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This textbook covers all important aspects of mountain glaciers, from their formation and their importance as water reservoirs to the threat posed by current global warming. Glaciers themselves can also pose a threat to humans and represent a natural hazard in populated mountain areas in the form of ice avalanches and glacial lake outbursts. In addition, however, they are also important landscape formers and have helped to shape large parts of the present-day relief of the Earth, which is one of the classic fields of work of geomorphology and geology.
In the individual chapters, the current state of research is presented in a comprehensible manner and illustrated with concise examples, photos and graphics.
The book offers a compact introduction for all students of geosciences, curious mountaineers and laymen interested in nature.
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Wilfried Hagg holds a degree in geography and did his doctorate on the hydrological consequences of glacier retreat in Central Asia. As part of his habilitation and as a Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation, he has also worked on the nearby mountain glaciers of the Alps and participated in expeditions to mountains in the former Soviet Union, China and New Zealand, as well as to the ice-covered volcanoes of Iceland. Through his university teaching, Wilfried Hagg has experience in imparting geographical knowledge, particularly in the areas of high mountains, glaciology and natural hazards. He currently teaches geography and geology at the Department of Geoinformatics at Munich University of Applied Sciences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology
Authors: Wilfried Hagg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64714-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-64713-4Published: 30 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-64716-5Published: 31 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-64714-1Published: 29 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 186
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geology, Physical Geography, Environment, general, Climate, general