Glaciation: A Very Short Introduction

D. Evans
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Vast, majestic, and often stunningly beautiful, glaciers lock up some 10 per cent of the world’s fresh water. These great bodies of ice play an important part in the Earth system, carving landscapes and influencing climate on regional and hemispheric scales, as well as having a significant impact on global sea level. Glaciation: A Very Short Introduction offers an overview of glaciers and ice sheets as systems, considering the role of geomorphology and sedimentology in studying them, and their impacts on our planet in terms of erosional and depositional processes. Looking at our glaciers today, and their ongoing processes, it considers the extent to which we can use this knowledge in reconstructing and interpreting ancient glacial landscapes.
冰川作用:简短的介绍
冰川巨大、雄伟,往往美得惊人,锁住了世界上约10%的淡水。这些巨大的冰体在地球系统中发挥着重要作用,在区域和半球尺度上雕刻景观和影响气候,并对全球海平面产生重大影响。《冰川作用:非常简短的介绍》提供了冰川和冰盖作为系统的概述,考虑到地貌学和沉积学在研究它们中的作用,以及它们在侵蚀和沉积过程中对我们星球的影响。看看我们今天的冰川,以及它们正在进行的过程,它考虑了我们可以在多大程度上利用这些知识来重建和解释古代冰川景观。
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