Past Glacial Environments (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Menzies, John; Meer, Jaap van der

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Past Glacial Environments, Second Edition, presents a revised and updated version of the very successful first edition of Menzies' book, covering a breadth of topics with a focus on the recognition and analysis of former glacial environments, including the pre-Quaternary glaciations.

The book is made up of chapters written by various geological experts from across the world, with the editor's expertise and experience bringing the chapters together. This new and updated volume includes at least 45% new material, along with five new chapters that include a section on techniques and methods.

Additionally, this new edition is presented in full color and features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams, and tables with examples of glacial environments and landscapes that are drawn from a worldwide perspective.

Informative knowledge boxes and case studies are included, helping users better understand critical issues and ideas.

• Provides the most complete reference concerning the study of glacial processes and their geological, sedimentological, and geomorphological products
• Comprised of chapters written by various geological experts from across the world
• Includes specific case studies to alert readers to important ideas and issues
• Uses text boxes throughout to explain key concepts from glacial literature
• Presents full color photographs, line diagrams, and tables throughout

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 858
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780081005255
• Artikelnr.: 50214240

Autorenporträt

John Menzies is Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography at Brock University, Canada. He obtained degrees from the University of Aberdeen (BSc) and the University of Edinburgh (PhD). His main areas of research and expertise lie in glacial geomorphology and sedimentology with a special interest in the subglacial environment and MSGLs. He has established a micromorphology lab at Brock University and, over the past decades, has developed major research interests in glacial micromorphology/microsedimentology. He is the author of numerous scientific journal papers and of several books including the recent Past Glacial Environments (2018, Elsevier, co-edited with Prof Em. Jaap van der Meer). Prof Menzies has also co-hosted MSc training courses for nine International Workshops for the Micromorphology of Glacial Sediments for PhD students and Postdocs and Faculty.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction

Part I The Pre-Quaternary
2. Pre-Cambrian Glaciations and Chronology
3. Ordovician & Permo-Carboniferous Glaciations and Chronology

Part II The Quaternary
4. Quaternary Glaciations and Chronology

Part III Glacial processes
5. Subglacial Processes
6. Supraglacial Processes
7. Proglacial Processes
8. Glaciomarine Environments
9. Glacioaeolian Environments
10. Glaciolacustrine Environments
11. Glaciovolcanism
12. Glacial Stratigraphy and Lithofacies
13. Micromorphology and microtomography
14. Glaciohydrogeology
15. Glaciotectonics
16. GIS and the Glacial Environments
17. Periglacial Processes in Glacial Environments
18. Climate Change and Sea Level

Part IV Techniques and Methods
19. Palaeosols
20. Ice Sheet and Glacier Modelling
21. Geochronology
22. Geotechnical aspects of glacial sediments
23. Drift Prospecting in Glaciated terrains

Part V
24. Problems and Perspectives