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Autumn 2013
Earth and Space Sciences 431, Principles of Glaciology Earth and Space Sciences 505, The Cryosphere Instructor: Ed Waddington Email: edw at uw.edu Office: ATG 715 Office Hours: by appointment Telephone: 206 543 4585
Mon-Wed-Fri 2:30 - 3:50 JHN 026
This course covers a broad range of geophysical problems involving
ice in the environment, and its role in global change.
Subjects include: formation, deposition and metamorphism of snow; glacier flow;
behavior of ice sheets and interpretation of their chemistry and internal structure;
growth and decay of sea ice and relation to climate; geomorphology of permafrost terrain;
paleoclimate reconstruction from glacial geomorphology.
The course is primarily descriptive, but stresses a physical understanding of
underlying processes. It is taught by a number of faculty with expertise in specific
areas in glaciology.
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Send mail to: edw@uw.edu
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