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1 online resource. |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Includes index. |
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GLACIERS: FORMATION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR EFFECTS; GLACIERS: FORMATION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR EFFECTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: GLACIER PHYSICS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Densification of Firn; 2.1. Site A (Greenland); 2.2. Site 2 (Greenland); 2.3. Dome C (Antarctica); 2.4. Maudheim (Antarctica); 2.5. Byrd (Antarctica); 2.6. Little America (Antarctica); 3. Maximum Thickness of a Glacier or Ice Sheet; 3.1. Alpine Glaciers; 3.2. Ice Sheets; 4. Local Thickness of an Ice Sheet; 4.1. Perfectly Plastic Ice. |
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4.2. Ice Satisfying Glen Law5. Crevasse Depth; 6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: PHYSICAL-GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS OF ORIGIN AND EVOLUTIONOF THE DEBELI NAMET GLACIER (MONTENEGRO); ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY AREA; GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE STUDY AREA; CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY AREA; GLACIOLOGICAL STUDIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: HIGH ALTITUDE TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN THE TROPICAL ANDES OVER THE LAST 15 000 YEARS ESTIMATED FROM A GLACIOLOGICAL MODEL; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STUDY AREA; METHODS; Glacier Chronology. |
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The Glaciological ModelClimate Model; RESULTS; Moraine Chronology; Glaciological Model Validation; Estimation of Temperature Changes; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FROM GLACIERS; ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MICROORGANISMS IN GLACIERS; 3. THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLACIERS; 4. THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF GLACIERS; 4.1. Arctic Glaciers; 4.2. Antarctic Glaciers; 4.3. High Mountain Glaciers; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 5: MOUNTAIN GLACIERS OF THE SE ALTAI, RUSSIA: THE HOLOCENE CHRONOLOGY AND EFFECTS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY CHANGESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; APPLIED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES; STUDY AREA; Orography and Climate; Characteristics of the SE Altai Contemporary Glaciation; History of Investigations; CHRONOLOGY OF THE HOLOCENE GLACIERDYNAMICS IN THE SE ALTAI; Glaciological interpretations of dated samples; Chronology of Climatically Driven Glaciers Fluctuations. |
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QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF GLACIAL EROSIONRATE, RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERNGLACIERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LONGITUDINALPROFILE OF GLACIAL VALLEYS IN THE SE ALTAI ONTHE BASIS OF NUMERICAL SIMULATIONStatement of a Problem for Numerical Simulation; Numerical model of glacier ice flow; Numerical Simulation Results and Their Comparison withthe Results of Other Studies; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 6: DEBRIS COVER EXPANSION ON DJANKUAT GLACIER THROUGH THE DIRECT MONITORING PERIOD AND ITS EFFECT ON THE MASS BALANCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Glaciers.
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Glaciers. |
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Glaciers -- Climatic factors.
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Glaciers -- Climatic factors. |
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes. |
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glaciers (bodies of water) |
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climate change. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography. |
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology. |
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Electronic books.
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Doyle, Nicholas, 1978- editor.
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Print version: Glaciers New York : Nova Publishers, [2016] 9781634849418 (DLC) 2016008524 |
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9781634849722 (ebook) |
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1634849728 |
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9781634849418 (hardcover) |
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