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020			_a9780511977947 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC880.4.C79 _bB37 2011
082	0	0	_a551.31 _222
100	1		_aBarry, Roger G. _q(Roger Graham), _d1935- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe global cryosphere : _bpast, present, and future / _cRoger G. Barry and Thian Yew Gan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 472 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Part I. The terrestrial cryosphere. Snowfall and snov cover ; Avalanches ; Glaciers and ice caps ; Ice sheets ; Frozen ground and permafrost ; Freshwater ice -- Part II. The marine cryosphere. Sea ice ; Ice shelves and icebergs -- Part III. The cryosphere past and future. The cryosphere in the past ; The future cryosphere : impacts of global warming -- Part IV. Applications. Applications of snow and ice research.
520			_aThis is the first textbook to address all the components of the Earth's cryosphere - all forms of snow and ice, both terrestrial and marine. It provides a concise but comprehensive summary of snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice and icebergs - their past history and projected future state. It is designed for courses at upper undergraduate and graduate level in environmental science, geography, geology, glaciology, hydrology, water resource engineering and ocean sciences. It also provides a superb up-to-date summary for researchers of the cryosphere. The book includes an extensive bibliography, numerous figures and color plates, thematic boxes on selected topics and a glossary. The book builds on courses taught by the authors for many decades at the University of Colorado and the University of Alberta. Whilst there are many existing texts on individual components of the cryosphere, no other textbook covers the whole cryosphere.
650		0	_aCryosphere _xHistory.
650		0	_aGlaciers _xHistory.
650		0	_aIce sheets _xHistory.
651		0	_aCold regions _xHistory.
700	1		_aGan, Thian-Yew, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521769815
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977947
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