Glacier fluctuations and climatic change : proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, 1-5 June 1987

**`**... provide a broad and stimulating view of the state of research and are valuable as a substantial contribution to the present discussion of climatic changes.**'****GeoJournal, 23:3, 1991** Front Matter....Pages i-ix Episodic Palaeozoic Glaciation in the Cape-Karoo Basin, South Africa....Pages 1-12 Quaternary Glaciations and Palaeoclimate of Mount Kenya, East Africa....Pages 13-35 Tephrochronological Studies of Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in South Iceland....Pages 37-55 Relationship of Land Terminating and Fjord Glaciers to Holocene Climatic Change, South Georgia, Antarctica....Pages 57-75 Glacier Changes Following the Little Ice Age — A Survey of the International Data Basis and Its Perspectives....Pages 77-101 A Description of the United States’ Contribution to the World Glacier Inventory....Pages 103-108 Historic Glacier Variations in Scandinavia....Pages 109-128 The Decline of the Last Little Ice Age in High Asia Compared with That in the Alps....Pages 129-142 Variations of Rio Plomo Glaciers, Andes Centrales Argentinos....Pages 143-151 Effects of Topographic and Climatic Controls on 19th and 20th Century Glacier Changes in the Lyngen and Bergsfjord Areas, North Norway....Pages 153-172 A Historical Perspective of the Nineteenth Century Ice Trade....Pages 173-182 Mass Balance History of Blue Glacier, Washington, USA....Pages 183-192 Mass Balance and Volume of South Cascade Glacier, Washington 1958–1985....Pages 193-206 Field Stations for Glacier-Climate Research, West Greenland....Pages 207-218 Calculation of Glacier Ablation from Air Temperature, West Greenland....Pages 219-233 Hydrometeorological Conditions, Mass Balance and Runoff from Alpine Glaciers....Pages 235-260 On the Blowing Snow in Adelie Land, Eastern Antarctica....Pages 261-279 Altitudinal Shift of the Equilibrium Line in Greenland Calculated from Heat Balance Characteristics....Pages 281-288 The Evolution of the Englacial Temperature Distribution in the Superimposed Ice Zone of a Polar Ice Cap During a Summer Season....Pages 289-303 Energy Balance Calculations on and near Hintereisferner (Austria) and an Estimate of the Effect of Greenhouse Warming on Ablation....Pages 305-323 Energy and Mass Balance Studies in the Firn Area of the Hintereisferner....Pages 325-341 A Simple Method for Determining the Response Time of Glaciers....Pages 343-352 On the Response of Valley Glaciers to Climatic Change....Pages 353-371 Numerical Modelling of Glacier D’Argentiere and Its Historic Front Variations....Pages 373-389 Historic Front Variations of the Rhone Glacier: Simulation with an Ice Flow Model....Pages 391-405 The Response of the Equilibrium Line Altitude to Climate Fluctuations: Theory and Observations....Pages 407-417 Back Matter....Pages 419-419 ` ... provide a broad and stimulating view of the state of research and are valuable as a substantial contribution to the present discussion of climatic changes. ' GeoJournal, 23:3, 1991 Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, June 1-5, 1987