Icebergs : their science and links to global change /
"Icebergs are a prime example of an environmental phenomenon that brings together multiple disciplines in the polar sciences, from the physics of calving and melting to the geology of their solid deposits and sea floor interactions. Icebergs are also increasingly seen to play key roles in past...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Appointment with the Titanic
- Part 1. The science of icebergs. The origin of icebergs ; The physics of icebergs ; Inputs from icebergs to the ocean ; Icebergs and the sea floor
- part 2. Icebergs and their impacts. Icebergs and past climates ; Abrupt climate change due to icebergs ; Iceberg risk ; Icebergs: a freshwater source? ; Icebergs and the future.