO AUDIBLE VOICE because it has been masked in order to bypass your conscious filters. This gives the suggestions the ability to directly impact your subconscious mind for maximum effectiveness.Through repeated use of this CD, you will notice that you have a knack for glaciology and that it comes easier to you. Using this CD for a long period of time will increase your desire and ability for all things related to glaciology success. This will accelerate your learning. It does not actually teach glaciology because it primes your brain for rapid learning only.These sessions were designed for use at any point in your day or night. You can listen intently or play it in the background. This CD only features 6 subliminal audio tracks to choose from including ocean waves, rain, thunder storm, bird song, whale song, and hypnotic music. ... Read more