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Source-to-sink fluxes in undisturbed cold environments /

Provides the first quantitative overview of global source-to-sink fluxes in cold climate environments for graduate students and researchers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Beylich, Achim A. (Editor ), Zwoliński, Zbigniew (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title ; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface ; Part I Solute and sedimentary fluxes and budgets in changing cold climate environments ; 1 Introduction to the theme ; References ; 2 The I.A.G./A.I.G. SEDIBUD (Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments) program ; References.
  • Part II Climate change in cold environments and general implications for contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes 3 The changing cryosphere
  • implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 The changing cryosphere.
  • 3.2.1 Spatial distribution 3.2.2 Temporal variations and cryosphere component interaction ; 3.2.3 Late Holocene development of the cryosphere ; 3.3 Implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes ; 3.3.1 Hillslope processes by overland flow ; 3.3.2 Fast gravitational slope processes.
  • 3.3.3 Slow gravitational slope processes 3.3.4 Fluvial sediment transport ; 3.3.5 River ice processes ; 3.3.6 Coastal processes ; 3.3.7 Solute fluxes ; 3.4 Summary and outlook ; References.
  • 4 Changes in vegetation cover and implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 The Latnjajaure case study ; 4.3 Outlook ; Acknowledgments ; References ; Part III Solute and sedimentary fluxes in subarctic and Arctic environments.