GLACIERS AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTS IN CHINA

图书标准信息

• 作者 科学出版社 编
• 出版社 科学出版社
• 出版时间 2009-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787030175809
• 定价 500.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 铜版纸
• 页数 539页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

However，duetolanguagedifferencebetweenChinaandthewesterncountries，theprogressofglaciologyinChina，ofwhichmostaccountshavebeenpublishedinChinese，isdifficultforwesternscientiststoappreciate.Therefore，wedecidedtopublishanEnglisheditionbasedonGlaciersandTheirEnvironmentsinChina——thePresent，PastandFuture（inChinese），asyouseehere，namedGlaciersandRelatedEnvironmentsinChina，whichinfactisanoptimizedversion，withnewresearchdatatill2005andarevisedstructure.Itisourhope，throughpublishingthismonograph，toenableforeignscientiststounderstandsystematicallythecurrentsituationandhistoricalprogressofglacierresearchandotherrelevantenvironmentalstudieswithintheChineseterritory，soastopromotemorecooperationwithforeignglaciologists，whoalsosharethewishtodevelopfurtherthefieldandtofaceeffectivelythewidespreadconcernsasglobalwarming，watercyclechanges，glaciershrinkinganddeterioratingenvironments.

【目录】

FOREWORDⅠ
FOREWORDⅡ
PREFACE
CHAPTER1INTRODUCTION
1.1CLACIERS，CRYOSPHEREANDGLACIOLOGY
1.2DEVELOPMENTOFGLACIOLOGYINCHINA
1.2.1PreliminaryDevelopmentduring1958-1977
1.2.2RelativelySteadyDevelopmentofGlaciologicalResearchsince1978
1.3SOCIALSIC-NIFICANCEOFGLACIOLOGICALRESEARCH
1.3.1ApplicationstoStudiesofWaterandTourismResourcesandTheirRationalUtilization
1.3.2EffectiveMitigationofGlacierandSnow-InducedDisasters
1.3.3ValuableInformationSourcesofClimateandEnvironment
1.3.4InspiringFutureGenerations
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CHAPTER2GLACIERSANDTHEIRDISTRIBUTIONINCHINA
2.1CONDITIONSFORGILACIERDEVELOPMENT
2.1.1MountainsandGlacierDevelopmentinWestChina
2.1.2ClimaticConditionsofGlacierDevelopment
2.2MAINRESULTSOFTHEGLACIERINVENTORYOFCHINA
2.2.1TheGlacierInventoryofChina
2.2.2GlacierVolume
2.2.3DistributionofGlaciersbyProvince（Region）
2.2.4DistributionofGlaciersbyMountainSystem
2.2.5DistributionofGlaciersbySlopeOrientation
2.2.6DistributionofGlaciersbyWaterI）rainageSystem
2.3GLACIERTYPESANDTHEIRREGIONALDISTRIBUTION
2.3.1C1ass；float；oninTermsofGeophysicalProperties
2.3.2Classil.icationinTermsofMorphologyandDistributionCharacteristicsofMorphologicalTypes
2.3.3RelationbetweenGlacierMorphologicalTypeandGlacierSize
2.4SNOWLINEAI，TITUDEANDITSSPATIALDISTRIBUTION
2.4.1MethodtoDeterminetheSnowLineAltitude
2.4.2SpatialDistributionoftheSnowLineAltitudeandItsDependentFactors
2.4.3AccumulationAreaRatioofGlaciersandtheFactorsonWhichItDepends
2.5GLACIERSLOCATEDINSOMEREPRESENTATIVEREGIONSANDTHEIRFEATURES
2.5.1TheAltayMountains
2.5.2TheTianshanMountains
2.5.3TheQilianMountains
2.5.4ThePamirs
2.5.5TheKarakorumMountains
2.5.6TheKunlunMountains
2.5.7TheQangtangPlateau，EspeciallythePurogKangriIceField
2.5.8TheEastSectionoftheNyainqentanglhaRange
2.5.9TheMountGonggaandMountYulongoftheHengduanMountains"
2.5.10TheMiddleSectionoftheHimalayas
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CHAPTER3PHYSICSOFGLACIERS
3.1DISTRIBUTIONOFTEMPERATUREINGLACIERS
3.1.1Introduction
3.1.2HeatTransferintheNearSurfaceLayer
3.1.3HeatConductionattheGlacierBase
3.1.4HeatTransferwithinaGlacier
3.1.5Two-DimensionalTemperatureDistribution
3.1.6TemperateGlaciers
3.1.7TypesofGlacierTemperatureDistribution
3.2ICEFORMATION
3.2.1TheTransformationofSnowtoIce
3.2.2GlacialZonation
3.2.3GlacialZonesintheMainGlacierizedAreas
3.3ICETEXTURES
3.3.1TheHistory
3.3.2CrystalSize
3.3.3cAxisOrientation
3.3.4TheFeaturesofIceTexturesinChina
3.4MECHANISMSOFGLACIERMOTION
3.4.1ABriefView
3.4.2DeformationofIce
3.4.3BasalSlidingandDeformationoftheBed
3.4.4HydraulicEffectsattheGlacierBed
3.4.5ASummaryofMotionMechanismsofGlaciersinChina
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CHAPTER4MASSANDENERGYBALANCEOFGLACIERS
4.1FUNDAMENTALCONCEPTSANDMEASUREMENTMETHODSOFMASSBALANCE
4.1.1FundamentalConcepts
4.1.2SignificanceofMassBalanceStudy
4.1.3MethodsofMeasurementandCalculation
4.2MASSBALANCEMEASUREMENTSINCHINA
4.2.1CurrentSituationofMassBalanceMeasurements
4.2.2ThePrimaryMeasuredResults
4.3CHARACTERISTICSOFMASSBALANCEOFGLACIERSINCHINA
4.3.1TemporalProcessesandtheCharacteristicsofMassBalance
4.3.2RelationsbetweenMassBalance，ELAandMeteorologicalVariables
4.4METHODSOFMASSBALANCEESTIMATION
4.4.1ForASingleGlacier
4.4.2ForaDrainageBasin
4.5CHARACTERISTICSOFENERGYBALANCEOFGLACIERS
4.5.1TheHeatComponentsforGlacierDevelopment
4.5.2SpecialClimateFactorsonGlaciers
4.5.3FeaturesofHeatBalanceataGlacierSurface
4.6CASESTUDIESOFHEATBALANCE
4.6.1IntheGlacierU-1
4.6.2IntheDongkemadiGlacier
4.6.3IntheChongceIceCap
4.7STUDIESBYMODELING
4.7.1GlacierStateModel
4.7.2GlacierProcessModel
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CHAPTER5SNOWANDICECHEMISTRYANDITSENVIRONMENTALSIGNIFICANCE
5.1WHATISSNOWANDICECHEMISTRY？
5.1.1ThePrincipalAspectsofSnowandIceChemistryandApproachestoResearch
5.1.2AnOverviewofDevelopingTrendsintheStudyofSnowandIceChemistry
5.2THEMAJORANIONSANDCATIONSINSNOWANDICEANDTHEIRENVIRONMENTALSIGNIFICANCE
5.2.1TheSignificantDifferenceoftheAtmosphericEnvironmentintheSouthandNorthPartsoftheTibetanPlateau
5.2.2TheEnvironmentalSignificancesofVariousChemicalIons
5.2.3ComparisonwithSnowandIceChemistryinPolarRegions
5.3THEINSOLUBLEMICROPARTICLESINSNOWANDICE
5.3.1TheClimaticandEnvironmentalSignificancesoftheInsolubleMicroparticlesinIceCores
5.3.2TheDistributionCharacteristicsofInsolubleMicroparticlesinShallowIceCoresontheTibetanPlateau
5.3.3AtmosphericProcessesInfluencingtheDustinGlaciersbeforeDeposition
5.4STABLEOXYGENISOTOPESINSNOWANDICEANDTHEIRCLIMATICSIGNIFICANCE
5.4.1Relationshipbetweenδ18OandTemperatureinObservationsthroughtheYear
5.4.2SeasonalVariationsofδ18OValuesofPrecipitationontheTibetanPlateau
5.4.3SpatialVariationsofδ18OValuesofPrecipitationontheTibetanPlateau
5.5MECHANISMOFICECORERECORDFORMATION
5.5.1Air-SnowExchangeProcesses
5.5.2ThePost-DepositionProcessElutionofIonsinSnowandIce
5.6ORGANICMATTERANDMICROBESINSNOWANDICE
5.6.1PreliminaryResearchonOrganicAcidsinSnowandIce
5.6.2TheMicro-organismsinSnowandIce
5.6.3TheClimaticandEnvironmentalImplicationsofOrganicMatterinSnowandIce
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CHAPTER6SNOWCOVERDISTRIBUTION，VARIABILITY，ANDRESPONSETOCLIMATECHANGEINCHINA
6.1ENVIRONMENTALSIGNIFICANCEANDMONITORINGOFSNOWCOVER
6.1.1SnowCoverandItsEnvironmentalImpacts
6.1.2SnowCoverMonitoring
6.2DISTRIBUTIONOFSNOWCOVER
6.2.1DistributionofAnnualNumberofSnowCoverDaysandSnowCoverClasses
6.2.2SpatialPatternofSnowDepthDistribution
6.2.3AnnualCycleofSnowCover
6.3INTERANNUALVARIABILITYOFSNOWCOVER
6.3.1BriefReviewofCurrentKnowledgeandGapsofGlobalSnowCoverVariability

CHAPTER7GLACLALRUNOFFANDITSMODELING
CHAPTER8SNOWANDICEHAZARDSANDTHEIRCONTROLMEASURES
CHAPTER9CLIMATEANDENVIRONMENTCHANGESDERIVEDFROMICECORERECORDS
CHAPTER10QUATERNARYGLACLATIONSGLACIALANDINTERGLACIALCYCLESANDENVIRONMENTALCHANGES
CHAPTER11IMPACTOFGLOBALWARMINGONGLACIERSANDRELATEDWATERRESOURCESINCHINA
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