Glaciers

The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of the many research problems that remain to be solved. The accessible style adopted in the text facilitates a clear understanding of glaciers and the role they play in global issues such as environmental change, geomorphology and hydrology. The use of complex mathematics is avoided as the reader is introduced to important concepts and techniques in modern glaciology such as deforming beds, migrating ice-divides and stable isotope analysis.

Peter G. Knight is a lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at Keele University.