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An explanation of the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. The book concludes with a chapter on the information about past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores. It concentrates on major advances in the subject in the... Read Full Overview

Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets and concludes with a chapter on the information about past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores. The past 40 years have seen major advances in most aspects of the subject;... Read Full Overview

Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. This book concludes with a chapter on the information about past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores.

Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. Concentrates on the major advances made in most aspects of the subject in the past 30 years with about half devoted to work done in the last 10 years i.e. since the first edition was published... Read Full Overview

Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets. Concentrates on the major advances made in most aspects of the subject in the past 30 years with about half devoted to work done in the last 10 years i.e. since the first edition was published... Read Full Overview