Canada's cold environments
By: edited by Hugh M. French and Olav Slaymaker.
Contributors: French, Hugh M.; Slaymaker, Olav, 1939-
Series: Canadian Association of Geographers series in Canadian geography
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Montréal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Natural history -- Canada; Natural history -- Canada, Northern; Physical geography -- Canada; Physical geography -- Canada, Northern; Cold regions
Description: xvii, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Canada's cold land mass / Hugh M. French, Olav Slaymaker; title: Canada's cold seas / Roger G. Barry; title: Northern climates / Wayne R. Rouse; title: Northern vegetation / James C. Ritchie; title: Northern hydrology / Ming-Ko Woo; title: Cold-climate processes and landforms / Hugh M. French; title: Cold mountains of Western Canada / Olav Slaymaker; title: Karst in cold environments / Derek C. Ford; title: Mountain paleoenvironments of Western Canada / John J. Clague; title: Mountain hazards / James S. Gardner; title: Climate variability, change, and sensitivity / Ellsworth F. LeDrew; title: Climatic change and permafrost / Michael W. Smith; title: Cold environments and global change / Olav Slaymaker, Hugh M. French.