On Sea Ice.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- About This Book -- Acknowledgments -- Figure Sources -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Some Ancient History -- 2.3 The 19th Century -- 2.4 The 20th Century -- 3. The Ocean Setting -- 3.1 Topography -- 3.2 Hydrology -- 3.3 Currents -- 3.4 Water Masses -- 4. An Introduction to Sea Ice Growth -- 4.1 A Growth Model -- 4.2 Multiyear Ice -- 5. Components -- 5.1 Water -- 5.2 Seawater and Brine -- 5.3 Ice -- 5.4 Solid Salts -- 6. The Phase Diagram -- 6.1 Fundamentals -- 6.2 Experiments and Analysis -- 6.3 Questions -- 7. Sea Ice Structure -- 7.1 Environmental Pathways and Terminology -- 7.2 First-Year Ice -- 7.3 Old Ice -- 7.4 Reality -- 8. Sea Ice Salinity -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Observations -- 8.3 Mechanisms -- 8.4 Theories -- 8.5 Inclusion Geometry -- 9. Sea Ice Growth: The Details -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A Thin FY Ice Model -- 9.3 A Thick Ice Model -- 9.4 Further Efforts -- 10. Properties -- 10.1 Density -- 10.2 Gas Content and Composition -- 10.3 Thermal Properties -- 10.4 Mechanical Properties -- 10.5 Electromagnetic Properties -- 10.6 Concluding Remarks -- 11. Polynyas and Leads -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Polynyas -- 11.3 Leads -- 12. Deformation -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Terminology -- 12.3 Field Observations -- 12.4 Properties of Individual Ridges -- 12.5 Remote Profiling -- 12.6 Models -- 12.7 Conclusions -- 13. Sea Ice-Seafloor Interactions -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Observational Methods -- 13.3 Results -- 13.4 Applications -- 14. Marginal Ice Zone -- 14.1 General Characteristics -- 14.2 Regional Characteristics -- 14.3 Wave-Ice Interactions -- 14.4 Ice-Edge Bands -- 14.5 Conclusions -- 15. Snow -- 15.1 Arctic -- 15.2 Antarctic -- 15.3 Conclusions -- 16. Ice Dynamics -- 16.1 Some Background -- 16.2 Observations of Sea Ice Motion and Deformation.

16.3 Stress Measurements -- 16.4 Modeling Sea Ice Drift and Deformation -- 16.5 Sea Ice Mechanics -- 16.6 Ice Thickness Distribution Theory -- 16.7 Simulations of the Evolution of Sea Ice -- 16.8 Concluding Remarks -- 17. Underwater Ice -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Platelet Ice -- 17.3 Marine Ice -- 17.4 Anchor Ice -- 17.5 Conclusions -- 18. Trends -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Arctic -- 18.3 Antarctic -- 18.4 Causes and Predictions -- 19. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Symbols -- Appendix B: Acronyms &amp -- Abbreviations -- Appendix C: Terminology &amp -- Glossary -- Appendix D: Sampling -- Appendix E: Thin Sections -- Appendix F: Remote Sensing -- Bibliography -- Index.

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