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Snow and ice-related hazards, risks and disasters/ edited by Wilfried Haeberli, Colin Whiteman.

Contributor(s): edited by Haeberli, Wilfried | Whiteman, ColinMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam: Academic, 2014Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 762 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780123948496Subject(s): Glaciology | CryosphereDDC classification: 551.31

Contents:

1 Snow and ice-related hazards, risks, and disasters: a general framework 2 Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of snow, ice, and permafrost 3 Snow and ice in the climate system 4 Snow and ice in the hydrosphere 5 Snow, ice, and the biosphere 6 Ice and snow as land-forming agents 7 Mountains, lowlands, and coasts: the physiography of cold landscapes 8 Integrated approaches to adaptation and disaster risk reduction in dynamic socio-cryospheric systems 9 Integrative risk management: the example of snow avalanches 10 Permafrost degradation 11 Radioactive waste under conditions of future ice ages 12 Snow avalanches 13 Glacier surges 14 Glacier-related outburst floods 15 Ice loss and slope stability in high mountain regions 16 Catastrophic mass flows in the mountain glacial environment 17 Hazards at ice-clad volcanoes: phenomena, processes, and examples from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile 18 Floating ice and ice pressure challenge to ships 19 Retreat instability of tidewater glaciers and marine ice-sheets 20 Ice sheets, glaciers, and sea level

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books Science Library	Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section	551.31 HAE/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P44407

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1 Snow and ice-related hazards, risks, and disasters: a general framework
2 Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of snow, ice, and permafrost
3 Snow and ice in the climate system
4 Snow and ice in the hydrosphere
5 Snow, ice, and the biosphere
6 Ice and snow as land-forming agents
7 Mountains, lowlands, and coasts: the physiography of cold landscapes
8 Integrated approaches to adaptation and disaster risk reduction in dynamic socio-cryospheric systems
9 Integrative risk management: the example of snow avalanches
10 Permafrost degradation
11 Radioactive waste under conditions of future ice ages
12 Snow avalanches
13 Glacier surges
14 Glacier-related outburst floods
15 Ice loss and slope stability in high mountain regions
16 Catastrophic mass flows in the mountain glacial environment
17 Hazards at ice-clad volcanoes: phenomena, processes, and examples from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile
18 Floating ice and ice pressure challenge to ships
19 Retreat instability of tidewater glaciers and marine ice-sheets
20 Ice sheets, glaciers, and sea level

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