Glacial geology
Subtitle: how ice shapes the land
By: Jon Erickson.
Series: The changing earth series
Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Glacial epoch.; Glacial landforms.
Description: Though perhaps less frightening than earthquakes or volcanoes, ice is no less powerful a geologic force. What to most seems an occassional drivinghazard or sidewalk nuisance has at times in the Earth's history affected global weather conditions and brought about massive evolutionary change. In this book, the latest volume in the Changing Earth series, Erickson explains just how fortunate we are to live between ice ages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-240) and index.

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