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- The only book providing a comprehensive systematic account of all main glaciers of Iceland
- The first book integrating the story of active glaciers with the life of Icelanders, their history language and culture
- The book explains how research into the glaciers of Iceland may be used as a model for studies on the response of glaciers to climate change
- The book contains a large collection of illustrations and data
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Atlantis Advances in Quaternary Science (AAQS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Origins and History of Glaciers and Glaciology
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Front Matter
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The Glaciers of Iceland
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Balancing and comparing the world of man with the world of nature, the perceptions of art and culture with the systematic and pragmatic analyses of science, The Glaciers of Iceland present a wide spectrum of readers with a new and stimulating view of the origins, development and possible future of these massive natural phenomena, as well as the study and role of glaciology, within specific time lines and geographical locations. Icelandic glaciers the author argues could prove essential for understanding the current unsettling progress of global warming. The glaciers of Iceland, therefore, aims at presenting to a wide readership an original, historical, cultural and scientific overview of these geophysical features in Iceland while also suggesting increasingly important lessons and models for man's future interaction with the world's glaciers as a whole.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Earth Sciences School of Engineering and Natural Science, School of Engineering and Natural Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Helgi Björnsson
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Glaciers of Iceland
Book Subtitle: A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview
Authors: Helgi Björnsson
Translated by: Julian Meldon D'Arcy
Series Title: Atlantis Advances in Quaternary Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-207-6
Publisher: Atlantis Press Paris
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Atlantis Press and the author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6239-206-9Published: 13 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6239-207-6Published: 04 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2543-0327
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0335
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 613
Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 305 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hydrogeology, Natural Hazards