Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

Waller, Richard I.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

05/2024

304

Dura

Inglês

9781118620984

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1. Introduction

1.1 Research Context and Academic Background

1.2 Overview of the Significance of Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

1.3 Explanation of the Book Structure

2. Permafrost in Modern and Ancient Glacial Environments

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Thermal and Physical Properties of Permafrost

2.3 The Formation and Preservation of Permafrost

2.4 The Distribution and Spatial Extent of Permafrost

2.5 Permafrost Rheology

2.6 Summary

3. Glaciers and Glacial Processes in Permafrost Environments

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Thermal Regimes of Glaciers and Permafrost

3.3 Basal Boundary Conditions and Processes

3.4 Frozen Beds and Traditional Glaciological Models

3.5 Active Subglacial Processes at Sub-Freezing Temperatures - an Emerging Paradigm?

3.6 Ice-marginal and Proglacial Processes

3.7 Summary

4. Hydrology, Dynamics and Sediment Fluxes

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Hydrology of Non-Temperate Glaciers

4.3 The Dynamic Behaviour of Non-Temperate Glaciers

4.4 Sediment Fluxes within Glaciated Permafrost Catchments

4.5 Summary

5. The Landscape Expression of Glacier-Permafrost Interactions: Landforms, Sediments and Landsystems

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Cold-based Glaciers and Glacial Protectionism

5.3 Specific Landforms related to Cold-Based Glaciers and Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

5.4 Sedimentological & Structural Evidence for Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

5.5 Glacial Landsystem Models

5.6 Glaciers, Permafrost and Paraglaciation

5.7 Summary

6. Future Research Directions

6.1 Basal Boundary Conditions and Processes beneath Cold-Based Glaciers

6.2 The Rheology of Subglacial Permafrost

6.3 Using Geomorphological Evidence to reconstruct Basal Thermal Regime

6.4 Sedimentological and Structural Criteria for identifying Glacier-Permafrost Interactions

6.5 Determining the influence of Permafrost on Glacier Dynamics

6.6 Glacier-Permafrost Interactions and Future Climate Change

6.7 Towards an Integrated Analysis of Glaciers and Permafrost
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Glacier permafrost science; climate science; climate change; glacial retreat; glacial surge; glacial sedimentology; glaciology; modern glacial systems; ancient glacial systems; ice masses; glacier science; glacial science; climatology