Sea Ice: Hazards, Risks, and Implications for Disasters

Coastal and Marine Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 381-401

  Eicken, Hajo ^a   Mahoney, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazards; Implications for disasters; Risks; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HAZARDS; RISKS; SEA ICE;

COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLING FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION; HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS; MARITIME ACTIVITIES; OFFSHORE RESOURCES; VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS;

ICE;

EID: 84940699064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396483-0.00013-3     Document Type: Chapter

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