Access to Geography: Glacial and Periglacial Environments

Summary:
Access to Geography: Glacial and Periglacial Environments gives a comprehensive guide to the subject through such topics as distribution, formation, landscapes, processes and effects on the physical environment. It follows the Access series, with key words defined at the beginning of the chapter, a summary of the key issues, up-to-date case studies and exam questions at the end.

• Edited by A level examiners.
• Written by an author vastly experienced in this area.
• Provides in-depth and up-to-date case studies.
• Contains exam-style questions.

Table of Contents:
1 Present and Past Distribution of Glaciers and Ice Sheets
1 Types of Glaciers
2 The Present-day Distribution of Glaciers
3 Ice Ages Through Geological Time
4 Multiple Glacials and Interglacials During the Pleistocene
5 Late Pleistocene Glaciation
Study Guide
2 Glaciers as Systems
1 The Formation of Glacier Ice
2 The Glacier as a System
3 Cold- and Warm-based Glaciers
4 Glacier Ice Movement
5 Ice Sheet Growth and Collapse
Study Guide
3 Glacial Erosion
1 Processes of Glacial Erosion
2 Factors Affecting Glacial Erosion
3 Features and Landforms of Glacial Erosion
Case Study: Glacial Erosion in the Lake District
Case Study: Edinburgh Castle Crag and Tail
Study Guide
4 Glacial Transport and Deposition
1 Processes of Glacial Transport
2 The Nature of Till
3 Processes of Glacial Deposition
4 Landforms of Glacial Deposition
Case Study: Valley of a Hundred Hills, Glen Torridon
Case Study: The Athabasca Glacier
Study Guide
5 Glacial Meltwater and Effects of Glaciers on Drainage
1 Glacial Meltwater
2 Processes of Glaciofluvial Erosion and Deposition
3 Glaciofluvial Landforms
4 Effects of Glaciation on Drainage
Case Study: Grand Teton and Yellowstone Glaciation
Study Guide
6 Periglacial Processes and Landscapes
1 Periglacial Enviconments
2 Permafrost
3 Active Layer Processes and Related Features
Case Study: Patterned Ground on Tinto Hill, Scotland
4 Periglacial Slope Processes and Related Landforms
5 Action of Water and Wind
Study Guide
7 Human Activity and Glacial and Periglacial Environments
1 Opportunities and Constraints of Glacial Environments
2 Hazards in Glacial Environments
3 Challenges and Problems of Periglacial Environments
Case Study: The Trans Alaska Pipeline
4 Human Impact on Glacial and Periglacial Environments
Study Guide
Bibliography
Index

About the Author(s):
David Anderson is a Geography teacher at Eton College.

Readership:
A level Geography students

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