Geomorphology of Proglacial Systems (eBook, PDF)

Landform and Sediment Dynamics in Recently Deglaciated Alpine Landscapes
Redaktion: Heckmann, Tobias; Morche, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Presents case studies of alpine proglacial systems in different countries

Up-to-date overview of the research in alpine environments

Serves as an interesting reference book to geomorphologists, geologists, glaciologists and geodesists

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 361
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319941844
• Artikelnr.: 56791990

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Glacier changes since the Little Ice Age.- Chapter 3. An inventory of proglacial systems in Austria, Switzerland and across Patagonia.- Chapter 4. Debris-covered glaciers.- Chapter 5. Closing the balance of ice, water and sediment fluxes through the terminus of Gepatschferner.- Chapter 6. (Ground) Ice in the proglacial zone.- Chapter 7. Periglacial morphodynamics in the Upper Kaunertal.- Chapter 8. Rock slope instability in the proglacial zone: State of the Art.- Chapter 9. Rockfall at proglacial rockwalls - A case study from the Kauner Valley, Austria.- Chapter 10. Glacial sediment stores and their re-working.- Chapter 11. Slope wash, gully erosion and debris flows on lateral moraines in the upper kaunertal, Austria.- Chapter 12. Sediment transport in proglacial rivers.- Chapter 13. Fluvial sediment transport in the proglacial Fagge River, Kaunertal, Austria.- Chapter 14. Proglacial lakes in high mountain environments.- Chapter 15. Sediment budgets in high-mountain areas: Review and challenges.- Chapter 16. Sediment connectivity in proglacial areas.- Chapter 17. A sediment budget of the Upper Kauner Valley.- Chapter 18. The uncalm development of proglacial soils in the European Alps since 1850.- Chapter 19. Vegetation succession and biogeomorphic interactions in glacier forelands.

Rezensionen

"Geomorphology of Proglacial Systems represents a significant contribution to a developing area of geomorphology. The book provides a useful state-of-the-art survey of the geomorphological processes and dynamics of glacier forelands ... . It should be of considerable interest not only to geomorphologists but also to a wide range of natural environmental scientists seeking to understand processes in the landscape and/or reconstructing environmental change in cold climates, including readers of The Holocene." (John A Matthews, The Holocene, Vol. 29 (7), 2019)