In the shadow of melting glaciers : climate change and Andean society / Mark Carey.
Carey, Mark (Mark P.)
2010
QC988.P4 C37 2010 (Mapit)
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Title In the shadow of melting glaciers : climate change and Andean society / Mark Carey.
Author Carey, Mark (Mark P.)
ISBN 9780195396072 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195396073 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195396065 (alk. paper)
0195396065 (alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description vii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number QC988.P4 C37 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.6985
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Appendix 1: Selected Cordillera Blanca glacial lake security projects
Appendix 2: Glacier-related disasters in Cordillera Blanca history
Appendix 3: Government entities conducting glacier and glacial lake projects.

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