Principles of Glacial Geomorphology and Geology. Brookfield, Steven Sadura. Featuring an accessible, non-mathematical, but rigorous conceptual treatment--with numerous very simple explanatory illustrations--this introduction to the basic principles of glaciology, geomorphology, and geology serves as a portal to the more advanced literature in the field and to discussion and research of the local situation.
Focusing on processes and history not. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology. Ireland's position on the fringe of Europe in the climatically sensitive north-eastern North Atlantic makes it an ideal laboratory for identifying terrestrial evidence for climatic signals. This work gives a history of the regional geological, geomorphological and geochronological evidence used in ice sheet reconstruction.
The Engineering Group of the Geological Society Working Party brought together experts in glacial and periglacial geomorphology, Quaternary history, engineering geology and geotechnical engineering to establish best practice when working in former glaciated and periglaciated environments. The Working Party addressed outdated terminology and reviewed the latest academic research to provide.
Authors: British Geomorphological Research Group. The book integrates a physical-human approach to geography, but focuses on physical geography and geomorphology from an integrated field-based geoscience perspective. Addresses fluvial and karst landscapes in depth Focuses on field-based learning as well as educational geomorphology Conveys experiential knowledge in international contexts.
It provides an overview of the research in the field, presenting definitions and information about the different proglacial areas and systems. A number of case studies are from the PROSA project group which encompasses the expertise of geomorphologists, geologists, glaciologists and geodesists.
The PROSA joint project High-resolution measurements of morphodynamics in rapidly changing PROglacial Systems of the Alps is determined to tackle the problems of geomorphic activity on sediment export through a quantification of sediment fluxes effected by the aforementioned geomorphic processes within the forefield of the Gepatschferner glacier Central Alps, Austria.
It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition. This book will appeal to all students interested in the landforms and sediments that make up glacial landscapes.
The aim of the book is to outline glacial landforms and sediments and to provide the reader with the tools required to interpret glacial landscapes. It describes how glaciers work and how the processes of glacial erosion and deposition which operate within them are recorded in the glacial landscape. The Second Edition is presented in the same clear and concise format as the First Edition, providing detailed explanations that are not cluttered with unnecessary detail.
Book reviews Given the importance of glaciers in the context of forms, is a good introduction to fluvial geomorphol- climate change, I would like to have seen more ogy and sedimentology for the beginner. The basic discussion on the current views of climate change general overview makes use of interesting and and possible links to anthropogenic effects on glacial debatable case histories, especially the material com- processes in the first chapter, instead of limiting the prising the megafloods.
Chapter 8, Glaciomarine and discussion to a paragraph in the preface, but patient Glaciolacustrine Environments, is one of the finest in readers will find that the authors go into fine detail the entire volume and really builds off earth system of the climate change topic in the latter chapters.
The science with a detailed review focusing on oceano- contents page is in a logical order and formatted into graphic and lake processes and their role in sedi- four major sections. The brief volume consists of a mentation with good examples from the Canadian concise preface and an introduction, neither spanning subarctic.
The first major section, The third major section, Periglacial Environments, Glaciology, is a weak introduction to basic glaciol- consists of two well-adapted chapters, Chapter 9, ogy with a shallow summary of the guiding con- Eolian Sediments and Landforms, and Chapter 10, cepts. This chapter deserved more attention and Cold Climate and Frozen-Ground Processes and should be more explicit in discussing basic terminol- Features, investigate how eolian transport and depo- ogy and physical principles of the discipline, and it sition as well as cold-climate and frozen ground should have been folded into Chapter 2: Ice Proper- processes further shape the landscape.
Who does ties. There are some minor problems with the early not love a good pingo? In the context of cold climate chapters as basic terminology is not always defined weathering, all the material is there and is discussed well in the chapter and is missing from the glossary in length with great clarity.
Also, some scientific formulas are The fourth and final major section, Geology, is missing variable definitions. Though these small perhaps not the best title for this section as it is editorial problems are minute, the authors had the devoted not just to geology, but to understanding the forethought to include websites focused on glacial interdisciplinary causes behind glaciation and degla- terminology at the end of the glossary section. This is Overall, Chapter 2, Ice Properties, provides a good where the big picture of glacial geomorphology and foundation for the following chapters in the text.
Chapter 3, Glaciers, starts an I tout these chapters as some of the best in the book. As an Antarctic devotee, references to Terra The second major section, Glacial Geomorphol- Incognita were too few for my cravings, but the ogy, contains three strong chapters that tackle the book definitely makes an important contribution to multifarious concepts on erosion and deposition the discipline and is an engaging text overall.
With processes. Though the context of these chapters is enthusiasm, I recommend this book to beginners as it technical, they are easily understood through careful provides a strong foundation for the discipline.
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