Keywords:
Ice sheets.
;
Glaciers.
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781619423732
Series Statement:
Earth Sciences in the 21st Century
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3017659
DDC:
511.31
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- ICE SHEETS: DYNAMICS, FORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- ICE SHEETS: DYNAMICS, FORMATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: ICE SHEET DYNAMICS: OCEANS TRAPPED ON LAND -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE -- SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: STRATIGRAPHY, PALEOENVIRONMENTSAND PROVENANCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENEGLACIAL SEDIMENTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERNGREAT LAKES REGION:IMPLICATIONSFOR ICE SHEET DYNAMICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA AND GEOLOGIC SETTING -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- STRATIGRAPHY -- LITHOFACIES ANALYSIS -- PROVENANCE ANALYSIS -- INTERPRETATION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO ANTARCTICGLACIOLOGY: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1950 - 1960 -- 1960 - 1970 -- 1970 - 1980 -- 1980 - 1990 -- 1990 - 2000 -- 2000 - 2010 -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 4: GREENLAND ICE SHEET DYNAMICS AND GLACIALEARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CRYOSEISMIC SIGNALS IN POLAR REGION -- ICE SHEET DYNAMICS IN GREENLAND -- GLACIAL EARTHQUAKES -- STATISTICS ON SEISMICITY -- ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MODELING THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETAND ICE SHELVES: ASSESSING THE EFFECTSOF UNCERTAINTY ON THE MODELPARAMETERS BY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Model -- 2.1. Basic equations for the ice sheet -- 2.2. Basic equations for the ice shelf -- 2.3. Boundary conditions -- 2.4. Numerical model -- 2.5. Input data of the model -- 2.6. Output of the model -- 3. The Sensitivity Analysis -- 3.1. Definition of sensitivity indices -- 3.2. Control variables and model outcomes -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Results of the model -- 4.2. Results of the sensitivity analysis -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.
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References -- Chapter 6: IMPLICATIONS OF COMPLEX GLACIALDEPOSITS FOR TILL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION:EXAMPLES FROM THE CENTRALFENNOSCANDIAN ICE SHEET -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS -- METHODS IN SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION -- GLACIGENIC DEPOSITION -- TILL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEAVYMINERALS IN EXPLORATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: THE FORMER TIBETAN ICE SHEET -- ABSTRACT -- 1. THE PLANETARY AND HYPSOMETRIC CHANGE OF FORMS IN ITSIMPORTANCE FOR THE GLOBAL GLACIER DISTRIBUTION -- 2. THE INTERFERENCE OF SNOWLINE AND RELIEF -- 3. THE ENERGETIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ICE COVERS IN HIGHAND LOW LATITUDES -- 4. THE THEORETICAL FRAME-CONDITIONS OF A COVERING INLANDICE (ICE SHEET) ON THE TIBETAN HIGH PLATEAU -- 5. QUATERNARY-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FIELDANDSEDIMENTOLOGICAL LABORATORY FINDINGS IN THE TIBETANHIGH PLATEAU AND ITS FRINGING MOUNTAINS -- 6. THE LACK OF GLACIAL END MORAINES ON THETIBETAN PLATEAU -- 7. THE TIBETAN LAKES AS POSTGLACIAL FILLINGSOF GLACIGENIC OVERDEEPENINGS -- 8. THE OBJECTIONS TO A GLACIAL TIBETAN ICE SHEET FOUNDEDON ABSOLUTE TCN-DATINGS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
