Field Research on Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T., Canada
Field Research on Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T., Canada

Author: McGill University. Centre for Northern Studies and Research

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Includes a brief description of the station on Axel Heiberg Island, a bibliography of research undertaken on Axel Heiberg Island with emphasis on the Expedition Fiord region, a comprehensive listing of field parties which have worked from the station, and a data report on Colour Lake. Appendices include lake ice and permafrost data from the McGill Subarctic Research Station at Schefferville, Quebec.

Glaciers and Environmental Change
Glaciers and Environmental Change

Author: Atle Nesje

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1317836065

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This authoritative new text provides a thorough, updated account of glaciers and ice sheets as monitors and indicators of environmental change. It examines the record of environmental change within glaciers and ice sheets, and that of past environments left by retreating glaciers. These themes are examined within the context of environmental change in general and global climate change in particular. Methods of using palaeoenvironmental records are assessed and the implications for future environmental change are discussed. Evidence from glacier ice left in the landscape or within the geological record, provides one of the most important sources of information on environmental change. 'Glaciers and Environmental Change' is a comprehensive account of glaciers andice sheets as monitors and indictaors of environmental change. Based on the latest research, this book consolidates a diverse range of data and explains their applications. it also assesses methods of using palaeoenvironmental records. This authoritative new text examines not only the records of environmental change within glaciers but also that of past environments left by retreating glaciers. These themes are examined within the context of contemporary debates in environmental change and the volume also seeks to draw conclusions concernign past, present and future climatic change in relation to glaciers.

Canadian Geography
Canadian Geography

Author: Thomas A. Rumney

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-12-10

Total Pages: 801

ISBN-13: 0810867184

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Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces. It includes works on geographical studies of Canada as a whole, on multiple provinces, and on individual provinces. Works covered include books, monographs, atlases, book chapters, scholarly articles, dissertations, and theses. The contents are organized first by region into main chapters, and then each chapter is divided into sections: General Studies, Cultural and Social Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography, and Urban Geography. Each section is further sub-divided into specific topics within each main subject. All known publications on the geographical studies of Canada—in English, French, and other languages—covering all types of geography are included in this bibliography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada.