Principles of glacier mechanics /
Hooke, Roger LeB.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-420) and index.
Why study glaciers? -- Some basic -- Mass balance -- Flow and fracture of a crystalline material -- The velocity field in a glacier -- Temperature distribution in polar ice sheets -- The coupling between a glacier and its bed -- Water flow in and under glaciers: geomorphic implications -- Stress and deformation -- Stress and velocity distribution in an idealized glacier -- Numerical modeling -- Applications of stress and deformation principles to classical problems -- Finite strain and the origin of foliation -- Response of glaciers to changes in mass balance.
Glaciers.
Glacial landforms.
Ice mechanics.