Glacier science and environmental change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter G. Knight

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (568 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.31
• Soggetto topico: Glaciology; Global environmental change
• Altri autori: KnightPeter <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-516) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Glaciers and their coupling with hydraulic and sedimentary processes -- Glaciers, oceans, atmosphere, and climate -- Changing glaciers and their role in Earth's surface evolution -- Glacier composition, mechanics, and dynamics -- The practice of glaciology.
• Sommario/riassunto: Glacier Science and Environmental Change is an authoritative and comprehensive reference work on contemporary issues in glaciology. It explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change, in the past, present, and future. Written by the world's foremost authorities in the subject and researchers at the scientific frontier where conventional wisdom of approach comes face to face with unsolved problems, this book provides: state-of-the-art reviews of the key topics in glaciology and related disciplines in environmental changecutting-edge cas
• Titolo autorizzato: Glacier science and environmental change
• ISBN: 1-281-32202-4; 9786611322021; 0-470-75063-4; 0-470-75023-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145738303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II