This book presents the basic physics needed to model the past, present and future of large continental ice sheets. Minimal mathematical ability is needed. Simple triangles and rectangles allow a visual treatment of the force balance for stresses driving and opposing glacier flow. The holistic aspect of the book recognizes that ice flow in ice sheets begins as slow sheet flow from high convex ice domes near the center of an ice sheet, with most sheet flow converging on fast concave currents of ice called ice streams near the ice-sheet margin, and ends as relatively thin and flat shelves of ice floating in water or lobes of ice grounded on land.
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Format PDF ● Pagini 269 ● ISBN 9781621008224 ● Editor Terence J Hughes ● Editura Nova Science Publishers ● Publicat 2014 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 7221624 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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