Antarctic Glaciology

Author: Qin Dahe
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This book is the crystallization of the authors' many years of research in Antarctic glaciology. It comprehensively and comprehensively introduces the main achievements of international Antarctic glaciological research. The content includes: the significance of Antarctic glaciological research, as well as its past and present status; the basic characteristics of the Antarctic ice sheet; the mass balance and sea-level change of the Antarctic ice sheet; the process of snow turning into ice in Antarctica; the thermal characteristics of the Antarctic ice sheet; the snow-ice chemistry and environment of the Antarctic ice sheet; ice core climate and environmental research, etc. The book focuses on the physical, chemical, and biogeochemical processes and record studies of glaciers, and intersperses representative research achievements with unique insights from Chinese glaciologists. This book can be used as a reference for glaciologists, atmospheric chemists, hydrologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, permafrost researchers, geographers, geochemists, and relevant teachers and graduate students in universities.