Geol.747 Glacial Geology (3C.H)
Course contents: Glacial history, glaciations around the globe, mass balance and mechanism of ice flow, glacier types and distribution, glaciers and climate, glacier hydrology, glacial sedimentation, glacial landforms, glacial erosion, glacial hazards, palaeoglaciology,
Practical: Introduction to ArcGIS; Introduction to ENVI; Glacier types; Glacial erosion feature; Glacial depositional environments; Pleistocene glacial and interglacial periods
Recommended Books:
- Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms (2nd ed.) by Bennett, M. M., & Glasser, N. F. (2010). Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-51690-4
- Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology by Hagg, W. (2008). John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN: 978-0470516904
- Principles of Glacier Mechanics by Hooke, R. L. (2019). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108427340, 1108427340
- Fundamentals of Glacier Dynamics, Second Edition by van der Veen, C. (2013). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781439835661, 1439835667