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Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, June 1-5, 1987

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Author:   Johannes Oerlemans
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9789048140404

ISBN 10:   9048140404
Pages:   420
Publication Date:   06 December 2010
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Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Episodic Palaeozoic Glaciation in the Cape-Karoo Basin, South Africa.- Quaternary Glaciations and Palaeoclimate of Mount Kenya, East Africa.- Tephrochronological Studies of Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in South Iceland.- Relationship of Land Terminating and Fjord Glaciers to Holocene Climatic Change, South Georgia, Antarctica.- Glacier Changes Following the Little Ice Age — A Survey of the International Data Basis and Its Perspectives.- A Description of the United States’ Contribution to the World Glacier Inventory.- Historic Glacier Variations in Scandinavia.- The Decline of the Last Little Ice Age in High Asia Compared with That in the Alps.- Variations of Rio Plomo Glaciers, Andes Centrales Argentinos.- Effects of Topographic and Climatic Controls on 19th and 20th Century Glacier Changes in the Lyngen and Bergsfjord Areas, North Norway.- A Historical Perspective of the Nineteenth Century Ice Trade.- Mass Balance History of Blue Glacier, Washington, USA.- Mass Balance and Volume of South Cascade Glacier, Washington 1958–1985.- Field Stations for Glacier-Climate Research, West Greenland.- Calculation of Glacier Ablation from Air Temperature, West Greenland.- Hydrometeorological Conditions, Mass Balance and Runoff from Alpine Glaciers.- On the Blowing Snow in Adelie Land, Eastern Antarctica.- Altitudinal Shift of the Equilibrium Line in Greenland Calculated from Heat Balance Characteristics.- The Evolution of the Englacial Temperature Distribution in the Superimposed Ice Zone of a Polar Ice Cap During a Summer Season.- Energy Balance Calculations on and near Hintereisferner (Austria) and an Estimate of the Effect of Greenhouse Warming on Ablation.- Energy and Mass Balance Studies in the Firn Area of the Hintereisferner.- A Simple Method for Determining theResponse Time of Glaciers.- On the Response of Valley Glaciers to Climatic Change.- Numerical Modelling of Glacier D’Argentiere and Its Historic Front Variations.- Historic Front Variations of the Rhone Glacier: Simulation with an Ice Flow Model.- The Response of the Equilibrium Line Altitude to Climate Fluctuations: Theory and Observations.

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'... provide a broad and stimulating view of the state of research and are valuable as a substantial contribution to the present discussion of climatic changes.' GeoJournal, 23:3, 1991

`... provide a broad and stimulating view of the state of research and are valuable as a substantial contribution to the present discussion of climatic changes.' GeoJournal, 23:3, 1991

'... provide a broad and stimulating view of the state of research and are valuable as a substantial contribution to the present discussion of climatic changes.' GeoJournal, 23:3, 1991

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