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245 00 $aCanada's cold environments /$cedited by Hugh M. French and Olav Slaymaker.
260 $aMontréal :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c1993.
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300 $axxii, 340 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aCanadian Association of Geographers series in Canadian geography
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. Cold Land, Cold Seas. 1. Canada's Cold Land Mass / Hugh M. French and Olav Slaymaker. 2. Canada's Cold Seas / Roger G. Barry -- Pt. 2. Northern and Polar Lands. 3. Northern Climates / Wayne R. Rouse. 4. Northern Vegetation / James C. Ritchie. 5. Northern Hydrology / Ming-Ko Woo. 6. Cold-Climate Processes and Landforms / Hugh M. French -- Pt. 3. Mountain Environments. 7. Cold Mountains of Western Canada / Olav Slaymaker. 8. Karst in Cold Environments / Derek C. Ford. 9. Mountain Paleoenvironments of Western Canada / John J. Clague. 10. Mountain Hazards / James S. Gardner -- Pt. 4. The Changing Cold Environments. 11. Climate Variability, Change, and Sensitivity / Ellsworth F. LeDrew. 12. Climatic Change and Permafrost / Michael W. Smith. 13. Cold Environments and Global Change / Olav Slaymaker and Hugh M. French.
520 $aLow temperatures, wind-chill, snow, sea ice, and permafrost have been primary characteristics of Canada's northern and alpine environments for the past two million years. The evolution of Canada's cultural landscapes, the processes of settlement of rural areas, and the present interaction of Canadian industrial society with its biophysical environment are all deeply influenced, directly or indirectly, by the frigidity of the greater part of the country.
520 8 $aThe phenomenon of global warming, if it occurs, will lessen this coldness, but its impact on temperature extremes, sea ice regimes, vegetation, snow distribution, permafrost, glaciers, lakes, rivers, and mountain hazards is the subject of intensive research - the highlights of which are reviewed in Canada's Cold Environments.
520 8 $aEleven of Canada's leading geographers, geologists, and ecologists provide an authoritative yet readable scientific statement about the physical nature of Canada's coldness. They focus on the distinctive attributes of Canada's cold environments, their temporal and spatial variability, and the constraints that coldness places on human activity. The book is aimed at environmental scientists at all levels who need informed overviews of the substantive findings on a range of cold-related topics.
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700 1 $aSlaymaker, Olav,$d1939-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81081293
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