| Title | Ice; the nature, the history, and the uses of an astonishing substance |
| Author | Gosnell, M. |
| Source | 560p. . Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, United States. ISBN: 0679426086 |
| Publication Date | 2006 |
| Notes | In English GeoRef Acc. No: 283840. CRREL Acc. No: 62004173 |
| Index Terms | climate; ecology; glaciation; glaciers; history; ice; icebergs; Mars (planet); permafrost; physical properties; polar regions; polar atmospheres; Antarctica; polar regions; atmosphere; biology; comets; cores; crystallography; Mars; Neptune; sampling; sea ice |
| Abstract | Non-technical but wide-ranging, informative and accessible account of ice. Covers developing understanding of physical properties of ice and its place in history of science; lake, river, sea, and artificial ice, glaciers from Alps to Antarctica, including surging glaciers; ice coring and associated climatology; ice ages, icebergs, frost, permafrost, ice as environment for plants, animals and humans, recreational uses of ice, ice as construction material, in atmosphere, as source of life on Earth via comets, and elsewhere in solar system. |
| Publication Type | monograph |
| Record ID | 83892 |