Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers

• Main Authors: Greve, Ralf (Author), Blatter, Heinz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Continuum physics.; Fluids.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth Sciences, general.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers presents an introduction to the dynamics and thermodynamics of flowing ice masses on Earth. Based on an outline of general continuum mechanics, the different initial-boundary-value problems for the flow of ice sheets, ice shelves, ice caps and glaciers are systema...

Table of Contents:

• Ice in the Climate System
• Vectors, Tensors and Their Representation
• Elements of Continuum Mechanics
• Constitutive Equations for Polycrystalline Ice
• Large-Scale Dynamics of Ice Sheets
• Large-Scale Dynamics of Ice Shelves
• Dynamics of Glacier Flow
• Glacial Isostasy
• Advanced Topics
• Conclusions, Summary and Outlook
• Erratum.