Icebergs : their science and links to global change / Grant R. Bigg (University of Sheffield).
Icebergs : their science and links to global change / Grant R. Bigg (University of Sheffield).
Icebergs : their science and links to global change / Grant R. Bigg (University of Sheffield).
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Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/2319
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English
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xi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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unmediated
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volume
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1. Appointment with the Titanic -- Part I. The science of icebergs: 2. The origin of icebergs; 3. The physics of icebergs; 4. Inputs from icebergs to the ocean; 5. Icebergs and the sea floor -- Part II. Icebergs and their impacts: 6. Icebergs and past climates; 7. Abrupt climate change due to iceber...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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England
Date Published
2016.
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"Icebergs are a prime example of an environmental phenomenon that brings together multiple disciplines in the polar sciences, from the physics of calving and melting to the geology of their solid deposits and sea floor interactions. Icebergs are also increasingly seen to play key roles in past and present climate change through addition of freshwat...
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Icebergs : their science and links to global change / Grant R. Bigg (University of Sheffield).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016.
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G 2016/2319
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74VKVP0jxMlM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP0jxMlM
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ISBN
110706709X
9781107067097
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551.34/2
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991023996213702626
