Presents case studies of alpine proglacial systems Up-to-date overview of the research in alpine environments Serves as an interesting reference book to geomorphologists, geologists, glaciologists and geodesists

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Glacier changes since the Little Ice Age.- Chapter 3. An inventory of proglacial systems in Austria, Switzerland and across Patagonia.- Chapter 4. Debris-covered glaciers.- Chapter 5. Closing the balance of ice, water and sediment fluxes through the terminus of Gepatschferner.- Chapter 6. (Ground) Ice in the proglacial zone.- Chapter 7. Periglacial morphodynamics in the Upper Kaunertal.- Chapter 8. Rock slope instability in the proglacial zone: State of the Art.- Chapter 9. Rockfall at proglacial rockwalls A case study from the Kauner Valley, Austria.- Chapter 10. Glacial sediment stores and their re-working.- Chapter 11. Slope wash, gully erosion and debris flows on lateral moraines in the upper kaunertal, Austria.- Chapter 12. Sediment transport in proglacial rivers.- Chapter 13. Fluvial sediment transport in the proglacial Fagge River, Kaunertal, Austria.- Chapter 14. Proglacial lakes in high mountain environments.- Chapter 15. Sediment budgets in high-mountain areas: Review and challenges.- Chapter 16. Sediment connectivity in proglacial areas.- Chapter 17. A sediment budget of the Upper Kauner Valley.- Chapter 18. The uncalm development of proglacial soils in the European Alps since 1850.- Chapter 19. Vegetation succession and biogeomorphic interactions in glacier forelands.