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Analysis of Great Lakes ice cover climatology : winters 2006-2011 / / Raymond A. Assel [and three others]
| Analysis of Great Lakes ice cover climatology : winters 2006-2011 / / Raymond A. Assel [and three others] |
| Autore | Assel Raymond A. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (27 pages) : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) |
| Collana | NOAA technical memorandum GLERL |
| Soggetto topico |
Ice on rivers, lakes, etc - Great Lakes (North America)
Ice sheets - Great Lakes (North America) Ice on rivers, lakes, etc Ice sheets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Observations. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Analysis of Great Lakes ice cover climatology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910709897203321 |
Assel Raymond A.
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| [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coastal-change and glaciological map of the northern Ross Ice Shelf area, Antarctica, 1962-2004 [[electronic resource] /] / by Jane G. Ferrigno ... [and others] ; prepared in cooperation with the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
| Coastal-change and glaciological map of the northern Ross Ice Shelf area, Antarctica, 1962-2004 [[electronic resource] /] / by Jane G. Ferrigno ... [and others] ; prepared in cooperation with the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Autore | Ferrigno Jane G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic map : HTML, digital, PDF file |
| Collana | Geologic investigations series map |
| Soggetto topico |
Coast changes - Antarctica
Glaciers - Antarctica - Ross Ice Shelf Ice sheets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Maps. |
| Formato | Materiale cartografico a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Coastal change and glaciological map of the northern Ross Ice Shelf area, Antarctica, 1962-2004 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694454003321 |
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Ferrigno Jane G
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| [Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale cartografico a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]]
| The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Laybourn-Parry Johanna |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.586 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TranterMartyn
HodsonAndrew J |
| Soggetto topico |
Glaciology
Ice sheets Snow ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-59502-7
9786613624857 0-19-162424-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. An introduction to ice environments and their biology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Introduction to functional dynamics and the organisms; 1.2.1 Community structure and function; 1.2.2 Organisms; 1.3 The cryosphere: past and present; 1.3.1 The last glacial maximum; 1.3.2 Contemporary fluctuations of glaciers and ice sheets; 1.3.3 Snowball Earth; 1.4 Sea ice; 1.4.1 Nature of sea ice; 1.4.2 Sea ice communities; 1.5 Lake ice; 1.6 Glaciers; 1.6.1 Ice mass balance zones in glacial ecosystems; 1.6.2 Hydrological zonation in surface ecosystems; 1.6.3 Supraglacial lakes
1.6.4 Water distribution in subsurface ecosystems 1.6.5 Water in subglacial habitats; 1.6.6 Overview: broad structure and characteristics of glacial ecosystems; 1.6.7 Life on glaciers; 1.7 Snow; 1.7.1 Physical and chemical characteristics; 1.7.2 Biological activity in snow; 2. Snow; 2.1 Snow as an environment; 2.2 Life on and in snow; 2.2.1 Snow algae; 2.2.2 Bacteria in snow; 2.3 Impact of snow on environments it covers seasonally; 2.3.1 Activity under the snow; 2.3.2 Impact of the release of accumulated nutrients in the snow pack at spring melt; 2.3.3 Variations in snow depth 3. Ice surface environments 3.1 Ice shelves; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Biology of ice shelf lakes; 3.2 Glaciers and ice sheets; 3.2.1 Supraglacial habitats; 3.2.2 Spatial variations in the biota in supraglacial habitats; 3.2.3 Cryoconite; 3.2.4 Carbon cycling and biological production; 3.2.5 Other debris habitats, including the ice margin; 4. Sea and lake ice; 4.1 Sea ice; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Adaptations; 4.1.3 Community structure and production; 4.2 Lake ice; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Community structure and production; 5. Subglacial environments; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Biology of subglacial environments 5.2.1 Wet-based glaciers; 5.2.2 Blood Falls; 5.3 Life in glacial ice; 5.4 Subglacial lakes; 5.5 Lake Vida; 6. Astrobiology; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 6.2.1 Mars; 6.2.2 Europa: a Jovian moon; 6.2.3 Enceladus: a small Saturnian moon; 6.2.4 Titan: a large Saturnian moon; 6.3 Weaknesses of terrestrial analogues for extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 7. Future directions; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Priority field sites for future research; 7.3 Remote sensing development; 7.4 Sensor technology; 7.5 Modelling 7.6 Molecular biology7.7 Elucidating the evolution of extremophile communities; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457479303321 |
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Laybourn-Parry Johanna
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| Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]]
| The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Laybourn-Parry Johanna |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.586 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TranterMartyn
HodsonAndrew J |
| Soggetto topico |
Glaciology
Ice sheets Snow ecology |
| ISBN |
1-280-59502-7
9786613624857 0-19-162424-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. An introduction to ice environments and their biology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Introduction to functional dynamics and the organisms; 1.2.1 Community structure and function; 1.2.2 Organisms; 1.3 The cryosphere: past and present; 1.3.1 The last glacial maximum; 1.3.2 Contemporary fluctuations of glaciers and ice sheets; 1.3.3 Snowball Earth; 1.4 Sea ice; 1.4.1 Nature of sea ice; 1.4.2 Sea ice communities; 1.5 Lake ice; 1.6 Glaciers; 1.6.1 Ice mass balance zones in glacial ecosystems; 1.6.2 Hydrological zonation in surface ecosystems; 1.6.3 Supraglacial lakes
1.6.4 Water distribution in subsurface ecosystems 1.6.5 Water in subglacial habitats; 1.6.6 Overview: broad structure and characteristics of glacial ecosystems; 1.6.7 Life on glaciers; 1.7 Snow; 1.7.1 Physical and chemical characteristics; 1.7.2 Biological activity in snow; 2. Snow; 2.1 Snow as an environment; 2.2 Life on and in snow; 2.2.1 Snow algae; 2.2.2 Bacteria in snow; 2.3 Impact of snow on environments it covers seasonally; 2.3.1 Activity under the snow; 2.3.2 Impact of the release of accumulated nutrients in the snow pack at spring melt; 2.3.3 Variations in snow depth 3. Ice surface environments 3.1 Ice shelves; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Biology of ice shelf lakes; 3.2 Glaciers and ice sheets; 3.2.1 Supraglacial habitats; 3.2.2 Spatial variations in the biota in supraglacial habitats; 3.2.3 Cryoconite; 3.2.4 Carbon cycling and biological production; 3.2.5 Other debris habitats, including the ice margin; 4. Sea and lake ice; 4.1 Sea ice; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Adaptations; 4.1.3 Community structure and production; 4.2 Lake ice; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Community structure and production; 5. Subglacial environments; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Biology of subglacial environments 5.2.1 Wet-based glaciers; 5.2.2 Blood Falls; 5.3 Life in glacial ice; 5.4 Subglacial lakes; 5.5 Lake Vida; 6. Astrobiology; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 6.2.1 Mars; 6.2.2 Europa: a Jovian moon; 6.2.3 Enceladus: a small Saturnian moon; 6.2.4 Titan: a large Saturnian moon; 6.3 Weaknesses of terrestrial analogues for extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 7. Future directions; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Priority field sites for future research; 7.3 Remote sensing development; 7.4 Sensor technology; 7.5 Modelling 7.6 Molecular biology7.7 Elucidating the evolution of extremophile communities; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779046803321 |
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Laybourn-Parry Johanna
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| Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]]
| The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Laybourn-Parry Johanna |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.586 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TranterMartyn
HodsonAndrew J |
| Soggetto topico |
Glaciology
Ice sheets Snow ecology |
| ISBN |
1-280-59502-7
9786613624857 0-19-162424-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. An introduction to ice environments and their biology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Introduction to functional dynamics and the organisms; 1.2.1 Community structure and function; 1.2.2 Organisms; 1.3 The cryosphere: past and present; 1.3.1 The last glacial maximum; 1.3.2 Contemporary fluctuations of glaciers and ice sheets; 1.3.3 Snowball Earth; 1.4 Sea ice; 1.4.1 Nature of sea ice; 1.4.2 Sea ice communities; 1.5 Lake ice; 1.6 Glaciers; 1.6.1 Ice mass balance zones in glacial ecosystems; 1.6.2 Hydrological zonation in surface ecosystems; 1.6.3 Supraglacial lakes
1.6.4 Water distribution in subsurface ecosystems 1.6.5 Water in subglacial habitats; 1.6.6 Overview: broad structure and characteristics of glacial ecosystems; 1.6.7 Life on glaciers; 1.7 Snow; 1.7.1 Physical and chemical characteristics; 1.7.2 Biological activity in snow; 2. Snow; 2.1 Snow as an environment; 2.2 Life on and in snow; 2.2.1 Snow algae; 2.2.2 Bacteria in snow; 2.3 Impact of snow on environments it covers seasonally; 2.3.1 Activity under the snow; 2.3.2 Impact of the release of accumulated nutrients in the snow pack at spring melt; 2.3.3 Variations in snow depth 3. Ice surface environments 3.1 Ice shelves; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Biology of ice shelf lakes; 3.2 Glaciers and ice sheets; 3.2.1 Supraglacial habitats; 3.2.2 Spatial variations in the biota in supraglacial habitats; 3.2.3 Cryoconite; 3.2.4 Carbon cycling and biological production; 3.2.5 Other debris habitats, including the ice margin; 4. Sea and lake ice; 4.1 Sea ice; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Adaptations; 4.1.3 Community structure and production; 4.2 Lake ice; 4.2.1 Introduction; 4.2.2 Community structure and production; 5. Subglacial environments; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Biology of subglacial environments 5.2.1 Wet-based glaciers; 5.2.2 Blood Falls; 5.3 Life in glacial ice; 5.4 Subglacial lakes; 5.5 Lake Vida; 6. Astrobiology; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 6.2.1 Mars; 6.2.2 Europa: a Jovian moon; 6.2.3 Enceladus: a small Saturnian moon; 6.2.4 Titan: a large Saturnian moon; 6.3 Weaknesses of terrestrial analogues for extraterrestrial cryospheric environments; 7. Future directions; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Priority field sites for future research; 7.3 Remote sensing development; 7.4 Sensor technology; 7.5 Modelling 7.6 Molecular biology7.7 Elucidating the evolution of extremophile communities; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826184703321 |
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Laybourn-Parry Johanna
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| Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Great Lakes ice climatology update, winters 2006-2011, description of the digital ice cover dataset / / Jia Wang [and four others]
| Great Lakes ice climatology update, winters 2006-2011, description of the digital ice cover dataset / / Jia Wang [and four others] |
| Autore | Wang Jia <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Collana |
NOAA technical memorandum GLERL
GLERL contribution |
| Soggetto topico |
Ice on rivers, lakes, etc - Great Lakes (North America)
Ice sheets - Great Lakes (North America) Sea ice - Great Lakes (North America) Icing (Meteorology) - Great Lakes (North America) Ice on rivers, lakes, etc Ice sheets Icing (Meteorology) Sea ice |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Observations.
Statistics. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Ice climatology update, winters 2006 - 2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910709897403321 |
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Wang Jia <1957->
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| [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ice Age / / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip D.Hughes. and Philip L. Gibbard
| The Ice Age / / Jürgen Ehlers, Philip D.Hughes. and Philip L. Gibbard |
| Autore | Ehlers Jürgen <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (786 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.792 |
| Soggetto topico |
Glacial epoch
Climatic changes Glaciology Glacial landforms Eolian processes Ice sheets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-50777-0
1-118-50779-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title page""; ""Copyright""; ""About the Authors""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Companion Website""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""1.1 In the Beginning was the Great Flood""; ""1.2 The Ice Ages of the Earth""; ""1.3 Causes of an Ice Age""; ""Chapter 2 The Course of the Ice Age""; ""2.1 When did the Quaternary Period Begin?""; ""2.2 What's in Stratigraphy?""; ""2.3 Traces in the Deep Sea""; ""2.4 Systematics of the Ice Age""; ""2.5 Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm: Do They Still Apply?""; ""2.6 Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas""; ""2.7 The British Pleistocene Succession""
""2.8 Quaternary History of North America""""2.9 The Course of the Ice Ages: A Global View""; ""Chapter 3 Ice and Water""; ""3.1 The Origin of Glaciers""; ""3.2 Recent Glaciers: Small and Large""; ""3.3 Dynamics of Ice Sheets""; ""3.4 Meltwater""; ""Chapter 4 Till and Moraines: The Traces of Glaciers""; ""4.1 Till""; ""4.2 Moraines""; ""Chapter 5 Meltwater: From Moulins to the Urstromtal""; ""5.1 Fjords, Channels and Eskers""; ""5.2 Outwash Plains and Gravel Terraces""; ""5.3 Ice-dammed Lakes""; ""5.4 Kames: Deposits at the Ice Margin""; ""5.5 Urstromtäler""; ""Chapter 6 Maps: Where Are We?"" ""6.1 Digital Maps""""6.2 Satellite Images: Basic Data for Ice-Age Research""; ""6.3 Projections and Ellipsoids""; ""Chapter 7 Extent of the Glaciers""; ""7.1 Exploring the Arctic by Airship""; ""7.2 Glaciers in the Barents Sea""; ""7.3 Isostasy and Eustasy""; ""7.4 Ice in Siberia?""; ""7.5 Asia: The Mystery of Tibet""; ""7.6 South America: Volcanoes and Glaciers""; ""7.7 Mediterranean Glaciations""; ""7.8 Were Africa, Australia and Oceania Glaciated?""; ""7.9 Antarctica: Eternal Ice?""; ""Chapter 8 Ice in the Ground: The Periglacial Areas""; ""8.1 Definition and Distribution"" ""8.2 Extent of Frozen Ground during the Pleistocene""""8.3 Frost Weathering""; ""8.4 Cryoplanation""; ""8.5 Rock Glaciers: Glaciers (Almost) Without Ice""; ""8.6 Involutions""; ""8.7 Solifluction""; ""8.8 Periglacial Soil Stripes""; ""8.9 Frost Cracks and Ice Wedges""; ""8.10 Pingos, Palsas and other Frost Phenomena""; ""Chapter 9 Hippos in the Thames: The Warm Stages""; ""9.1 Tar Pits of Evidence""; ""9.2 Development of Fauna""; ""9.3 Development of Vegetation""; ""9.4 Weathering and Soil Formation""; ""9.5 Water in the Desert: The Shifting of Climate Zones"" ""9.6 Changes in the Rainforest""""Chapter 10 The Course of Deglaciation""; ""10.1 Contribution to Landforms""; ""10.2 Ice Decay""; ""10.3 The Origin of Kettle Holes""; ""10.4 Pressure Release""; ""10.5 A Sudden Transition?""; ""10.6 The Little Ice Age""; ""Chapter 11 Wind, Sand and Stones: Aeolian Processes""; ""11.1 Dunes""; ""11.2 Aeolian Sand""; ""11.3 Loess""; ""Chapter 12 What Happened to the Rivers?""; ""12.1 River Processes and Landforms""; ""12.2 Dry Valleys""; ""12.3 The Rhine: Influences of Alpine and Nordic Ice""; ""12.4 The Elbe: Once Flowed to the Baltic Sea"" ""12.5 The Thames: Influence of British Ice"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460365503321 |
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Ehlers Jürgen <1948->
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ice Age
| The Ice Age |
| Autore | Ehlers Jürgen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (786 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.7/92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesPhilip
GibbardPhilip L EhlersJürgen |
| Soggetto topico | Ice sheets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118507773
9781118507810 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 In the Beginning was the Great Flood -- 1.2 The Ice Ages of the Earth -- 1.3 Causes of an Ice Age -- Chapter 2 The Course of the Ice Age -- 2.1 When did the Quaternary Period Begin? -- 2.2 What's in Stratigraphy? -- 2.3 Traces in the Deep Sea -- 2.4 Systematics of the Ice Age -- 2.5 Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm: Do They Still Apply? -- 2.6 Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas -- 2.7 The British Pleistocene Succession -- 2.8 Quaternary History of North America -- 2.9 The Course of the Ice Ages: A Global View -- Chapter 3 Ice and Water -- 3.1 The Origin of Glaciers -- 3.2 Recent Glaciers: Small and Large -- 3.3 Dynamics of Ice Sheets -- 3.4 Meltwater -- Chapter 4 Till and Moraines: The Traces of Glaciers -- 4.1 Till -- 4.2 Moraines -- Chapter 5 Meltwater: From Moulins to the Urstromtal -- 5.1 Fjords, Channels and Eskers -- 5.2 Outwash Plains and Gravel Terraces -- 5.3 Ice-dammed Lakes -- 5.4 Kames: Deposits at the Ice Margin -- 5.5 Urstromtäler -- Chapter 6 Maps: Where Are We? -- 6.1 Digital Maps -- 6.2 Satellite Images: Basic Data for Ice-Age Research -- 6.3 Projections and Ellipsoids -- Chapter 7 Extent of the Glaciers -- 7.1 Exploring the Arctic by Airship -- 7.2 Glaciers in the Barents Sea -- 7.3 Isostasy and Eustasy -- 7.4 Ice in Siberia? -- 7.5 Asia: The Mystery of Tibet -- 7.6 South America: Volcanoes and Glaciers -- 7.7 Mediterranean Glaciations -- 7.8 Were Africa, Australia and Oceania Glaciated? -- 7.9 Antarctica: Eternal Ice? -- Chapter 8 Ice in the Ground: The Periglacial Areas -- 8.1 Definition and Distribution -- 8.2 Extent of Frozen Ground during the Pleistocene -- 8.3 Frost Weathering -- 8.4 Cryoplanation -- 8.5 Rock Glaciers: Glaciers (Almost) Without Ice -- 8.6 Involutions.
8.7 Solifluction -- 8.8 Periglacial Soil Stripes -- 8.9 Frost Cracks and Ice Wedges -- 8.10 Pingos, Palsas and other Frost Phenomena -- Chapter 9 Hippos in the Thames: The Warm Stages -- 9.1 Tar Pits of Evidence -- 9.2 Development of Fauna -- 9.3 Development of Vegetation -- 9.4 Weathering and Soil Formation -- 9.5 Water in the Desert: The Shifting of Climate Zones -- 9.6 Changes in the Rainforest -- Chapter 10 The Course of Deglaciation -- 10.1 Contribution to Landforms -- 10.2 Ice Decay -- 10.3 The Origin of Kettle Holes -- 10.4 Pressure Release -- 10.5 A Sudden Transition? -- 10.6 The Little Ice Age -- Chapter 11 Wind, Sand and Stones: Aeolian Processes -- 11.1 Dunes -- 11.2 Aeolian Sand -- 11.3 Loess -- Chapter 12 What Happened to the Rivers? -- 12.1 River Processes and Landforms -- 12.2 Dry Valleys -- 12.3 The Rhine: Influences of Alpine and Nordic Ice -- 12.4 The Elbe: Once Flowed to the Baltic Sea -- 12.5 The Thames: Influence of British Ice -- Chapter 13 North and Baltic Seas during the Ice Age -- 13.1 Development of the North Sea -- 13.2 Development of the Baltic Sea -- Chapter 14 Climate Models and Reconstructions -- 14.1 Ice Cores -- 14.2 The Marine Circulation -- 14.3 Modelling the Last Ice Sheets -- 14.4 Modelling Glaciers and Climate -- Chapter 15 Human Interference -- 15.1 Out of Africa: Humans Spread Out -- 15.2 Neanderthals and Homo sapiens -- 15.3 The Middle Stone Age -- 15.4 The Neolithic Period: The Beginning of Agriculture -- 15.5 Bronze and Iron -- 15.6 The Romans -- 15.7 Middle Ages -- 15.8 Recent Land Grab -- 15.9 Drying Lakes, Melting Glaciers and other Problems -- 15.10 The Anthropocene: Defining the Human Age? -- References -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795812403321 |
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Ehlers Jürgen
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| New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Ice Age
| The Ice Age |
| Autore | Ehlers Jürgen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (786 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.7/92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesPhilip
GibbardPhilip L EhlersJürgen |
| Soggetto topico | Ice sheets |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118507773
9781118507810 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 In the Beginning was the Great Flood -- 1.2 The Ice Ages of the Earth -- 1.3 Causes of an Ice Age -- Chapter 2 The Course of the Ice Age -- 2.1 When did the Quaternary Period Begin? -- 2.2 What's in Stratigraphy? -- 2.3 Traces in the Deep Sea -- 2.4 Systematics of the Ice Age -- 2.5 Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm: Do They Still Apply? -- 2.6 Northern Germany and Adjacent Areas -- 2.7 The British Pleistocene Succession -- 2.8 Quaternary History of North America -- 2.9 The Course of the Ice Ages: A Global View -- Chapter 3 Ice and Water -- 3.1 The Origin of Glaciers -- 3.2 Recent Glaciers: Small and Large -- 3.3 Dynamics of Ice Sheets -- 3.4 Meltwater -- Chapter 4 Till and Moraines: The Traces of Glaciers -- 4.1 Till -- 4.2 Moraines -- Chapter 5 Meltwater: From Moulins to the Urstromtal -- 5.1 Fjords, Channels and Eskers -- 5.2 Outwash Plains and Gravel Terraces -- 5.3 Ice-dammed Lakes -- 5.4 Kames: Deposits at the Ice Margin -- 5.5 Urstromtäler -- Chapter 6 Maps: Where Are We? -- 6.1 Digital Maps -- 6.2 Satellite Images: Basic Data for Ice-Age Research -- 6.3 Projections and Ellipsoids -- Chapter 7 Extent of the Glaciers -- 7.1 Exploring the Arctic by Airship -- 7.2 Glaciers in the Barents Sea -- 7.3 Isostasy and Eustasy -- 7.4 Ice in Siberia? -- 7.5 Asia: The Mystery of Tibet -- 7.6 South America: Volcanoes and Glaciers -- 7.7 Mediterranean Glaciations -- 7.8 Were Africa, Australia and Oceania Glaciated? -- 7.9 Antarctica: Eternal Ice? -- Chapter 8 Ice in the Ground: The Periglacial Areas -- 8.1 Definition and Distribution -- 8.2 Extent of Frozen Ground during the Pleistocene -- 8.3 Frost Weathering -- 8.4 Cryoplanation -- 8.5 Rock Glaciers: Glaciers (Almost) Without Ice -- 8.6 Involutions.
8.7 Solifluction -- 8.8 Periglacial Soil Stripes -- 8.9 Frost Cracks and Ice Wedges -- 8.10 Pingos, Palsas and other Frost Phenomena -- Chapter 9 Hippos in the Thames: The Warm Stages -- 9.1 Tar Pits of Evidence -- 9.2 Development of Fauna -- 9.3 Development of Vegetation -- 9.4 Weathering and Soil Formation -- 9.5 Water in the Desert: The Shifting of Climate Zones -- 9.6 Changes in the Rainforest -- Chapter 10 The Course of Deglaciation -- 10.1 Contribution to Landforms -- 10.2 Ice Decay -- 10.3 The Origin of Kettle Holes -- 10.4 Pressure Release -- 10.5 A Sudden Transition? -- 10.6 The Little Ice Age -- Chapter 11 Wind, Sand and Stones: Aeolian Processes -- 11.1 Dunes -- 11.2 Aeolian Sand -- 11.3 Loess -- Chapter 12 What Happened to the Rivers? -- 12.1 River Processes and Landforms -- 12.2 Dry Valleys -- 12.3 The Rhine: Influences of Alpine and Nordic Ice -- 12.4 The Elbe: Once Flowed to the Baltic Sea -- 12.5 The Thames: Influence of British Ice -- Chapter 13 North and Baltic Seas during the Ice Age -- 13.1 Development of the North Sea -- 13.2 Development of the Baltic Sea -- Chapter 14 Climate Models and Reconstructions -- 14.1 Ice Cores -- 14.2 The Marine Circulation -- 14.3 Modelling the Last Ice Sheets -- 14.4 Modelling Glaciers and Climate -- Chapter 15 Human Interference -- 15.1 Out of Africa: Humans Spread Out -- 15.2 Neanderthals and Homo sapiens -- 15.3 The Middle Stone Age -- 15.4 The Neolithic Period: The Beginning of Agriculture -- 15.5 Bronze and Iron -- 15.6 The Romans -- 15.7 Middle Ages -- 15.8 Recent Land Grab -- 15.9 Drying Lakes, Melting Glaciers and other Problems -- 15.10 The Anthropocene: Defining the Human Age? -- References -- Index -- EULA. |
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Ice sheets [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics, formation and environmental concerns / / Jonas Muller and Luka Koch, editors
| Ice sheets [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics, formation and environmental concerns / / Jonas Muller and Luka Koch, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 511.31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MüllerJonas Adrian <1968->
KochLuka |
| Collana | Earth sciences in the 21st century |
| Soggetto topico |
Ice sheets
Glaciers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61942-373-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
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Soggetto topico
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Ice sheets
(13)
- Glaciology (4)
- Glaciers (3)
- Snow ecology (3)
- Ice on rivers, lakes, etc (2)