Arctic ice shelves and ice islands
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...
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Dordrecht, The Netherlands :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Series | Springer Polar sciences.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9789402411010 9789402410990 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xii, 422 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Table of 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 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.