Engineering of glacial deposits /
"At some time 30% of the world's land mass was covered by glaciers leaving substantial deposits of glacial soils under major conurbations in Europe, North and South America, New Zealand, Europe and Russia. For instance, 60% of the UK has been affected, leaving significant glacial deposits...
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Preface ; Author ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Glaciation ; 1.3 Engineering glacial soils ; 1.4 Glacial soil ; 1.5 The evolution of glacial geology ; 1.6 The past is the key to the present
- 1.7 Glacial soils are the most variable of all soils 1.8 'We know more about the stars above us than the soils beneath our feet' (Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1600) ; 1.9 Observations ; 2. Glacial geology ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Glacial soils ; 2.2.1 Facies ; 2.2.2 Primary deposits
- 2.2.2.1 Subglacial traction tills 2.2.2.2 Melt-out till ; 2.2.3 Secondary deposits ; 2.2.3.1 Glaciofluvial deposits ; 2.2.3.2 Glacial sedimentation ; 2.3 Glacial depositional landforms ; 2.3.1 Subglacial landforms formed by ice ; 2.3.1.1 Drumlins ; 2.3.1.2 Flutes
- 2.3.1.3 Rogens (ribbed moraines) 2.3.1.4 Erratics ; 2.3.2 Subglacial landforms formed by water ; 2.3.3 Ice margin moraines ; 2.3.3.1 Push moraines ; 2.3.3.2 Dump moraines ; 2.3.3.3 Ablation moraines ; 2.3.4 Glaciofluvial ice marginal landforms ; 2.4 Glacial land systems
- 2.5 Glacial dynamics 2.5.1 Glacier movement due to substrate deformation ; 2.5.2 Sliding ; 2.5.3 Friction and sliding ; 2.5.4 Erosion ; 2.5.5 Deposition ; 2.6 Subglacial deformation ; 2.6.1 Hydraulic conditions ; 2.6.2 Deformation ; 2.6.3 Local deformation ; 2.7 Observations