Fundamentals of glacier dynamics

• Main Author: Veen, C. J. van der 1956-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Glaciers.; Ice sheets.; Sea level.; Climatic changes.; Hydrology.; Glaciology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781439835678
• Physical Description: xiii, 389 p. : ill.

Table of Contents:

• ch. 1. Mathematical tools
• ch. 2. Ice deformation
• ch. 3. Mechanics of glacier flow
• ch. 4. Modeling glacier flow
• ch. 5. Equilibrium profiles of glaciers
• ch. 6. Glacier thermodynamics
• ch. 7. Subglacial processes
• ch. 8. Fractures
• ch. 9. Numerical ice-sheet models
• ch. 10. Dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets
• ch. 11. Interpreting observations.