Format:
230 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
5286009042
Content:
The book "Regime and evolution of polar ice sheets" results glacier regime, dynamics and evolution studies, conducted in the Arctic and Antarctic by a team of explorers of the Institute of Geography, the USSR Academy of Sciences, for the last decade. The studies are based on the application of present-day remote sensing, geophysical, isotope-geochemical methods and multi-disciplinary investigations of deep boreholes and ice core. The history of glaciation in the northern and southern polar areas in the Cenozoic as well as structure, hydrothermal state and regime of subpolar glaciers, and peculiarities of their formation under conditions of climatic changes are analysed. Heat- and mass-exchange at the lower surface of Antarctic ice shelves, fluctuations of its marginal zone and those of Arctic glaciers are discussed in the book as well. The data presented are fundamental for formulating principles and methods of predicting the development of polar glaciers as an important block in the global system "glaciation - ocean - atmosphere", especially in relation to the supposed man-made warming of the climate. The book is intended for glaciologists, climatologists, geophysists, palaeogeographers, marine geologists and geographers.
Note:
MAB0014.001: AWI G3-97-0019
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In kyrill. Schr.
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