On sea ice

On sea ice / by W.F. Weeks ; with W.D. Hibler III.

Covering more than seven percent of the earth's surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere-and is a key component in our attempts to understand and combat climate change. With On Sea Ice, geophysicist W.F. Weeks delivers a natural history of sea ice, a fully comprehensive a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weeks, W. F.
Other Authors: Hibler, W. D., III
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Sea ice.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Sea ice
Eis.
Südpolarmeer.
Nordpolarmeer.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Historical background
  • 3. The ocean setting
  • 4. An introduction to sea ice growth
  • 5. Components
  • 6. The phase diagram
  • 7. Sea ice structure
  • 8. Sea ice salinity
  • 9. Sea ice growth: the details
  • 10. Properties
  • 11. Polynyas and leads
  • 12. Deformation
  • 13. Sea ice: seafloor interactions
  • 14. Marginal ice zone
  • 15. Snow
  • 16. Ice dynamics
  • 17. Underwater ice
  • 18. Trends
  • 19. Conclusions.

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