Discusses the theory of glaciers and of the Ice Age as propounded by Venetz and later espoused by Agassiz, and discusses modern glaciers and explorations of the polar ice cap.
Los Glaciares
EXIT GLACIER Seward highway Exit is one of many glaciers that pour down from the Harding Icefield . Kenai Fjords National Park Exit Glacier is a landlocked glacier streaming out of the Harding Icefield within walking distance from the ...
Describes the formation, structure, and movement of glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets and their effects on the earth's surface.
live in the Himalayas , however , with the beginning of the second glacial advance , man and other vertebrate fauna ... B.P. Kalhana in his history of early Kashmir , has reported that about a hundred years after the spread of Budhism ...
They define global sea-level and affect the geochemical composition of the ocean. This book presents current research in the study of the dynamics, formation and environmental concerns relating to ice sheets.
An exciting look at one of the earth's most extraordinary forces of nature reveals how glaciers--enormous and destructive sheets of ice--have impacted our planet.
Alaska's Glaciers
For use in schools and libraries only. Describes the characteristics, size, and movement of icebergs, ice caps, and glaciers.