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What is Dynamics of Glaciers about?

The earths cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers,ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains about 75% of the earths fresh water. It exists at almost all latitudes, from the tropics to the poles, and plays a vital role in controlling the global climate system. It also provides direct visible evidence of the effect of climate change, and, therefore, requires proper understanding of its complex dynamics. This encyclopedia mainly focuses on the various aspects of snow, ice and glaciers, but also covers other cryospheric branches, and providesup-to-date information and basic concepts on relevant topics. It includes alphabetically arranged and professionally written, comprehensive and authoritative academic articles by well-known international experts in individual fields. The encyclopedia contains a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the atmospheric processes responsible for snow formation; transformation of snow to ice and changes in their properties; classification of ice and glaciers and their worldwide distribution; glaciation and ice ages; glacier dynamics; glacier surface and subsurface characteristics; geomorphic processes and

Author

Hester Jiskoot

Publisher

Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9789048126415

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences