Beschreibung:
Ice sheets as vast accumulations of frozen water on land are a direct expression of energy distribution on our planet. They form from the interplay of intensive accumulation of frozen water and insufficient melt during the summer. They define global sea-level and affect the geochemical composition of the ocean. This book presents current research in the study of the dynamics, formation and environmental concerns relating to ice sheets.
Preface; Stratigraphy, Paleoenvironments & Provenance of Late Pleistocene Glacial Sediments in the Southeastern Great Lakes Region: Implications for Ice Sheet Dynamics; United States Contribution to Antarctic Glaciology: A Personal Perspective; Ice Sheet Dynamics: Oceans Trapped on Land; Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics & Glacial Earthquake Activities; Modeling the Antarctic Ice Sheet & Ice Shelves: Assessing the Effects of Uncertainty on the Model Parameters by Sensitivity Analysis; Implications of Complex Glacial Deposits for Till Geochemical Exploration: Examples from the Central Fennoscandian Ice Sheet; Index.