| Abstract: | U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386, Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World, contains 11 chapters designated by the letters A through K. Chapter A provides a comprehensive, yet concise, review of the "State of the Earth‘s Cryosphere at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Glaciers, Global Snow Cover, Floating Ice, and Permafrost and Periglacial Environments," and a "Map/Poster of the Earth‘s Dynamic Cryosphere," and a set of eight "Supplemental Cryosphere Notes" about the Earth‘s Dynamic Cryosphere and the Earth System. The next 10 chapters, B through K, are arranged geographically and present glaciological information from Landsat and other sources of historic and modern data on each of the geographic areas. Chapter B covers Antarctica; Chapter C, Greenland; Chapter D, Iceland; Chapter E, Continental Europe (except for the European part of the former Soviet Union), including the Alps, the Pyrenees, Norway, Sweden, Svalbard (Norway), and Jan Mayen (Norway); Chapter F, Asia, including the European part of the former Soviet Union, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan; Chapter G, Turkey, Iran, and Africa; Chapter H, Irian Jaya (Indonesia) and New Zealand; Chapter I, South America; Chapter J, North America (excluding Alaska); and Chapter K, Alaska. Chapters A–D each include map plates. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70042384 |
| Citation Author: | Edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Glacier Studies Project |
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| Citation Editor: | Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
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| Citation LatN: | 90.0 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Chapters A-K |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Professional Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | PP |
| Citation Series Number: | 1386 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world; 1988; PP; 1386; Edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
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| Citation Year: | 1988 |
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| Text: | Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world; 1988; PP; 1386; Edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386/ |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/pp_1386.png |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Dec 2012 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
