Glacial geology : an introduction for engineers and earth scientists
Edited by N. Eyles
- Oxford : Pergamon Press, c1985.
- xiv, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 372-403.
An introduction for courses that involve some knowledge of glacial geology and sediments of formerly glaciated terrains. The early chapters describe depositional processes at modern glacier and ice-sheet margins relating sediments and landforms in recurring "landsystems" Later chapters portray the distribution of these landsystems in Pleistocene glaciated terrains of the mid-latitudes, focussing on commonly encountered problems in various fields from stratigraphic and sedimentological investigations to construction problems relating to roads and dams. The resulting text is a summation of a large body of literature previously accessible only to specialists. A substantial reference list is complemented by cross-references throughout.