The Climatic record in polar ice sheets : a study of isotopic and temperature profiles in polar ice sheets based on a workshop held in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge / edited by G. de Q. Robin.

A study of isotopic and temperature profiles in polar ice sheets based on a workshop held in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England on January 1-14, 1973. Contributions have been revised and updated.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Corporate Author: Scott Polar Research Institute
Other Authors: Robin, G. de Q.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ice sheets : isotopes and temperatures / G. de Q. Robin
  • Data on the size of former ice sheets / W.S.B. Paterson
  • Surface profiles of ice sheets / W.S.B. Paterson
  • Migration of centres of ice domes and ice-shelf-inland-ice boundaries / J. Weertman
  • Form and flow of the Antarctic ice sheet during the last million years / D.J. Drewry & G. de Q. Robin
  • The Greenland ice sheet / G. de Q. Robin
  • Isotopic composition of the ocean surface as a source for the ice in Antarctica / N.J. Shackleton
  • Atmospheric processes / G. de Q. Robin & S.J. Johnsen
  • Antarctica : survey of near-surface mean isotopic values / C. Lorius
  • Diffusion of stable isotopes / S.J. Johnsen & G. de Q. Robin
  • Techniques for measuring temperatures in glaciers and ice sheets / W.S.B. Paterson
  • Accumulation rate measurements on cold polar glaciers / C. Lorius
  • Ice movement / I.M. Whillans
  • Ice depths, including depths along flowlines / G. de Q. Robin
  • Total gas content / D. Raynaud
  • Debris and isotopic sequences in basal layers of polar ice sheets / G.S. Boulton
  • Radio-echo studies of internal layering of polar ice sheets / G. de Q. Robin
  • General glaciology / G. de Q. Robin
  • Profile data, Greenland region / G. de Q. Robin
  • Profile data, inland Antarctica / G. de Q. Robin
  • Coastal sites, Antarctica / G. de Q. Robin
  • Heat conduction studies / D. Jenssen & J.A. Campbell
  • Elevation and climatic changes from total gas content and stable isotopic measurements / D. Jenssen
  • Techniques for the analysis of temperature-depth profiles in ice sheets / W.F. Budd & N.W. Young
  • Application of modelling techniques to measured profiles of temperatures and isotopes / W.F. Budd & N.W. Young
  • The climatic record from ice cores / G. de Q. Robin.