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- IcebergsTheir Science and Links to Global Change
- Icebergs
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- 1 Appointment with the Titanic
- Part I The science of icebergs
- 2 The origin of icebergs
- 3 The physics of icebergs
- 4 Inputs from icebergs to the ocean
- 5 Icebergs and the sea floor
- Part II Icebergs and their impacts
- Index
- References
2 - The origin of icebergs
from Part I - The science of icebergs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2015
Book contents
- IcebergsTheir Science and Links to Global Change
- Icebergs
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Book part
- 1 Appointment with the Titanic
- Part I The science of icebergs
- 2 The origin of icebergs
- 3 The physics of icebergs
- 4 Inputs from icebergs to the ocean
- 5 Icebergs and the sea floor
- Part II Icebergs and their impacts
- Index
- References
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