Glacial Geology
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Glacial Geology

An Introduction for Engineers and Earth Scientists

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Glacial Geology

An Introduction for Engineers and Earth Scientists

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080302645
eBook ISBN
9781483286136
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Glacial Geology: An Introduction for Engineers and Earth Scientists
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Rationale
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Chapter 1. Glacial Geology: A Landsystems Approach
  8. Chapter 2. The Subglacial Landsystem
  9. Chapter 3. The Supraglacial Landsystem
  10. Chapter 4. The Glaciated Valley Landsystem
  11. Chapter 5. Landforms and Sediments Resulting from Former Periglacial Climates
  12. Chapter 6. Glaciolacustrine and Glaciomarine Clay Deposition: A North American Perspective
  13. Chapter 7. Glaciofluvial Transport and Deposition
  14. Chapter 8. Geotechnical Properties of Lodgement Till–A Review
  15. Chapter 9. The Distribution of Glacial Landsystems in Britain and North America
  16. Chapter 10. Engineering Geological Mapping in Glaciated Terrain
  17. Chapter 11. Site Investigation Procedures and Engineering Testing of Glacial Sediments
  18. Chapter 12. Foundation Engineering in Glaciated Terrain
  19. Chapter 13. Road Construction in Glaciated Terrain
  20. Chapter 14. Dam and Reservoir Construction in Glaciated Valleys
  21. Chapter 15. Hydrogeological Investigations in Glaciated Terrains
  22. Appendix I: Commonly Used Grain-Size Scales for Sediments
  23. Appendix II: S.I. Units and Conversion Factors
  24. Appendix III: Notation for Chapter 8
  25. References
  26. Index