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Ice. Glaciers. Ice sheets. Sea ice

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  • Principles of Glacier Mechanicsby Roger LeB. Hooke

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 86.00

    This new edition of a successful textbook is intended to give upper-level students the tools they need to understand modern glaciology. Practising geologists and glaciologists will also find it useful as a reference book. Relatively simple concepts are introduced first, followed by mathematically more sophisticated chapters. Student exercises are included. more...

  • Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphologyby Bryn Hubbard; Neil F. Glasser

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2005; US$ 209.95

    Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volume. Coverage includes: The role of field data acquisition in the broader disciplines of glaciology and glacial geomorphology Logistical preparations for fieldwork Field techniques in glaciology such as investigations on ice and meltwaters Field techniques in glacial geomorphology ranging from investigations on glacial landforms and sediments International case studies show each method in practice more...

  • Modern and Past Glacial Environmentsby John Menzies

    Elsevier Science & Technology 2002; US$ 121.00

    In combining and revising the two titles 'Past Glacial Environments' and 'Modern Glacial Environments', Dr Menzies and his contributors provide the most comprehensive and wide-ranging book ever prepared on both topics. This text is produced with the student mind, providing accessibility to a complex subject and introducing topics that provide the fundamental underpinnings of knowledge on glaciers, ice sheets, their sediments and landscapes. Modern and Past Glacial Environments features a large collection of photographs, line diagrams and tables and includes examples of glacial environments and landscapes which are drawn from a world wide perspective. Together with a web- based set of current and comprehensive references and bibliographic... more...

  • The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostokby Igor A. Zotikov

    Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 179.00

    A monograph examining the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. It provides interpretation of, and calculations for, stimulating factors for possible melting and a huge lake's existence at the bottom of the Martian ice sheets. more...

  • Polynyasby Walker O. Jr. Smith; David Barber

    Elsevier 2007; US$ 185.00

    Polynyas are relatively ice-free regions when compared to the areas around them, and have been suggested as being foci for energy transfer between the atmosphere and ocean, ice ?factories?, and critical areas with respect to polar ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. This volume presents an integrated, multidisciplinary review of polynyas in both the Arctic and Antarctic. It emphasizes the meteorology, ice dynamics, oceanography, biological components, chemistry, and modeling of these systems, particularly with respect to their roles in polar processes and distributions. The various interactions within polynyas, particularly between the physical forcing and biological responses, is emphasized, as are the potential changes in polynyas that... more...

  • The Drift of Sea Iceby Matti Leppäranta

    Springer 2005; US$ 159.00

    The author presents in The Drift of Sea Ice the fundamental laws of sea ice drift which come from the material properties of sea ice and the basic laws of mechanics. The resulting system of equations is analysed for the general properties of sea ice drift, the free drift model and analytical models for ice drift in the presence of internal friction, and the construction of numerical ice drift models is detailed. The science of sea ice drift through its 100-year history to the present day is explained. The text includes the geophysical theory, observations from field programs, and mathematical models. Topics covered include the science of sea ice drift, forecasting drift velocity based on volume, size and shape, sea ice ridging and remote sensing,... more...

  • Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Routeby Ola M. Johannessen; Vitali Alexandrov; Leonid P. Bobylev

    Springer 2006; US$ 249.00

    Provides a history of the Northern Sea Route as an important strategic transport route for supporting the northern regions of Russia and cargo transportation between Europe and the Northern Pacific Basin. Remote sensing techniques and the principles of SAR image formation are described. more...

  • Glacier Science and Environmental Changeby Peter G. Knight

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 320.00

    Glacier Science and Environmental Change is a comprehensive reference work examining contemporary issues in glaciology and explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change, past, present, and future. more...

  • Sea Iceby David N. Thomas; G. S. Dieckmann

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 275.00

    Sea ice, which covers up to 7% of the planet’s surface, is a major component of the world’s oceans, partly driving ocean circulation and global climate patterns. It provides a habitat for a rich diversity of marine organisms, and is an extremely valuable source of information in studies of global climate change and the evolution of present day life forms. Increasingly sea ice is being used as a proxy for extraterrestrial ice covered systems. Sea Ice provides a comprehensive review of our current available knowledge of polar pack ice, the study of which is severely constrained by the logistic difficulties of working in such harsh and remote regions of the earth. The book’s editors, Drs Thomas and Dieckmann have drawn together... more...

  • A World Without Iceby Henry Ph.D. Pollack

    Penguin Group Inc. 2010; US$ 12.99

    A cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet's imperiled ice. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus-until now. As one of the world's leading experts on climate change, Henry Pollack provides an accessible, comprehensive survey of ice as a force of nature and the potential consequences as we face the possibility of a world without ice. A World Without Ice traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice-a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an... more...