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Glaciers and Glacial Erosion

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  • © 1972

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Editors:
  1. Clifford Embleton
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Part of the book series: Geographical Readings (GR)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Introduction

    • Clifford Embleton
    Pages 9-20

  3. Account of a Survey of the Mer de Glace and its Environs

    • James D. Forbes
    Pages 21-37

  4. Glacial Erosion in France, Switzerland and Norway

    • William Morris Davis
    Pages 38-69

  5. The Profile of Maturity in Alpine Glacial Erosion

    • Willard D. Johnson
    Pages 70-78

  6. Crescentic Gouges on Glaciated Surfaces

    • G. K. Gilbert
    Pages 79-91

  7. Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley

    • François E. Matthes
    Pages 92-118

  8. Observations on the Drainage and Rates of Denudation in the Hoffellsjökull District

    • Sigurdur Thorarinsson
    Pages 119-129

  9. Radiating Valleys in Glaciated Lands

    • David L. Linton
    Pages 130-148

  10. The Forms of Glacial Erosion

    • David L. Linton
    Pages 149-172

  11. Glacial Erosion in the Finger Lakes Region, New York State

    • K. M. Clayton
    Pages 173-187

  12. Measurements of Side-slip at Austerdalsbreen, 1959

    • J. W. Glen, W. V. Lewis
    Pages 188-204

  13. The Flow Characteristics of a Cirque Glacier and their Effect on Cirque Formation

    • J. G. McCall
    Pages 205-228

  14. Direct Observation of the Mechanism of Glacier Sliding over Bedrock

    • Barclay Kamb, E. LaChapelle
    Pages 229-243

  15. The Theory of Glacier Sliding

    • J. Weertman
    Pages 244-268

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 269-287
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Glaciers and Glacial Erosion

  • Editors: Clifford Embleton

  • Series Title: Geographical Readings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15480-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15480-7Published: 09 November 1972

  • Series ISSN: 2947-2776

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-2784

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geomorphology

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