Narrow your search

Library

ULiège (2)

ULB (1)


Resource type

book (2)


Language

English (2)


Year
From To Submit

2018 (1)

2004 (1)

Listing 1 - 2 of 2
Sort by
Earth Paleoenvironments: Records Preserved in Mid- and Low-Latitude Glaciers
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 1402021461 1402021453 Year: 2004 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Glaciers provide an unparalleled tool for studying global environmental change. This book is the first of its kind concentrating on the paleoenvironmental record archived in mid- and low-latitude glaciers. By concentrating mainly on the last 500 years of these records, we can now see that laws enacted to protect our environment in Europe and North America are providing positive results. Documenting global mid- and low-latitude paleoenvironmental records in glaciers, this volume forms a timely and essential complement to the wealth of literature on polar and Greenland ice sheet records. This text is directed towards undergraduate and graduate university audiences and forms an ideal supplement in courses dealing with climate and global environmental change, glaciology, and natural resources management. It is also suitable in helping teach application of innovative analytical and interpretive methods and would be an excellent example of the rapidly emerging discipline of "Forensic Earth Science".


Book
The Himalayan cryosphere : past and present
Authors: --- --- ---
ISBN: 1786203561 Year: 2018 Publisher: London : The Geological Society,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The Himalaya Mountains contain not only one of the largest concentrations of ice outside the polar regions, but contribute to the hydrological requirements of large populations spread over seven nations. The exceptionally high elevations of this low-latitude cryosphere presents a natural laboratory and archives to study climate-tectonics interactions as well as regional v. global climate influences. The existing base-level data on the Himalayan cryosphere are highly variable. Several climate fluctuations occurred during the late Quaternary (MIS1-MIS5, especially the last c. 100 ka), which led to the evolution of the Himalayan landscape. Detailed studies of these archives, along with those of the present cryosphere and related hydrosphere, are essential for understanding the controls on present and future hydrology of the glacial-fed mountain rivers. This volume, a follow-up of the XII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Goa (A SCAR symposium), provides new data from locales spread over the entire Himalaya region and from Tibet. It provides a glimpse of the late Quaternary cryosphere, as well as a discussion in the last section on sustainability in the context of geohazard mitigations as well as the hydrological budget.--

Listing 1 - 2 of 2
Sort by