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The physics of glaciers

Title
The physics of glaciers, by W.S.B. Paterson.
Author
Paterson, W. S. B.
Publication
Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press [1969]

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Description
viii, 250 pages illustrations; 20 cm
Summary
Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers.
Series Statement
The Commonwealth and international library. Geophysics division
Uniform Title
Commonwealth and international library. Geophysics division
Subject
  • Glaciers
  • glaciers (bodies of water)
  • Gletscherkunde
  • GLACIERS
  • Glaciologie
  • Gletscherkunde
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 235-241.
Contents
The transformation of snow and ice -- The mass balance of a glacier -- Energy exchange at a glacier surface -- Measurements relating to glacier flow -- Glacier flow I: ice deformation -- Glacier flow II: basal sliding -- Glacier surges -- The flow of ice sheets -- Distribution of temperature in glaciers and ice sheets -- The response of a glacier to changes in mass balance -- Glaciers and climate.
ISBN
  • 0080139728
  • 9780080139722
  • 008013971X
  • 9780080139715
LCCN
71082909
OCLC
  • ocm00026188
  • 26188
  • SCSB-298395
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library