Glaciers and Glaciation 2nd edition

<p><em>Glaciers and Glaciation</em> is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource.<br><br>In this new edition the text references and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature origin and behaviour of glaciers and the geological and geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth.<br><br>The first part of the book investigates the processes involved in forming glacier ice the nature of glacier-climate relationships the mechanisms of glacier flow and the interactions of glaciers with other natural systems such as rivers lakes and oceans.<br><br>In the second part the emphasis moves to landforms and sediment the interpretation of the earth's glacial legacy and the reconstruction of glacial depositional environments and palaeoglaciology.</p>