The Glaciers of Iceland A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview /

This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated with many beautiful phot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Björnsson, Helgi (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris : Atlantis Press : Imprint: Atlantis Press, 2017.
Series:Atlantis Advances in Quaternary Science ; 2
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1.ORIGINS AND NATURE OF GLACIERS
  • 2. READING THE LANDSCAPE
  • 3.ICELAND
  • 4.HISTORY OF GLACIOLOGY IN ICELAND
  • 5.GLACIERS OF SOUTHERN ICELAND
  • 6.GLACIERS OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
  • 7.GLACIERS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ICELAND
  • 8. VATNAJÖKULL AND GLACIERS OF EASTERN ICELAND.