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Author:   S. Hastenrath
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1984 ed.
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.824kg
ISBN:  

9789027715722

ISBN 10:   9027715726
Pages:   353
Publication Date:   30 June 1984
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Environmental Setting.- 2.1. Physiographic Structure.- 2.2. Atmospheric Circulation and Climate.- 2.3. Vegetation.- 2.4. Subnival Soil Forms.- 2.5. Lake Level Variations.- 3. Pleistocene and Early Holocene Glaciations.- 3.1. Kilimanjaro.- 3.2. Ruwenzori.- 3.3. Mount Kenya.- 3.4. Aberdares.- 3.5. Mount Elgon.- 3.6. Ethiopia.- 3.7. The Saharan Uplands.- 3.8. Southern Africa.- 3.9. Synthesis.- 4. The Recent Glaciation.- 4.1. Kilimanjaro.- 4.2. Ruwenzori.- 4.3. Mount Kenya.- 4.4. Glaciological Studies.- 4.5. Synthesis.- 5. Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya.- 5.1. Design of the Field Program.- 5.2. Morphology.- 5.3. Kinematics.- 5.4. Mass and Heat Budget.- 5.5. Ice Stratigraphy and Cores.- 5.6. Long-Term Climatic Forcing and Glacier Response.- 6. East African Glaciers and the Global Tropics.- 6.1. Pleistocene and Early Holocene Variations.- 6.2. The Recent Glaciation.- 6.3. Spatial Patterns of Ice Equilibrium Elevation.- 6.4. Lewis Glacier.- 6.5. Glacier-Climate Relationships.- 6.6. Recommendations.- Summary.- Abstract.- of Chapters.- APPENDIX 1 : List of Topographic Maps, Air Photographs, and Satellite Imagery.- APPENDIX 2 : List of Historical Photographs and Drawings.- APPENDIX 3: Data Supplied to World Glacier Inventory.- Author Index.

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This book is a masterly compendium for those glaciologists seeking knowledge slightly outside their own specific fields of research.' Journal of Glaciology, 31 (1986) This is a timely, well-written, authoritative volume. I recommend it to those interested in claciology, tropical geomorphology, or climatology.' American Scientist (1986)

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