UID:
kobvindex_GFZ88995271X
Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 422 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten (teilweise farbig)
ISBN:
9789402411010
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978-94-024-1101-0
ISSN:
2510-0475
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2510-0483
Series Statement:
Springer Polar Sciences
Content:
This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of Arctic ice shelves, ice islands and related features. Ice shelves are permanent areas of ice which float on the ocean surface while attached to the coast, and typically occur in very cold environments where perennial sea ice builds up to great thickness, and/or where glaciers flow off the land and are preserved on the ocean surface. These landscape features are relatively poorly studied in the Arctic, yet they are potentially highly sensitive indicators of climate change because they respond to changes in atmospheric, oceanic and glaciological conditions. Recent fracturing and breakup events of ice shelves in the Canadian High Arctic have attracted significant scientific and public attention, and produced large ice islands which may pose a risk to Arctic shipping and offshore infrastructure. Much has been published about Antarctic ice shelves, but to date there has not been a dedicated book about Arctic ice shelves or ice islands. This book fills that gap.
Note:
Contents
Part I Distribution and Characteristics of Arctic Ice Shelves
1 Arctic Ice Shelves: An Introduction / Julian A. Dowdeswell and Martin O. Jeffries
2 The Ellesmere Ice Shelves, Nunavut, Canada / Martin O. Jeffries
3 Eurasian Arctic Ice Shelves and Tidewater Ice Margins / Julian A. Dowdeswell
4 Greenland Ice Shelves and Ice Tongues / Niels Reeh
Part II Physical Processes and Historical Changes of Arctic Ice Shelves
5 Changes in Canadian Arctic Ice Shelf Extent Since 1906 / Derek Mueller, Luke Copland, and Martin O. Jeffries
6 The Surface Mass Balance of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf and Ward Hunt Ice Rise, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada / Carsten Braun
7 Holocene History of Arctic Ice Shelves / John H. England, David J.A. Evans, and Thomas R. Lakeman
8 An Overview of Paleoenvironmental Techniques for the Reconstruction of Past Arctic Ice Shelf Dynamics / Dermot Antoniades
9 Arctic Ice Shelf Ecosystems / Anne D. Jungblut, Derek Mueller, and Warwick F. Vincent
Part III Arctic Ice Shelf Calving Processes and Ice Islands
10 Factors Contributing to Recent Arctic Ice Shelf Losses / Luke Copland, Colleen Mortimer, Adrienne White, Miriam Richer McCallum, and Derek Mueller
11 Ice Island Drift Mechanisms in the Canadian High Arctic / Wesley Van Wychen and Luke Copland
12 Recent Changes in Sea Ice Plugs Along the Northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago / Sierra Pope, Luke Copland, and Bea Alt
13 The Military Importance and Use of Ice Islands During the Cold War / William F. Althoff
14 Russian Drifting Stations on Arctic Ice Islands / Igor M. Belkin and Sergey A. Kessel
15 Risk Analysis and Hazards of Ice Islands / Mark Fuglem and Ian Jordaan
Erratum
Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-024-1101-0
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
