The Climatic Record in Polar Ice Sheets

Book Overview

Originally published in 1983, this multi-author work reviews the then current knowledge of the isotopic and temperature profiles of polar ice sheets. The polar ice sheets contain a wonderfully detailed record of the atmospheric history of the Earth that extends back for hundreds of thousands of years. This book is the result of a workshop held at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge. The review includes the glacial geology and glaciology of ice sheets; measurement and significance of glaciological parameters; temperature, isotopic and gas content profiles; and the climatic record from ice cores. The results presented in this volume will be of particular interest to glaciologists and climatologists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521153646
• ISBN13: 9780521153645
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"