Abstract
The cryosphere is a crucial component of the Earth's climate system, and
comprises sea ice, snow, glaciers, ice cap, ice shelves, river and lake
ice, ice sheets and frozen ground. The cryosphere has shown ice growth
and decay on many timescales associated both with 100,000 year ice age
cycles and with shorter-term (
Original language | English |
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Journal | American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, abstract #NS51A-1821 |
Volume | 51 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- 1621 GLOBAL CHANGE / Cryospheric change
- 3022 MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS / Marine sediments: processes and transport
- 4207 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL / Arctic and Antarctic oceanography
- 4926 PALEOCEANOGRAPHY / Glacial