| Date |
Lecture Topic and Readings |
Instructor(s) |
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| Wed Sept 30 |
NATURAL OCCURRENCES OF ICE: |
Roe |
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Distribution and environmental
factors of |
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seasonal snow, sea ice, glaciers
and permafrost |
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Untersteiner, N., 1984. The
cryosphere. In The Global Climate,
121-140 |
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| Fri Oct 02 |
No Lab/Discussion |
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| Mon Oct 05 |
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE: |
Warren |
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Phase relationships,
crystallography, basic properties |
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Runnels, L.K., 1966. Ice. Scientific American, Dec 1966, 118-126. |
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Stillinger, 1980. Water
revisited. Science, 209, 451-457.
(Optional) |
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| Wed Oct 07 |
SNOW: Formation in the
atmosphere |
Warren |
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McClung, D., and P. Schaerer, The Avalanche Handbook, |
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pp. 17-26, 37-45 (1993 edition)
or pp 21-31, 43-52 (2006 edition) |
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** This book
is not available on-line. Check OUGL reserves |
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or ESS431 readings-box in QRC
library, Johnson 377A |
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| Fri Oct 09 |
Lab/Discussion |
Warren, Carpenter |
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| Sat Oct
10 |
FIELD TRIP TO MT. BAKER |
Carpenter, Warren, Waddington |
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J. Harper. 1993. Glaciers on Mt
Baker. Arctic and Alpine Research
25(4), 332-340. |
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| Mon Oct 12 |
SNOW: Deposition, wind
transport, metamorphism, physical properties |
Warren |
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The Avalanche Handbook, pp. 32-42, 52-72 (2006
edition). **This book is not available on-line. Check OUGL reserves or ESS431
readings-box in QRC library, Johnson 377A |
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| Wed Oct 14 |
AVALANCHES: |
Conway |
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formation, forecasting,control,
engineering challenges. |
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The Avalanche Handbook, chapters 1, 4, 5 (all). **This book is not available on-line.
Check OUGL reserves or ESS431 readings-box in QRC library, Johnson 377A |
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| Fri Oct 16 |
Lab/Discussion |
Carpenter, Warren, Conway |
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| Mon Oct 19 |
HEAT
AND MASS BALANCE: |
Warren |
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Radiation, sensible and latent
heat transfer; growth and decay of glaciers and ice sheets. |
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Paterson, W.S.B., 1994: The Physics of Glaciers Chapter 3, Chapter 4. |
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Optional: Colbeck et al. 1979. Snow
accumulation, distribution, melt, and runoff. Eos, 60, 465-468. |
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| Wed Oct 21 |
GLACIER DYNAMICS I: Ice
Deformation |
Waddington |
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Drewry, 1986, Glacial Geologic Processes. pp. 1-10. |
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Kamb, 1964, Glacier geophysics. Science, 146, 353-365. |
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| Fri Oct 23 |
Lab/Discussion |
Carpenter, Warren, Waddington |
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(Northwest Glaciologists Meeting
at UBC) |
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| Mon Oct 26 |
GLACIER DYNAMICS II: Sliding of
Glaciers |
Waddington |
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Drewry, 1986 pp. 10-14, 20-32. |
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Optional (advanced) reading:
Raymond, 1980: Temperate valley glaciers. In Dynamics of
Snow and Ice Masses, S. Colbeck, ed., pp. 79-139 |
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| Wed Oct 28 |
GLACIER
CHANGES |
Waddington |
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Response to climate, surge
behavior, tide-water glaciers |
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Drewry, 1986,Glacial
Geologic Processes,
pp. 17-19. |
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Kamb et al. 1985. Glacier surge
mechanism: surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska. Science, 227, 469-479. |
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| Fri Oct 30 |
Lab/Discussion |
Carpenter, Waddington |
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| Mon Nov
02 |
ICE SHEETS, ICE STREAMS AND ICE
SHELVES |
Waddington |
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Temperature in cold ice masses
and special problems of ice sheets |
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Drewry, 1986, Glacial
Geologic Processes, pp. 14-17 |
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Alley and Whillans, 1991.
Changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Science 254, 959-963. |
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Oerlemans, J., 1991. The role of
ice sheets in the Pleistocene climate. Norsk Geologisk
Tidsskrift, 71, 155-161. |
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| Wed Nov 04 |
RECENT CHANGES IN GREENLAND AND
ANTARCTICA |
Joughin |
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Elevation changes, retreat of
ice shelves, speedup of outlet glaciers |
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Joughin et al. 2004, Howat et
al. 2007, Das et al. 2008, Joughin et al. 2008 |
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| Fri Nov 06 |
Lab/Discussion, review for
Mid-Term |
Carpenter, Waddington, Joughin |
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| Mon Nov 09 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
Waddington |
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| Wed Nov 11 |
Veterans Day holiday |
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| Fri Nov 13 |
EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY
GLACIERS I |
Hallet |
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(short lecture replaces
Lab/Discussion) |
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Ritter, D.F., 1986: Process Geomorphology, Chapter 10. |
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| Mon Nov 16 |
EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY
GLACIERS II |
Hallet |
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Ritter, D.F., 1986: Process Geomorphology, Chapter 10. |
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| Wed Nov 18 |
PERMAFROST |
Hallet |
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Distribution, relationship to
climate, physical processes and structure/engineering problems. |
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Lachenbruch, A.H., 2001:
Permafrost. Oxford Encyclopedia of Global Change |
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| Fri Nov 20 |
Lab/Discussion, Midterm
discussion |
Carpenter, Hallet, Waddington |
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| Mon Nov 23 |
SEA ICE
I: |
Light |
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formation, structure and motion,
and relation to climate |
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Maykut, G., 1985: An Introduction to Ice in the Polar Oceans. Report APL-UW 8510. p 1-42. |
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Also see the tutorial on sea ice
at http://www.nsidc.org/seaice/intro.html |
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| Wed Nov 25 |
SEA ICE
II: |
Light |
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Maykut, G., 1985: An Introduction to Ice in the Polar Oceans. Report APL-UW 8510. p 78-92. |
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| Fri Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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| Mon Nov 30 |
GEOCHEMISTRY
OF ICE I: |
Steig |
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| Wed Dec 02 |
GEOCHEMISTRY OF ICE II |
Steig |
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| Fri Dec 04 |
Lab/Discussion |
Carpenter, Light, Steig |
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| Mon Dec 07 |
PALEOCLIMATE AND ICE
AGES: |
Stone |
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Reconstruction of former glaciers |
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Porter, S.C., 1985: Glaciological
evidence of Holocene climatic change, In Climate and
History, 82-110. |
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| Wed Dec 09 |
PALEOCLIMATE AND ICE AGES: |
Roe |
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Theories of the ice-age cycles |
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Imbrie, J., 1985. A theoretical
framework for the Pleistocene ice ages. J. Geol. Soc.
London 142, 417-432. |
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Pisias, N.G., and J. Imbrie,
1986: Orbital geometry, CO2, and Pleistocene climate. Oceanus, 29, 43-49. |
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| Fri Dec 11 |
Lab/Discussion, review for final exam |
Carpenter, Stone, Roe,
Waddington |
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| Mon Dec 14 |
FINAL EXAM (2:30-4:20 pm) |
Warren/Waddington |