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The Thermophysics of Glaciers (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)
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The Thermophysics of Glaciers (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)
Series: Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, 2
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Glaciers or ice sheets are natural accumulations of ice possessing
in trinsic motion, which have appeared on the Earth's land surface
as a result of the accumulation and transformation of precipitation
2]. Only a very small portion of the surface of the land is now
covered by glaciers, and at low latitudes they are found justat
high elevations, on mountain slopes. However, glaciers are known to
play very important roles in shaping the topography of the Earth,
in determiningits past, present, and future climate, and in
creating the state of the world Ocean. Recently there has also been
a marked increase in the practical value of our knowledge about
glaciers, as a part of the human habitat and as a factor affecting
the economy. Interest in glaciers on other planets is also growing.
Voyages of spacecraft to Jupiter, for instance, have shown that
some Jovian satellites possess ice sheets tens of kilometers in
thickness."
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