Author: A.M. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Variations in basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Author: A.M. SmithBasal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from seismic observations
Author: A.M. SmithBayesian estimation of basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from surface data
Author: M. Raymond PralongDynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Author: C.J. van der VeenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400937458
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Few scientists doubt the prediction that the antropogenic release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to some warming of the earth's climate. So there is good reason to investigate the possible effects of such a warming, in dependence of geographical and social economic setting. Many bodies, governmental or not, have organized meetings and issued reports in which the carbon dioxide problem is defined, reviewed, and possible threats assessed. The rate at which such reports are produced still increases. However, while more and more people are getting involved in the 'carbon dioxide business', the number of investigators working on the basic problems grows, in our view, too slowly. Many fundamental questions are still not answered in a satisfactory way, and the carbon dioxide building rests on a few thin pillars. One such fundamental question concerns the change in sea level associated with a climatic warming of a few degrees. A number of processes can be listed that could all lead to changes of the order of tens of centimeters (e. g. thermal expansion, change in mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets). But the picture of the carbon dioxide problem has frequently be made more dramatic by suggesting that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is unstable, implying a certain probability of a 5 m higher sea-level stand within a few centuries.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Author: Publisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream and Carlson Inlet
Author: A.M. SmithTransient Behavior of the West Antarctic Ice Streams
Author: Marion BougamontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glaciology
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Glacier Science and Environmental Change
Author: Peter G. KnightPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470750235
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
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 change cutting-edge case studies of the latest research an interdisciplinary synthesis of the issues that draw together the research efforts of glaciologists and scientists from other areas such as geologists, hydrologists, and climatologists color-plate section (with selected extra figures provided in color at www.blackwellpublishing.com/knight). The topics in this book have been carefully chosen to reflect current priorities in research, the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, and the developing relationship between glaciology and studies of environmental change. Glacier Science and Environmental Change is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate research students, and professional researchers in glaciology, geology, geography, geophysics, climatology, and related disciplines.
Contrasts in hydrology between regions of basal deformation and sliding beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, mapped using radar and seismic data
Author: T. MurrayGlaciers
Author: Peter KnightPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134982178
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context. The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of teh many research problms that remain to be solved. The accessible style adopted in the text facilitates a clear understanding of glaciers and the role they play in global issues such as environmental change, geoorphology and hydrology. The use of complex mathematics is avoided as the reader is introduced to important concepts and techniques in modern glaciology such as deforming beds, migrating ice-divides and stable isotope analysis. This is an essential reference book for sutdents, professional geologists and researchers and would be ideal for those who want either a rapid up-date or an introduction to the subject. The books' discussion of recent discoveries and of reserch issues for the future, supported by a thorough reference list, enables readers to pursue their own areas of particular interest.