Ice sheets : dynamics, formation and environmental concerns / / Jonas Muller and Luka Koch, editors
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| Titolo: |
Ice sheets : dynamics, formation and environmental concerns / / Jonas Muller and Luka Koch, editors
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| Pubblicazione: | Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 511.31 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ice sheets |
| Glaciers | |
| Altri autori: |
MullerJonas Adrian <1968->
KochLuka
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ice sheets |
| ISBN: | 1-61942-373-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819627503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Earth Sciences in the 21st Century