Source-to-Sink Fluxes in Undisturbed Cold Environments

Cambridge University Press, 7/7/2016
EAN 9781107068223, ISBN10: 1107068223

Hardcover, 419 pages, 28.4 x 22.1 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

Amplified climate change and ecological sensitivity of polar and cold climate environments are key global environment issues. Understanding how projected climate change will alter surface environments in these regions is only possible when present day source-to-sink fluxes can be quantified. The book provides the first global synthesis and integrated analysis of environmental drivers and quantitative rates of solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold environments, and the likely impact of projected climate change. The focus on largely undisturbed cold environments allows ongoing climate change effects to be detected and, moreover, distinguished from anthropogenic impacts. A novel approach for co-ordinated and integrative process geomorphic research is introduced to enable better comparison between studies. This highly topical and multidisciplinary book, which includes case studies covering Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine environments, will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology and global environmental change.

Preface
Part I. Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes and Budgets in Changing Cold Climate Environments
1. Introduction to the theme
2. The IAG/AIG SEDIBUD (Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments) programme
Part II. Climate Change in Cold Environments and General Implications for Contemporary Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes
3. The changing cryosphere – implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments
4. Changes in vegetation cover and implications for solute and sedimentary fluxes in cold climate environments
Part III. Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes in Sub-Arctic and Arctic Environments
5. Contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes in Arctic and Sub-Arctic environments
current knowledge
6. The use of dendrogeomorphology to recognize the spatio-temporal distribution of snow avalanches in northern Iceland – case studies from Dalsmynni, Ljósavatnsskarð and Fnjóskadalur
7. A contemporary assessment of sediment and solute transfers in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland
8. Hillslope processes and related sediment fluxes on a fine-grained scree slope of Eastern Canada
9. Sediment and solute transport from Greenland
10. Measurements of bedload flux in a high Arctic environment
11. Solute and particulate fluxes in catchments in Spitsbergen
12. Sediment and solute fluxes at the Igarka field site, Russian Sub-Arctic
13. Variability and controls of solute and sedimentary fluxes in Sub-Arctic and Arctic environments
Part IV. Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes in Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Environments
14. Environmental impact on contemporary solute and sedimentary fluxes in Antarctica
current knowledge
15. Solute and solid cascade system in the Antarctic oases
16. Environmental controls on sediment composition and particle fluxes over the Antarctic continental shelf
17. Solute and sedimentary fluxes on King George Island
18. Dynamics of the Antarctica ice cap
19. Solute and sediment fluxes from rivers and streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Part V. Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes in Alpine/Mountain Environments
20. Chemical denudation in partly glacierized mountain catchments of the fjord landscape in western Norway
contemporary rates, environmental controls and possible effects of climate change
21. Sediment delivery from headwater slope systems and relief development in steep mountain valleys in western Norway
22. Suspended sediment dynamics in the proglacial zone of the rapidly retreating Castle Creek Glacier, British Columbia, Canada
23. Sedimentary fluxes in Himalaya
24. Rates of slope and channel processes in the Reintal Valley, Bavarian Alps
25. Comparative analysis of sediment routing in two different alpine catchments
26. Controls and variability of solute and sedimentary fluxes in alpine/mountain environments
Part VI. Quantitative Analysis of Solute and Sedimentary Fluxes in Cold Climate Environments
27. Environmental drivers, spatial variability and rates of chemical and mechanical fluvial denudation in selected glacierized and non-glacierized cold climate catchment geosystems
from coordinated field data generation to integration and modeling
28. Summary of key findings from Arctic, Antarctic and mountain environments
Index.