Principles of glacier mechanics /

Hooke (Univ. of Maine) first published Principles of Glacier Mechanics in 1996; this new edition has been substantially updated. It is designed as a primary course resource for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in glaciology and will also serve as a resource for equations and conversion factors for professionals. Knowledge of physics and differential and integral calculus is assumed, as the treatment is highly mathematical; there is scarcely a page without an equation. Despite this, the book is lucid and highly readable. The author's stated goal is to provide the foundations upon which modern glaciological literature rests, not to produce a comprehensive treatise. Nevertheless, the content ranges widely across the discipline and continually connects with landforms produced by the action of glaciers and their melt waters. Topics include mass balance; velocity fields within glaciers; temperature distribution in polar ice sheets; coupling of glacier and bed; water flow; stress and deformation; numerical modeling; and response of glaciers to changes in mass balance. Student exercises, an extensive reference list, and an index complete the presentation. Numerous illustrations are provided and the quality of production is excellent. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. J. D. Ives Carleton University