The Physics of Glaciers

by Cuffey; Paterson

• ISBN13: 9780123694614
• ISBN10: 0123694612
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

The fourth edition of the classic text, The Physics of Glaciers, is the authoritative guide to current scientific understanding of the subject. It covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers --- terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow --- including mountain glaciers, small ice caps, ice sheets, and shelves. New material on climate change includes interactions between ice sheets and the ocean and atmosphere, paleoclimate reconstruction using ice cores, Quaternary climate history and the ice ages, and sea level rise. In addition, the book explores topics of interest to geologists and geophysicists, including glacial connections to geomorphology, sedimentation, isostasy, and tectonics. Completely updated and revised edition containing 30 percent new materialAccessible to students, but also suitable for researchersAuthored by preeminent glaciologists

Author Biography

Dr. Kurt M. Cuffey has investigated glaciers in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Rocky Mountains. His introduction to glacier studies was with the Juneau Icefield Research Program in 1988. He subsequently studied and researched at the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Washington. Since 1999, he has been a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, where he currently chairs the Department of Geography and lives near a major tectonic fault. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and pursues broad-ranging interests in ice, climate, and geomorphology.
Dr. W.S.B. Paterson began studying glaciers with the British North Greenland Expedition in 1953. He emigrated to Canada in 1957 and between 1959 and 1980 studied glaciers in the Canadian Arctic and the Rocky Mountains, mainly under the auspices of the Canadian Government's Polar Continental Shelf Project. Since 1980 he has done consulting work and has also been a visiting scientist with the Geophysics Department at the University of Copenhagen and with the Australian Antarctic Division. He has also given a comprehensive lecture course at the Institute of Glacioiogy and Geocryology in Lanzhou, China. He is now retired (more or less) and lives in British Columbia.