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David J A Evans

Glaciation: A Very Short Introduction

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Vast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10% of the world's freshwater. These great bodies of ice play an important part in the Earth system, carving landscapes and influencing climate on regional and hemispheric scales, as well as having a significant impact on global sea level. Throughout time,the Earth has experienced various major glaciations in its deep history, long before the ice ages of the Quaternary, and the observed effects of climate change on glaciers have recently brought them to the forefront of public attentionThis Very Short Introduction offers an overview of glaciers and ice sheets as systems, co… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-106299-5
  • EAN: 9780191062995
  • Produktnummer: 29391764
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 144 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 7'981 KB

Über den Autor


David J A Evans is a glacial geomorphologist who specializes in glacial landsystems and their application to reconstructing past glaciations. He was educated at the University of Wales (BA), Memorial University of Newfoundland (MSc), and University of Alberta (PhD). He has worked on glaciers and glaciation in a wide range of locations including the Canadian Arctic, Iceland, Svalbard, New Zealand, Norway, South Georgia, and the Canadian prairies as well as his nativeBritish Isles. After a 14 year spell at the University of Glasgow he moved to Durham University in 2004, where he is part of a large glacial research group.

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