Glacier hazards:

Describes how glacier fluctuations due to climatic changes as well as glacier floods and ice avalanches have interfered with human activity throughout history. A case-study of glacier fluctuations in the Swiss conton of Valais is used to emphasize the need for improved hazard prediction and accident...

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Main Author: Tufnell, Lance (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Longman 1984
Series:Topics in applied geography
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Summary:Describes how glacier fluctuations due to climatic changes as well as glacier floods and ice avalanches have interfered with human activity throughout history. A case-study of glacier fluctuations in the Swiss conton of Valais is used to emphasize the need for improved hazard prediction and accident prevention techniques.
Physical Description:97 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:0582300657

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