UID:
almahu_9947420903202882
Format:
1 online resource (213 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-01910-0
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9786611019105
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0-08-054161-5
Series Statement:
Developments in Quaternary science, 4
Content:
The book deals with push moraines on Spitsbergen. The main body is a translation of the original German report by Karl Gripp on a 1927 expedition. The quality of Gripp's work is evaluated to see whether it stands the test of time. It is found that it is very modern, every year people still go into the field with the same research questions. It is also found that most likely Gripp's report contains the first description of features that we now take for granted, for instance the description of looped moraines to detect surges. Push moraines are still being studied and to show where we stand now
Note:
"Including a translation of K. Gripp: Glaciologische und geologische Ergebnisse der Hamburgischen Spitzbergen-Expedition 1927 and reprints of the De Geer Archive in Stockholm exemplified by the documentation on a late-nineteenth century glacier surge in Spitsbergen; Till and moraine emplacement in a deforming bed surge : an example from a marine environment; The sedimentary and structural evolution of a recent push moraine complex: Holmstrombreen, Spitsbergen."
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Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Glaciological and geological results of the Hamburg Spitsbergen-expedition of 1927; 2.1. Purpose and Preparation; 2.2. Expedition Report; 2.3 On Patterned Ground; 2.4 On Frostcracks; 2.5 The Glaciers; 2.6. Tertiary in Front of Penckbreen; 2.7. Geological Observations on the Northern Shores of Storfjorden; 2.8. Summary; References; Chapter 3. The test of time; 3.1. Glaciology; 3.2. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology; 3.3. Periglacial Activity; 3.4. Conclusions; References
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Chapter 4. The De Geer Archive in Stockholm exemplified by the documentation on a late-nineteenth century glacier surge in Spitsbergen4.1. The De Geer Archive; 4.2. Sefströmbreen; 4.3. Photographic Material; 4.4. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Till and moraine emplacement in a deforming bed surge--an example from a marine environment; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The 1882/1986 Sefströmbreen Surge onto Coraholmen; 5.3. Landforms; 5.4. Sedimentology; 5.5. Structural Geology; 5.6. The Coraholmen Sediments as Deformation Tills
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6.5. The Proglacial Outwash Zone6.6. Origin of the Holmströmbreen Tectonic-Sedimentary System and the Significance of Push Moraines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7. De Geer: Early observations on Holmströmbreen, Sefströmbreen and Coraholmen; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Contents of the De Geer Archive; 7.3. Potential Use of the Collection; 7.4. Early observations on Holmströmbreen, Sefströmbreen and Coraholmen; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-51544-5
Language:
English
