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The best current book in press is

Benn, D.I., and Evans, D.J.A., 1998, Glaciers and Glaciation, Arnold, London, 734 p.

ISBN 0 340 58431 9

Barns and Nobel has this on-line --- search for "glaciers and glaciation"

This book has been offered by several different publishers - I can see no difference among them.

We will take several selections from this a and other material - this is the one book most likely to provide a reference for you.

Other readings might come from journal articles, reserve holdings and internet sources.

These, also might be of intererest:

• Ashley, G.M., Shaw, J., and Smith, N.D., 1985, Glacial Sedimentary Environments: SEPM Short Course, No. 16, 246 p.
• Bennett, M.R., and Glasser, N.F., 1996, Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England.
• Drewery, D.J., 1986, Glacial Geologic Processes: E. Arnold, 288 p.
• Embleton C., and King, C.A.M., 1975, Glacial Geomorphology, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 573 p.
• Hambrey, M.J,1994, Glacial Environments, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, Canada.
• Hooke, R. LeB., 1998, Principles of Glacier Mechanics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
• Menzies, John, ed., 1995, Modern Glacial Environments: Processes, Dynamics and Sediments, Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford, England.
• Menzies, John, ed., 1996, Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, forms, and Techniques, Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford, England.
• Paterson, W.S.B., 1981, The Physics of Glaciers, 2ed Edition, Pergamon Press, Oxford England (reprinted with corrections 1983).
• Sugden, D.E., and John, B.S., 1976, Glaciers and Landscape, Halsted Press, 376 p. (a newer edition is available).