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  • 1
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    Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,
    Keywords: Glaciers. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: A new edition of the classic textbook for all students of glaciation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (817 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    ISBN: 9781444128390
    DDC: 551.31
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part One Glaciers -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Glacier systems -- 1.1.1 Mass balance -- 1.1.2 Meltwater -- 1.1.3 Glacier motion -- 1.1.4 Glaciers and sea-level change -- 1.1.5 Erosion and debris transport -- 1.1.6 Glacial sediments, landforms and landscapes -- 1.2 Glacier morphology -- 1.2.1 Ice sheets and ice caps -- 1.2.2 Glaciers constrained by topography -- 1.2.3 Ice shelves -- 1.3 Present distribution of glaciers -- 1.3.1 Influence of latitude and altitude -- 1.3.2 Influence of aspect, relief and distance from a moisture source -- 1.4 Past distribution of glaciers -- 1.4.1 'Icehouse' and 'greenhouse' worlds -- 1.4.2 Cenozoic glaciation -- 2 Snow, Ice and Climate -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Surface energy balance -- 2.2.1 Changes of state and temperature -- 2.2.2 Shortwave radiation -- 2.2.3 Longwave radiation -- 2.2.4 Sensible and latent heat: turbulent fluxes -- 2.2.5 Energy supplied by rain -- 2.2.6 Why is glacier ice blue? -- 2.3 Ice temperature -- 2.3.1 The melting point of ice -- 2.3.2 Controls on ice temperature -- 2.3.3 Thermal structure of glaciers and ice sheets -- 2.4 Processes of accumulation and ablation -- 2.4.1 Snow and ice accumulation -- 2.4.2 Transformation of snow to ice -- 2.4.3 Melting of snow and ice -- 2.4.4 Sublimation and evaporation -- 2.4.5 The influence of debris cover -- 2.5 Mass balance -- 2.5.1 Definitions -- 2.5.2 Measurement of mass balance -- 2.5.3 Annual mass balance cycles -- 2.5.4 Mass balance gradients -- 2.5.5 The equilibrium line -- 2.5.6 Glaciation levels or glaciation thresholds -- 2.5.7 Glacier sensitivity to climate change -- 2.6 Glacier-climate interactions -- 2.6.1 Effects of glaciers and ice sheets on the atmosphere -- 2.7 Ice cores. , 2.7.1 Ice coring programmes -- 2.7.2 Stable isotopes -- 2.7.3 Ancient atmospheres: the gas content of glacier ice -- 2.7.4 Solutes and particulates -- 3 Glacier Hydrology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Basic concepts -- 3.2.1 Water sources and routing -- 3.2.2 Hydraulic potential -- 3.2.3 Resistance to flow -- 3.2.4 Channel wall processes: melting, freezing and ice deformation -- 3.3 Supraglacial and englacial drainage -- 3.3.1 Supraglacial water storage and drainage -- 3.3.2 Englacial drainage -- 3.4 Subglacial drainage -- 3.4.1 Subglacial channels -- 3.4.2 Water films -- 3.4.3 Linked cavity systems -- 3.4.4 Groundwater flow -- 3.4.5 Water at the ice-sediment interface -- 3.5 Glacial hydrological systems -- 3.5.1 Temperate glaciers -- 3.5.2 Polythermal glaciers -- 3.5.3 Modelling glacial hydrological systems -- 3.6 Proglacial runoff -- 3.6.1 Seasonal and shorter-term cycles -- 3.6.2 Runoff and climate change -- 3.7 Glacial lakes and outburst floods -- 3.7.1 Introduction -- 3.7.2 Moraine-dammed lakes -- 3.7.3 Ice-dammed lakes -- 3.7.4 Icelandic subglacial lakes -- 3.7.5 Estimating GLOF magnitudes -- 3.8 Life in glaciers -- 3.8.1 Supraglacial ecosystems -- 3.8.2 Subglacial ecosystems -- 3.9 Glacier hydrochemistry -- 3.9.1 Overview -- 3.9.2 Snow chemistry -- 3.9.3 Chemical weathering processes -- 3.9.4 Subglacial chemical weathering -- 3.9.5 Proglacial environments -- 3.9.6 Rates of chemical erosion -- 4 Processes of Glacier Motion -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Stress and strain -- 4.2.1 Stress -- 4.2.2 Strain -- 4.2.3 Rheology: stress-strain relationships -- 4.2.4 Force balance in glaciers -- 4.3 Deformation of ice -- 4.3.1 Glen's Flow Law -- 4.3.2 Crystal fabric, impurities and water content -- 4.3.3 Ice creep velocities -- 4.4 Sliding -- 4.4.1 Frozen beds -- 4.4.2 Sliding of wet-based ice -- 4.4.3 Glacier-bed friction -- 4.4.4 The role of water. , 4.5 Deformable beds -- 4.5.1 The Boulton-Hindmarsh model -- 4.5.2 Laboratory testing of subglacial tills -- 4.5.3 Direct observations of deformable glacier beds -- 4.5.4 Rheology of subglacial till -- 4.6 Rates of basal motion -- 4.6.1 'Sliding laws' -- 4.6.2 Local and non-local controls on ice velocity -- 4.7 Crevasses and other structures: strain made visible -- 4.7.1 Crevasses -- 4.7.2 Crevasse patterns -- 4.7.3 Layering, foliation and related structures -- 5 Glacier Dynamics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Understanding glacier dynamics -- 5.2.1 Balance velocities -- 5.2.2 Deviations from the balance velocity -- 5.2.3 Changes in ice thickness: continuity -- 5.2.4 Thermodynamics -- 5.3 Glacier models -- 5.3.1 Overview -- 5.3.2 Equilibrium glacier profiles -- 5.3.3 Time-evolving glacier models -- 5.4 Dynamics of valley glaciers -- 5.4.1 Intra-annual velocity variations -- 5.4.2 Multi-annual variations -- 5.5 Calving glaciers -- 5.5.1 Flow of calving glaciers -- 5.5.2 Calving processes -- 5.5.3 'Calving laws' -- 5.5.4 Advance and retreat of calving glaciers -- 5.6 Ice shelves -- 5.6.1 Mass balance of ice shelves -- 5.6.2 Flow of ice shelves -- 5.6.3 Ice shelf break-up -- 5.7 Glacier surges -- 5.7.1 Overview -- 5.7.2 Distribution of surging glaciers -- 5.7.3 Temperate glacier surges -- 5.7.4 Polythermal surging glaciers -- 5.7.5 Surge mechanisms -- 6 The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Greenland Ice Sheet -- 6.2.1 Overview -- 6.2.2 Climate and surface mass balance -- 6.2.3 Ice sheet flow -- 6.2.4 Ice streams and outlet glaciers -- 6.3 The Antarctic Ice Sheet -- 6.3.1 Overview -- 6.3.2 Climate and mass balance -- 6.3.3 Flow of inland ice -- 6.3.4 Ice streams -- 6.3.5 Hydrology and subglacial lakes -- 6.3.6 Ice stream stagnation and reactivation -- 6.3.7 Stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. , 7 Glaciers and Sea-Level Change -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Causes of sea-level change -- 7.2.1 Overview -- 7.2.2 Glacio-eustasy and global ice volume -- 7.2.3 Glacio-isostasy and ice sheet loading -- 7.3 Sea-level change over glacial-interglacial cycles -- 7.3.1 Ice sheet fluctuations and eustatic sea-level change -- 7.3.2 Sea-level histories in glaciated regions -- 7.4 Glaciers and recent sea-level change -- 7.4.1 Recorded sea-level change -- 7.4.2 Global glacier mass balance -- 7.5 Future sea-level change -- 7.5.1 IPCC climate and sea-level projections -- 7.5.2 Predicting the glacial contribution to sea-level change -- Part Two Glaciation -- 8 Erosional Processes, Forms and Landscapes -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Subglacial erosion -- 8.2.1 Rock fracture: general principles -- 8.2.2 Abrasion -- 8.2.3 Quarrying -- 8.2.4 Erosion beneath cold ice -- 8.2.5 Erosion of soft beds -- 8.3 Small-scale erosional forms -- 8.3.1 Striae and polished surfaces -- 8.3.2 Rat tails -- 8.3.3 Chattermarks, gouges and fractures -- 8.3.4 P-forms -- 8.4 Intermediate-scale erosional forms -- 8.4.1 Roches moutonnées -- 8.4.2 Whalebacks and rock drumlins -- 8.4.3 Crag and tails -- 8.4.4 Channels -- 8.5 Large-scale erosional landforms -- 8.5.1 Rock basins and overdeepenings -- 8.5.2 Basins and overdeepenings in soft sediments -- 8.5.3 Troughs and fjords -- 8.5.4 Cirques -- 8.5.5 Strandflats -- 8.6 Landscapes of glacial erosion -- 8.6.1 Areal scouring -- 8.6.2 Selective linear erosion -- 8.6.3 Landscapes of little or no glacial erosion -- 8.6.4 Alpine landscapes -- 8.6.5 Cirque landscapes -- 8.6.6 Continent-scale patterns of erosion -- 9 Debris Entrainment and Transport -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Approaches to the study of glacial sediments -- 9.2.1 The glacial debris cascade -- 9.2.2 Spatial hierarchies of sediments and landforms -- 9.3 Glacial debris entrainment. , 9.3.1 Supraglacial debris entrainment -- 9.3.2 Incorporation of debris into basal ice -- 9.4 Debris transport and release -- 9.4.1 Subglacial transport -- 9.4.2 High-level debris transport -- 9.4.3 Glacifluvial transport -- 9.5 Effects of transport on debris -- 9.5.1 Granulometry -- 9.5.2 Clast morphology -- 9.5.3 Particle micromorphology -- 10 Glacigenic Sediments and Depositional Processes -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Sediment description and classification -- 10.2.1 Sediment description -- 10.2.2 Deformation structures -- 10.2.3 Primary and secondary deposits -- 10.3 Primary glacigenic deposits (till) -- 10.3.1 Overview -- 10.3.2 Processes of subglacial till formation -- 10.3.3 Glacitectonite -- 10.3.4 Subglacial traction till -- 10.4 Glacifluvial deposits -- 10.4.1 Terminology and classification of glacifluvial sediments -- 10.4.2 Plane bed deposits -- 10.4.3 Ripple cross-laminated facies -- 10.4.4 Dunes -- 10.4.5 Antidunes -- 10.4.6 Scour and minor channel fills -- 10.4.7 Gravel sheets -- 10.4.8 Silt and mud drapes -- 10.4.9 Hyperconcentrated flow deposits -- 10.5 Gravitational mass movement deposits and syn-sedimentary deformation structures -- 10.5.1 Overview -- 10.5.2 Fall deposits -- 10.5.3 Slide and slump deposits -- 10.5.4 Debris (sediment-gravity) flow deposits -- 10.5.5 Turbidites -- 10.5.6 Clastic dykes and hydrofracture fills -- 10.6 Glacimarine and glacilacustrine deposits -- 10.6.1 Water body characteristics and sediment influx -- 10.6.2 Depositional processes -- 10.6.3 Varves and other glacilacustrine overflow/interflow deposits -- 10.6.4 Laminated glacimarine sediments -- 10.6.5 Ice-rafted debris and undermelt deposits -- 10.6.6 Iceberg grounding structures and sediments -- 10.6.7 Fossiliferous deposits and biogenic oozes -- 10.7 Winnowing structures (lags, coquinas and boulder pavements) -- 11 Sediment-Landform Associations. , 11.1 Introduction.
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  • 2
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    Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,
    Keywords: Physiology-Research. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (198 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031118944
    Series Statement: Perspectives in Physiology Series
    DDC: 571.6
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Warren Lewis: Early Life, Educational Background, and Early Research -- Chapter 2: Margaret Reed: Early Life, Educational Background, and Early Research -- Chapter 3: Early Collaborative Research -- Chapter 4: Move to the Carnegie Institution -- Chapter 5: Research and Family Life in the Early 1920s -- Chapter 6: Research in the Late 1920s -- Chapter 7: Warren´s Research in the 1930s -- Chapter 8: Margaret´s Research in the 1930s -- Chapter 9: Impact, Accolades, and a Cottage in Maine -- Chapter 10: Research After Warren´s ``Retirement´´ -- Chapter 11: Final Years: The End of Research, But Not Honors -- Index.
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    London :Grosvenor House Publishing Limited,
    Keywords: Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (175 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781781480823
    Series Statement: Cholesterol Series ; v.1
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Medical liability disclaimer -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Chapter 1 It's never been proved that high cholesterol causes heart disease -- Chapter 2 Dietary cholesterol and saturated fat lower the rates of heart disease -- Chapter 3 High cholesterol levels help you live longer -- Chapter 4 What does cause heart disease? -- Chapter 5 Comment by eminent professors and doctors -- Chapter 6 Summary of the evidence -- Appendix 1 Glossary -- Appendix 2 Further resources -- Appendix 3 List of studies -- Index -- Copyright.
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  • 4
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    Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,
    Keywords: Glaciology. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (544 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781444119169
    DDC: 551.315
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction to glacial landsystems -- 1.1 Landsystems -- 1.2 Glacial Landsystems -- 1.3 Aims and Scope of this Book -- Chapter 2 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Active Temperate Glacier Margins -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Landform-Sediment Assemblages in Active Temperate Glacier Forelands -- 2.3 Ancient Records of Active Temperate Glacier Margins -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Sub-Polar Glacier Margins of the Canadian and Greenland High Arctic -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Sub-Polar Glaciers in the Canadian and Greenland High Arctic -- 3.3 Glacial Geology and Geomorphology -- 3.4 Overlaps With Other Glacigenic Landsystems -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Svalbard Polythermal Glaciers -- 4.1 Introduction and Rationale -- 4.2 Structural Glaciological Controls on Debris Entrainment and Transport -- 4.3 Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Receding Svalbard Glaciers -- 4.4 A Landsystem Model for Svalbard Glaciers -- 4.5 Application of the Model to Pleistocene Moraine Complexes -- 4.6 Conclusions -- Chapter 5 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Polar-Continental Glacier Margins -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Polar Ice-Marginal Environments -- 5.3 Ice Margins in Low-Relief Landscapes -- 5.4 Ice-Contact Landforms and Sediments -- 5.5 Ice Margins in High-Relief Areas -- 5.6 Towards a Depositional Model -- Chapter 6 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Southern Laurentide Ice Sheet Margin -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Physical Setting and Timing of Glaciation -- 6.3 Methods -- 6.4 Mapping and Classification of the Data -- 6.5 Landsystems of the Southern Laurentide Ice Sheet -- 6.6 Discussion -- 6.7 Conclusions. , Chapter 7 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Northern Laurentide and Innuitian Ice Sheet Margins -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Region and Its General Glacial Landscape -- 7.3 Glacial Landscape Zones -- 7.4 General Interpretation -- 7.5 Constraints on Interpretation of Glacial Landforms and Deposits in the Continuous Permafrost Zone -- 7.6 Process-Form Relationships: Towards a Landsystem Model for the Permafrost Zone -- 7.7 Discussion and Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Ice-Marginal Terrestrial Landsystems: Southern Scandinavian Ice Sheet Margin -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Glacial History -- 8.3 Regional Geology and Glacial Landsystems -- 8.4 Distribution of Glacial Landforms and Glacitectonic Styles -- 8.5 Structures Developed in Response to Subglacial Deformation -- 8.6 Structural Style of Subglacial Shear Zones -- 8.7 Ductile Shear Zone Structures -- 8.8 Brittle Shear Zone Structures -- 8.9 Glacifluvial Outwash, Ice-Marginal Valleys and Lakes -- 8.10 Glacial Landsystems of the Northern European Plains -- 8.11 Conclusions -- 8.12 Summary - Landform-Sediment Associations of the Southern Scandinavian Ice Sheet -- Chapter 9 Palaeo-Ice Stream Landsystem -- 9.1 Introduction and Rationale -- 9.2 Significance of Palaeo-Ice Streams -- 9.3 Hypotheses of Palaeo-Ice Stream Locations -- 9.4 Problems in Identifying Palaeo-Ice Streams -- 9.5 Characteristics of Existing Ice Streams -- 9.6 Geomorphological Criteria of Ice-Stream Activity -- 9.7 A Landsystem Model for Palaeo-Ice Streams -- 9.8 Application of Landsystem Models -- 9.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Supraglacial Landsystems in Lowland Terrain -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Landforms -- 10.3 The Supraglacial Landsystem Model -- Chapter 11 Surging Glacier Landsystem -- 11.1 Introduction and Rationale -- 11.2 Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Contemporary Surging Glaciers. , 11.3 Summary of the Landsystems Model for Surging Glaciers -- 11.4 Application of the Surging Glacier Landsystem -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Subaquatic Landsystems: Continental Margins -- 12.1 The Continental Shelf System -- 12.2 The Continental Slope and Adjoining Deep-Sea System -- 12.3 Summary -- Chapter 13 Subaquatic Landsystems: Fjords -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Sedimentary Processes and External Forces -- 13.3 Geomorphology and Depositional Systems -- 13.4 Modelling Fjord Landsystems -- 13.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Subaquatic Landsystems: Large Proglacial Lakes -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Controls on Formation and Extent of Proglacial Lakes -- 14.3 The Sedimentary Record of Large Proglacial Lakes -- 14.4 Summary of Development of Large Proglacial Lakes -- Chapter 15 Glaciated Valley Landsystems -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Sediment Sources -- 15.3 Sediment Transport Pathways -- 15.4 Dynamics of Debris-Covered Glaciers -- 15.5 Landsystems of Glacial Deposition -- 15.6 Rock Glaciers -- 15.7 Landsystems of Proglacial Deposition -- 15.8 Proglacial Aeolian Landsystems -- 15.9 Ice- and Moraine-Dammed Lakes -- 15.10 Glaciated Valley Landsystems: Synthesis -- 15.11 Changes in Landsystem Distribution Over Space and Time -- 15.12 Conclusions -- Chapter 16 Plateau Icefield Landsystems -- 16.1 Introduction and rationale -- 16.2 Area Altitude Relationship for Plateau Icefields -- 16.3 Contemporary Plateau Icefields -- 16.4 Dynamics of Plateau Icefields -- 16.5 The Plateau Icefield Landsystem -- 16.6 Impact of Plateau Ice on Reconstructed Equilibrium Line Altitudes -- 16.7 Discussion -- 16.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 17 Paraglacial Landsystems -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Paraglacial Landsystems -- 17.3 Paraglacial Rock Slope Landsystems -- 17.4 Paraglacial Drift-Mantled Slope Landsystems -- 17.5 Paraglacial Modification of Glacier Forelands. , 17.6 Paraglacial Alluvial Landsystems -- 17.7 Paraglacial Sedimentation in Lakes -- 17.8 Paraglacial Coastal Landsystems -- 17.9 Paraglacial Landsystems and Postglacial Landscape Change -- 17.10 Implications for Glacial Landsystems -- References -- Index.
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    New York, NY :Springer,
    Keywords: Nonmetallic materials-Thermal properties-Congresses. ; Composite materials-Thermal properties-Congresses. ; Materials at low temperatures-Congresses. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (216 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781489920102
    Series Statement: Cryogenic Materials Series
    DDC: 620.1/1216
    Language: English
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    Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,
    Keywords: History. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: This second and fully revised edition offers insights into the campaign for countryside access and protection and considers topical concerns afresh. It examines unwelcome choices for the future and Britain's role in the global conservation debate.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (309 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    ISBN: 9780203440032
    DDC: 639.90941
    Language: English
    Note: Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents.
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    Austin :University of Texas Press,
    Keywords: Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: No detailed description available for "Herschel at the Cape".
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (449 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780292720220
    DDC: 520/.924
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1833 -- The Diary: Selected Entries -- The Diary: November 13 to December 27 -- Letters from the Travelers to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- Extracts from a Scientific Notebook Kept by Sir John During the Voyage -- 1834 -- The Diary: January 1 to January 22 -- A Letter from Sir John, Cape Town, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- A Letter from Sir John, Wynberg, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- A Letter from Sir John, Wynberg, to James Colder Stewart, London -- The Diary: March 30 to June 6 -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to James Colder Stewart, care of P. Stewart, Cornhill, London, per Euphrates -- The Diary: July 18 to November 15 -- A Letter from Lady Herschel, Cape of Good Hope, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Travel Diary: An Ascent of Table Mountain and an Excursion to Paarl and Franschhoek -- The Diary: November 16 to December 25 -- The Diary: Occasional Memoranda and Observations -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen,to James Colder Stewart -- 1835 -- The Diary: January 1 to February 22 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: February 23 to May 17 -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to James Colder Stewart, Canton, China -- A Letter from Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: May 22 to September 5 -- The Travel Diary: A Journey to Somerset West and Gordon's Bay -- The Diary: September 6 to October 22 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: October 25 to November 7 -- The Travel Diary -- The Diary: November 8 to November 10. , A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to James Colder Stewart, c/o Messrs. R. Turner & -- Co., Canton, China -- The Diary: November 28 to December 30 -- Occasional Memoranda -- 1836 -- The Diary: January 4 to January 12 -- The Travel Diary: An Expedition to Paarl -- The Diary: February 5 to February 7 -- A Letter from Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel, and Sir John, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: March 2 to March 8 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: March 9 to May S -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen and Hout Bay, to James Colder Stewart, Canton, China -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia HerscheL Hanover -- The Diary: May 6 to October 3 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Travel Diary: An Expedition to Franschhoek, Genadendal, and Caledon -- e Diary: October 27 to December 31 -- Occasional Memoranda -- 1837 -- The Pocket Book: January 1 to February 17 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: March 19 to April 6 -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to James Colder Stewart -- The Diary: April 7 to May 7 -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, to James Colder Stewart, London -- The Diary: September 14 to November 15 -- A Letter from Sir John and Lady Herschel, Feldhausen, to Caroline Lucretia Herschel, Hanover -- The Diary: November 18 to December 31 -- Occasional Memoranda -- Observations -- 1838 -- The Diary: January 31 to May IS. , A Letter from Sir John, Feldhausen, and on board the Windsorto James Colder Stewart, London -- The Diary: Selected Entries -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Bloomington :Indiana University Press,
    Keywords: Hadrosauridae. ; Hadrosauridae--Anatomy. ; Hadrosauridae--Geographical distribution. ; Dinosaurs. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: The 36 chapters are divided into six sections--an overview, new insights into hadrosaur origins, hadrosaurid anatomy and variation, biogeography and biostratigraphy, function and growth, and preservation, tracks, and traces--followed by an afterword by Jack Horner.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (640 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780253013903
    Series Statement: Life of the Past Series
    DDC: 567.914
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Overview -- 1 A History of the Study of Ornithopods: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Now? and Where Are We Going? -- Part 2. New Insights into Hadrosaur Origins -- 2 Iguanodonts from the Wealden of England: Do They Contribute to the Discussion Concerning Hadrosaur Origins? -- 3 Osteology of the Basal Hadrosauroid Equijubus normani (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China -- 4 Gongpoquansaurus mazongshanensis (Lü, 1997) comb. nov. (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, Northwestern China -- 5 Postcranial Anatomy of a Basal Hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Woodbine Formation of North Texas -- 6 A Re-evaluation of Purported Hadrosaurid Dinosaur Specimens from the "Middle" Cretaceous of England -- 7 A New Hadrosauroid (Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan Fauna of Southern Mongolia -- 8 Hadrosauroid Material from the Santonian Milk River Formation of Southern Alberta, Canada -- Part 3. Hadrosaurid Anatomy and Variation -- 9 New Hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) Specimens from the Lower-Middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of Southern Utah -- 10 New Saurolophine Material from the Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian Wapiti Formation, West-Central Alberta -- 11 Variation in the Skull Roof of the Hadrosaur Gryposaurus Illustrated by a New Specimen from the Kaiparowits Formation (late Campanian) of Southern Utah -- 12 A Skull of Prosaurolophus maximus from Southeastern Alberta and the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Faunal Zones in the Dinosaur Park Formation -- 13 Postcranial Anatomy of Edmontosaurus regalis (Hadrosauridae) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada. , 14 Cranial Morphology and Variation in Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) -- Part 4. Biogeography and Biostratigraphy -- 15 An Overview of the Latest Cretaceous Hadrosauroid Record in Europe -- 16 The Hadrosauroid Record in the Maastrichtian of the Eastern Tremp Syncline (Northern Spain) -- 17 Hadrosaurs from the Far East: Historical Perspective and New Amurosaurus Material from Blagoveschensk (Amur Region, Russia) -- 18 South American Hadrosaurs: Considerations on Their Diversity -- 19 The Hadrosaurian Record from Mexico -- 20 Stratigraphic Distribution of Hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland, Kirtland, and Ojo Alamo Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico -- 21 Relocating the Lost Gryposaurus incurvimanus Holotype Quarry, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada -- Part 5. Function and Growth -- 22 Comparative Ontogenies (Appendicular Skeleton) for Three Hadrosaurids and a Basal Iguanodontian: Divergent Developmental Pathways in Hadrosaurinae and Lambeosaurinae -- 23 The Size-Frequency Distribution of Hadrosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada -- 24 Osteohistology and Occlusal Morphology of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri Teeth throughout Ontogeny with Comments on Wear-Induced Form and Function -- 25 Three-Dimensional Computational Modeling of Pelvic Locomotor Muscle Moment Arms in Edmontosaurus (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) and Comparisons with Other Archosaurs -- 26 Duckbills on the Run: The Cursorial Abilities of Hadrosaurs and Implications for Tyrannosaur-Avoidance Strategies -- 27 Duck Soup: The Floating Fates of Hadrosaurs and Ceratopsians at Dinosaur Provincial Park -- 28 Hadrosauroid Jaw Mechanics and the Functional Significance of the Predentary Bone -- Part 6. Preservation, Tracks, and Traces. , 29 Debris Flow Origin of an Unusual Late Cretaceous Hadrosaur Bonebed in the Two Medicine Formation of Western Montana -- 30 Occurrence and Taphonomy of the First Documented Hadrosaurid Bonebed from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Belly River Group, Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada -- 31 Body Size Distribution in a Death Assemblage of a Colossal Hadrosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhucheng, Shandong Province, China -- 32 First Hadrosaur Trackway from the Upper Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Oldman Formation, Southeastern Alberta -- 33 Paleopathology in Late Cretaceous Hadrosauridae from Alberta, Canada -- 34 A Review of Hadrosaurid Skin Impressions -- 35 Soft-Tissue Structures of the Nasal Vestibular Region of Saurolophine Hadrosaurids (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) Revealed in a "Mummified" Specimen of Edmontosaurus annectens -- 36 The Role and Biochemistry of Melanin Pigment in the Exceptional Preservation of Hadrosaur Skin -- Afterword -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Locality Index (by country) -- A -- B -- C -- F -- G -- I -- M -- P -- R -- S -- U -- Stratigraphy Index (by country) -- A -- B -- C -- F -- G -- I -- M -- N -- R -- S -- U -- Taxonomic Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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    Providence :American Mathematical Society,
    Keywords: Quantum theory -- Mathematics -- Congresses. ; Coding theory -- Mathematics -- Congresses. ; Quantum computers -- Mathematics -- Congresses. ; Cryptography -- Mathematics -- Congresses. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (166 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780821879719
    Series Statement: Contemporary Mathematics ; v.381
    DDC: 530.12
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Participants -- Coding Theory -- Gröbner bases, Padé approximation, and decoding of linear codes -- Some computational tools for estimating the parameters of algebraic geometry codes -- An introduction to algebraic coding theory -- Recent results on p-ranks and Smith normal forms of some 2 - (v, k, λ) designs -- Quantum Computing -- Quantum walks on graphs and quantum scattering theory -- A continuous variable Shor algorithm -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mathematical Machinery -- 3. Fourier Analysis on the Real Line R -- 4. The Algorithm for Finding Integer Periods -- 5. The Observable O -- 6. The Algorithm for Finding Rational Periods -- 7. Finding Irrational Periods -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. Appendix: Number-Theoretic Probabilities -- References -- Entangled states of light -- Entanglement beyond subsystems -- Generalized GHZ states and distributed quantum computing.
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    Keywords: Biology. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Plant cell culture is an essential methodology in plant sciences, with numerous variant techniques depending on the cell type and organism. This book provides the reader with a concise overview of these techniques.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (209 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781000102406
    Series Statement: The BASICS (Garland Science) Series
    DDC: 571.6/382
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An introduction to plant cell and tissue culture -- 1: Plant cell and tissue culture -- 2: Industrial-scale plant cell culture -- 3: Plant tissue culture, plant breeding and crop improvement -- 4: Plant tissue culture and plant genetic engineering -- Chapter 2: Basic plant biology for cell culture -- 1: Tissues and organs -- 2: Plant tissues -- 3: Meristems -- 4: Plant reproductive tissues -- 5: The embryo and embryogenesis -- 6: Development of tissues -- 7: Protoplasts -- 8: Media, nutrients and requirements for growth -- Chapter 3: Tissue culture in agriculture, horticulture and forestry -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Micropropagation -- 3: Plant breeding -- 4: Biodiversity and conservation of germplasm -- Chapter 4: Tissue culture in genetic engineering and biotechnology -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Genetic engineering -- 3: Applications of plant genetic engineering -- Chapter 5: Culture facilities, sterile technique and media preparation -- 1: Introduction -- 2.: The basic laboratory layout and equipment -- 3: Sterilization -- 4: Media preparation -- 5: Contamination -- 6: Disposing of contaminated waste -- 7: Safety in the laboratory -- Protocol 5.1: Hygiene in the tissue culture laboratory -- Protocol 5.2: Preparing basal medium from commercial formulations or from individual components -- Protocol 5.3: Preparation of hormone additions to basal media -- Protocol 5.4: Preparation of coconut water supplement for basal media -- Chapter 6: Callus cultures -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Origin of callus -- 3: Types of callus -- 4: Role of callus in embryogenesis, organogenesis and cell culture -- 5: Initiation and establishment of callus cultures -- 6: Monitoring the growth of callus -- 7. Genetic transformation of callus. , Protocol 6.1: Preparation of plant material and explants -- Protocol 6.2: Callus from a dicot root: Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum -- Protocol 6.3: Callus from dicot shoot/leaf - Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum -- Protocol 6.4: Callus from a monocot (e.g. maize, rice) -- Protocol 6.5: Callus from gymnosperms (Norway spruce) -- Protocol 6.6: Transforming maize callus by particle bombardment -- Protocol 6.7: Preparation of a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana callus using Agrobacterium -- Chapter 7: Cell suspension cultures -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Initiation of cell suspension cultures -- 3: Maintenance of cell suspension cultures -- 4: Growth characteristics of cell suspension cultures -- 5: Uses of cell suspension cultures -- Protocol 7.1: A generic protocol for initiating a suspension culture -- Protocol 7.2: Monitoring the growth of suspension cultures -- Protocol 7.3: Measurement of cell viability -- Protocol 7.4: Genetic transformation of suspension cultured cells -- Chapter 8: Protoplast culture -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Isolation of protoplasts -- 3: Protoplast culture -- 4: Uses of protoplasts -- Protocol 8.1: Preparation of protoplasts from suspension cultures (e.g. maize) using a long incubation -- Protocol 8.2: Isolation of protoplasts from carrot suspension cultures using a rapid incubation -- Protocol 8.3: Rapid preparation of mesophyll protoplasts from maize leaves -- Protocol 8.4: Preparation of mesophyll protoplasts from tobacco leaves and purification of protoplasts on a density gradient -- Protocol 8.5: Rapid preparation of protoplasts from maize roots -- Protocol 8.6: Preparation of protoplasts from roots (arabidopsis) with partial purification of protoplasts by flotation -- Protocol 8.7: The culture of protoplasts using nurse culture -- Protocol 8.8: The culture of protoplasts using the hanging drop method. , Protocol 8.9: Detecting regeneration of cell wall in isolated protoplasts -- Protocol 8.10: Protoplast fusion induced by polyethylene glycol (PEG) -- Protocol 8.11: Electrical fusion of protoplasts -- Protocol 8.12: Protoplast transformation by electroporation -- Protocol 8.13: Transformation of protoplasts mediated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) -- Chapter 9: Haploid cultures -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Anther culture -- 3: Microspore culture -- 4: Anther culture versus microspore culture -- 5: Intergeneric crosses and embryo rescue -- 6: Procedures for the induction of androgenesis -- Protocol 9.1: Anther culture of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) -- Protocol 9.2: Wheat microspore culture -- Chapter 10: Organ and embryo culture -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Hairy roots -- 3: Embryo culture -- 4: Minitubers and microtubers -- Protocol 10.1: Isolation and culture of the primary seedling root of dicots -- Protocol 10.2: Isolation and culture of roots of monocots (e.g. maize) -- Protocol 10.3: Hairy root cultures (plant transformation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes) -- Protocol 10.4: Sterile culture of the ear of a cereal (e.g. maize) -- Protocol 10.5: Embryo rescue of a dicot - Phaseolus vulgaris -- Chapter 11: Regeneration of plants and micropropagation -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Regeneration via somatic embryogenesis -- 3: Control of embryogenesis -- 4: Regeneration via organogenesis -- 5: Protocols -- Protocol 11.1: Embryogenesis from callus in a dicot (e.g. carrot) or monocot (cereals, rice) -- Protocol 11.2: Plant regeneration by organogenesis -- Protocol 11.3: Somatic embryogenesis of Norway spruce using a suspension culture step -- Chapter 12: Somaclonal variation -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Origins and mechanisms of somaclonal variability -- 3: The importance of somaclonal variation -- 4: Methods of assessing somaclonal variation in regenerated plants. , 5: Somaclonal variation as a technique for crop improvement -- Chapter 13: Bacterial culture in the plant cell culture laboratory -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Facilities for bacterial culture -- Protocol 13.1: To culture E. coli in Luria broth (LB) -- Protocol 13.2: Calcium chloride-mediated transformation of E. coli -- Protocol 13.3: Calcium chloride-mediated transformation of Agrobacterium -- Protocol 13.4: Culture of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in culture medium, YEB -- Protocol 13.5: Culture of Agrobacterium rhizogenes in culture medium, YMA -- Chapter 14: Industrial uses of plant cell culture -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Plant cells in culture -- 3: Apparatus for large-scale plant cultures -- 4: Examples of industrial-scale production using cultured cells -- Chapter 15: Prospects and future challenges -- 1: Recent developments -- 2: The future -- Suppliers of chemicals, apparatus and cell culture products -- Glossary -- Index.
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