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Ice Composition and Glacier Dynamics

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Roland A. Souchez

    1. Faculté des Sciences, C.P. 160 Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Environnement, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  2. Reginald D. Lorrain

    1. Faculté des Sciences, C.P. 160 Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Environnement, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Physical Environment (SSPENV, volume 8)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Glacier System

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 3-28

    3. Ice Composition

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 29-75

  3. Implications on Glacier Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Ice Composition and Ice Flow: a General View

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 79-113

    3. The Basal Zone of Ice Caps and Ice Sheets

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 114-139

    4. The Basal Zone of Alpine Glaciers

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 140-163

    5. The Contact Zone Between Glacier and Ocean

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 164-186

    6. Conclusion: Ice Composition, Glacier Dynamics and Global Changes

      • Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain
      Pages 187-189

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 190-207
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About this book

Ice composition has until now been mostly used for reconstructing the environment of the past. A great research effort is made today to model the climate system in which the ice cover at the earth sur­ face plays a prominent role. To obtain a correct model of the ice sheets, due attention must be paid to the physical processes operating at the interfaces, i. e. the boundary conditions. The idea behind the title of this book is that the study of ice composition can shed some light on the various processes operating at the ice­ bedrock and ice-ocean interfaces and more generally on glacier dy­ namics. The book is not intended as a treatise on some specialized topic of glaciology. It is mainly the product of the experience of the two authors gained over several years research on the subject. The two authors are both members of the same university department and personal friends. The book was prepared in the following way. After a first draft of the complete book had been written by the first author, it was put in the hands of the second. The final version sent to the publishers is therefore the result of ex­ tended discussion, while at the same time preserving the unity of style that would have been lost had the two authors written selected chapters of the book individually. The book is organized into two distinct parts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculté des Sciences, C.P. 160 Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Environnement, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ice Composition and Glacier Dynamics

  • Authors: Roland A. Souchez, Reginald D. Lorrain

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Physical Environment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58187-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-52521-9Published: 16 May 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63497-0Published: 02 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-58187-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0937-3047

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 207

  • Topics: Geography, general, Geology

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