Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Earth, the icy planet
- 2 The glacier family
- 3 Birth, growth and decay of glaciers
- 4 Fluctuating glaciers
- 5 Ice on the move
- 6 Nature's conveyor belt
- 7 Ice and water
- 8 Antarctica: the icy continent
- 9 Glaciers and volcanoes
- 10 Shaping the landscape
- 11 Glaciers and wildlife
- 12 Benefits of glaciers
- 13 Glacier hazards
- 14 Living and travelling on glaciers
- 15 Earth's glacial record
- 16 Postscript: future prospects of glaciers
- Glossary
- Select bibliography
- Location index
- Subject Index
1 - Earth, the icy planet
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Earth, the icy planet
- 2 The glacier family
- 3 Birth, growth and decay of glaciers
- 4 Fluctuating glaciers
- 5 Ice on the move
- 6 Nature's conveyor belt
- 7 Ice and water
- 8 Antarctica: the icy continent
- 9 Glaciers and volcanoes
- 10 Shaping the landscape
- 11 Glaciers and wildlife
- 12 Benefits of glaciers
- 13 Glacier hazards
- 14 Living and travelling on glaciers
- 15 Earth's glacial record
- 16 Postscript: future prospects of glaciers
- Glossary
- Select bibliography
- Location index
- Subject Index
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- Glaciers , pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004