| Abstract: | Landsat imagery, combined with aerial photography, sketch maps, and diagrams, is used as the basis for a description of the geography, climatology, and glaciology, including mass balance, variation, and hazards, of the Greenland ice sheet and local ice caps and glaciers. The Greenland ice sheet, with an estimated area of 1,736,095+/-100 km2 and volume of 2,600,000 km3, is the second largest glacier on the planet and the largest relict of the Ice Age in the Northern Hemisphere. Greenland also has 48,599+/-100 km2 of local ice caps and other types of glaciers in coastal areas and islands beyond the margin of the ice sheet. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 38212 |
| Citation Author: | edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. C1-C141; 1 plate in pocket |
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| Citation Series: | Professional Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | PP |
| Citation Series Number: | 1386-C |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Glaciers of Greenland; 1995; PP; 1386-C; USGS NUMBERED SERIES; Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World; edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
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| Citation Year: | 1995 |
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| Text: | Glaciers of Greenland; 1995; PP; 1386-C; USGS NUMBERED SERIES; Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World; edited by Williams, Richard S., Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/pp_1386_c.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1386c/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jul 1995 00:00 -0500 |
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