04623nam 2200613Ia 450 991045289910332120200520144314.01-61942-373-1(CKB)2550000001040565(EBL)3017659(SSID)ssj0000826854(PQKBManifestationID)12281273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826854(PQKBWorkID)10819622(PQKB)10799424(MiAaPQ)EBC3017659(Au-PeEL)EBL3017659(CaPaEBR)ebr10654630(OCoLC)847715136(EXLCZ)99255000000104056520111208d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIce sheets[electronic resource] dynamics, formation and environmental concerns /Jonas Muller and Luka Koch, editorsHauppauge, NY Nova Science Publisher's, Inc.c20121 online resource (224 p.)Earth sciences in the 21st centuryIncludes index.1-61942-367-7 ""ICE SHEETS: DYNAMICS, FORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS""; ""ICE SHEETS: DYNAMICS, FORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: ICE SHEET DYNAMICS: OCEANS TRAPPED ON LAND""; ""NORTHERN HEMISPHERE""; ""SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: STRATIGRAPHY, PALEOENVIRONMENTSAND PROVENANCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENEGLACIAL SEDIMENTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERNGREAT LAKES REGION:IMPLICATIONSFOR ICE SHEET DYNAMICS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY AREA AND GEOLOGIC SETTING""""MATERIALS AND METHODS""""STRATIGRAPHY""; ""LITHOFACIES ANALYSIS""; ""PROVENANCE ANALYSIS""; ""INTERPRETATION""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO ANTARCTICGLACIOLOGY: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1950 - 1960""; ""1960 - 1970""; ""1970 - 1980""; ""1980 - 1990""; ""1990 - 2000""; ""2000 - 2010""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Chapter 4: GREENLAND ICE SHEET DYNAMICS AND GLACIALEARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CRYOSEISMIC SIGNALS IN POLAR REGION""""ICE SHEET DYNAMICS IN GREENLAND""""GLACIAL EARTHQUAKES""; ""STATISTICS ON SEISMICITY""; ""ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: MODELING THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETAND ICE SHELVES: ASSESSING THE EFFECTSOF UNCERTAINTY ON THE MODELPARAMETERS BY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Model""; ""2.1. Basic equations for the ice sheet""; ""2.2. Basic equations for the ice shelf""; ""2.3. Boundary conditions""; ""2.4. Numerical model""; ""2.5. Input data of the model""; ""2.6. Output of the model""""3. The Sensitivity Analysis""""3.1. Definition of sensitivity indices""; ""3.2. Control variables and model outcomes""; ""4. Results""; ""4.1. Results of the model""; ""4.2. Results of the sensitivity analysis""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: IMPLICATIONS OF COMPLEX GLACIALDEPOSITS FOR TILL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION:EXAMPLES FROM THE CENTRALFENNOSCANDIAN ICE SHEET""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS""; ""METHODS IN SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION""; ""GLACIGENIC DEPOSITION""; ""TILL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEAVYMINERALS IN EXPLORATION""""CONCLUSION""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: THE FORMER TIBETAN ICE SHEET""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. THE PLANETARY AND HYPSOMETRIC CHANGE OF FORMS IN ITSIMPORTANCE FOR THE GLOBAL GLACIER DISTRIBUTION""; ""2. THE INTERFERENCE OF SNOWLINE AND RELIEF""; ""3. THE ENERGETIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ICE COVERS IN HIGHAND LOW LATITUDES""; ""4. THE THEORETICAL FRAME-CONDITIONS OF A COVERING INLANDICE (ICE SHEET) ON THE TIBETAN HIGH PLATEAU""; ""5. QUATERNARY-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FIELDANDSEDIMENTOLOGICAL LABORATORY FINDINGS IN THE TIBETANHIGH PLATEAU AND ITS FRINGING MOUNTAINS""""6. THE LACK OF GLACIAL END MORAINES ON THETIBETAN PLATEAU""Earth Sciences in the 21st CenturyIce sheetsGlaciersElectronic books.Ice sheets.Glaciers.511.31Müller Jonas Adrian1968-884060Koch Luka884061MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452899103321Ice sheets1974236UNINA