Principles of Glacier Mechanics - Softcover

Hooke, Roger LeB.

9780521544160: Principles of Glacier Mechanics

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521544165 ISBN 13: 9780521544160

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

This new edition of a successful textbook will supply advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the tools they need to understand modern glaciology. Practicing glacial geologists and glaciologists will also find the volume useful as a reference book. Relatively simple concepts are followed by more mathematically advanced chapters. Student exercises are included.

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Book Description:

This new edition of a successful textbook is intended to give upper division and graduate students the tools they need to understand modern glaciology. Practicing glacial geologists and glaciologists will also find it useful as a reference book. Relatively simple concepts are introduced first, followed by mathematically more sophisticated chapters. Student exercises are included.From reviews of the first edition:' a stimulating and educative text.' Journal of Glaciology' a tour de force of the state of modern glaciology ' Global and Planetary Change

From the Publisher:

This text approaches the field of glaciology from the bottom up. Starting at a level considerably less advanced than that of other texts on the subject, it carefully develops the theoretical principles one step at a time. A major goal is to help students better understand the physical processes that develop glacier landforms. with frequent applications of the theory to real-world situations are given.

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