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" Snow and ice-related hazards, risks and disasters / "
volume editors: Wilfried Haeberli, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Colin Whiteman, University of Brighton, UK. Series editor: John F. Shroder
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622309
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Snow and ice-related hazards, risks and disasters /\ volume editors: Wilfried Haeberli, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Colin Whiteman, University of Brighton, UK. Series editor: John F. Shroder
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Hazards and disasters series
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xxiv, 762 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ;; 24 cm
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0123948495
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: 9780123948496
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Includes bibliographic references and index
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Chapter 1. Snow and ice-related hazards, risks, and disasters: a general framework -- Chapter 2. Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of snow, ice, and permafrost -- Chapter 3. Snow and ice in the climate system -- Chapter 4. Snow and ice in the hydrosphere -- Chapter 5. Snow, ice, and the biosphere -- Chapter 6. Ice and snow as land-forming agents -- Chapter 7. Mountains, lowlands, and coasts: the physiography of cold landscapes -- Chapter 8. Integrated approaches to adaptation and disaster risk reduction in dynamic socio-cryospheric systems -- Chapter 9. Integrative risk management: the example of snow avalanches -- Chapter 10. Permafrost degradation -- Chapter 11. Radioactive waste under conditions of future ice ages -- Chapter 12. Snow avalanches -- Chapter 13. Glacier surges -- Chapter 14. Glacier-related outburst floods -- Chapter 15. Ice loss and slope stability in high-mountain regions -- Chapter 16. Catastrophic mass flows in the mountain glacial enviornment -- Chapter 17. Hazards at ice-clad volcanoes: phenomena, processes, and examples from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile -- Chapter 18. Floating ice and ice pressure challenge to ships -- Chapter 19. Retreat instability of tidewater glaciers and marine ice sheets -- Chapter 20. Ice sheets, glaciers, and sea level
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Snow
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Glaciers
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Ice
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Natural disasters
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Natural disasters-- Risk assessment
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QC926.32.S66 2015
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