| Bibliography of
Glaciotectonic
References
James S. Aber
(2026)
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Introduction
The bibliography of glaciotectonic references results from long-term efforts by many people under the INQUA umbrella. The bibliography contains references to published journal articles, books and maps, in which glaciotectonic structures and landforms are the major subjects or form significant secondary aspects of the works. A geographic index follows the bibliography.
Glaciotectonic bibliography.
Glaciotectonism refers to deformation of the Earth's crust brought about as a consequence of glaciation. All manner of structures may be produced—folds, faults, fractures, intrusions, etc. Many distinctive landforms may be created by glaciotectonic deformation; these include ice-shoved ridges, push moraines, hill-hole pairs, drumlins, cupola hills, and murtoos. Such features are widespread in regions of former glaciation as well as in proximity to modern glaciers. Glaciotectonic structures and landforms are especially common in parts of northern North America, northern and central Europe, and northern Asia—both on land and on adjacent continental shelves.
History of the bibliography
This bibliography was started by the INQUA Work Group on Glacial Tectonics (WGGT) in the mid-1980s. Many members of WGGT contributed material for this bibliography, and James S. Aber has served as the primary compiler since its inception. References from Jaroszewski (1991) and van der Wateren (1992) were important European additions to this compilation, and Evans (2024a) contributed many Canadian references.
Earlier versions of the bibliography were published by Aber (1988e, 1993c). The bibliography was put online initially in 1996, and it was revised and moved to this website in 2003. The online version of the bibliography was updated in 2006. A further major revision took place in 2026, when many newer references were added, particularly for Canada, Scandinavia, and the Baltic nations as well as other countries.
Structure of the bibliography
The bibliography is meant to be selective and representative of published information from geoscientific journals and books. Abstracts, theses, and other informal or unpublished works are generally not included. Publications in which glaciotectonics are mentioned only briefly or casually are likewise not included. References are given in several languages, primarily English, as well as Danish, Dutch, French, German, Latvian, Polish and Swedish. English, French, or German translations are given for some Polish and Latvian titles.
Standard reference format is used with names of periodicals and publishing organizations spelled out as fully as possible. References are arranged in alphabetical order according to surnames of authors. All letters, including special letters and those with accent marks, are arranged in standard English order. Most special Latin characters are fully formed—å, æ, ë, ø, š, ü, ý, etc. However, certain Slavic letters and the Cyrillic alphabet are not available. This webpage is optimized for display with the Mozilla Firefox browser.
Geographic Index
A geographic index follows the bibliography. The index has 15 regional categories, as well as a "general" category for theoretical or review works that are not geographically restricted.
Geographic index.
Submitting glaciotectonic references
Additional references, new and old, are solicited for all regions to include in this bibliography. To submit glaciotectonic references or for further information about the bibliography, please contact J.S. Aber.
The bibliography of glaciotectonic references was installed at www.geospectra.net in February, 2003.
Prior to that time, the bibliography was visited more than 20,000 times at its previous location.
Last update: January 2026.