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| Monday 1/19 |
No class |
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| Wednesday 1/21 |
Introduction |
- Martini et al. Chapter 1 pp. 3-5; Chapter 2 pp. 24-27
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| Monday 1/26 |
Glacier Characteristics |
- Martini et al. Chapter 3 pp. 38-41, 60-61
- Anderson & Borns, Ch. 3 pp. 105-110
- Alean, J. & M. Hambrey (9/10/06 last update) Glaciers Online Read the links to "Introducting Glaciers"
and "The Glacier Family."
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| Wednesday 1/28 |
Glacier Flow |
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| Monday 2/2 |
Glacier Flow |
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| Wednesday 2/4 |
Glacial Mass Balance |
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| Monday 2/9 |
Glacial Meltwater |
- Martini et al. Chapter 7 pp. 151-154
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| Wednesday 2/11 |
Video: Descent Into the Ice |
- "Descent Into the Ice" There's links to some very good satellite photos of glaciers and an associated discussion of glacial
hazards, as well as a discussion of retreating glaciers world-wide.
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| Monday 2/16 |
Meltwater Deposits & Landforms |
- Presentations:
- C. Westberg: Glacial lake floods
- M. Lindow: Effects of disappearing glaciers on human populations
- Pamphlets:
- S. Ziegler: Effects of melting glaciers: flooding and drought
- J. Brault: Glacial meltwater: water supply for mountain villages
- A. Staniak: Isostatic rebound
- D. Johnson: Ice worms
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| Wednesday 2/18 |
Meltwater Deposits & Landforms |
- Martini et al. Chapter 7 pp. 139-151
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| Monday 2/23 |
Exam 1 |
- Covers all material through 2/18
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| Wednesday 2/25 |
Meltwater in Wisconsin |
- Presentations:
- A. Unger: Glacial lakes and varves
- Pamphlets:
- J. Jenkins: Exploring features beneath glaciers
- J. Richards: Glacier hazards
- T. Piazza: Eskers
- Posters:
- A. Johnson: Stagnant parts of glaciers: Malaspina Glacier
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| Monday 3/2 |
Class cancelled due to illness. |
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| Wednesday 3/4 |
Meltwater in Wisconsin |
- Martini et al. Chapter 4 pp. 69-73.
- Alley, R.B. et al. (2003) Stabilizing
feedbacks in glacier-bed erosion. Nature, 424:758-760.
- Presentations:
- M. Tanner: Finds in the ice: prehistoric and historic life forms
- Pamphlets:
- J. Kern: Glacial geomorphology of Scotland
- N. Schmelzer: Eskers
- A. Daily: Glaciers of Denali, Alaska
- T. Piskula & S. Flood: Dangers of hiking on glaciers
- Posters:
- Z. Stern & Z. Strack: Glacial History of Quetico Provincial Park
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| Monday 3/9 |
Processes of Glacial Erosion |
- Martini et al. Chapter 4 pp. 73-95
- Anderson & Borns, Ch. 3 pp. 110-119
- Presentations:
Pamphlets:
- M. Tanner: Economic value of glacial deposits and water
- Z. Eigenbrodt & J. Mach: Glacier National Park: history of glacial advance and retreat
- Posters:
- A. Unger: Glacial troughs
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| Wednesday 3/11 |
Erosional Landforms
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- Martini et al. Chapter 4 pp. 73-95
- Glasser, N.F. & M.R. Bennett (2004) Glacial erosional landforms: origins and
significance for palaeoglaciology. Progress in Physical Geography, 28:43-75.
DOI:
10.1191/0309133304pp401ra
- Presentations:
- J. Brault: Glacial debris transport
- A. Johnson: Glacier impacts on soil development
- P. Burkeland: Effects of the Greenland ice sheet melting
- Pamphlets:
- A. Eichler & C.J. Boettcher: Malaspina Glacier in Alaska
- Posters:
- C. Westberg: Glacial debris transport: erratics
- J. Jenkins: World's most deadly glaciers and the hazard they pose
- A. Staniak: Glacial lakes and floods of the Pacific Northwest
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Spring Break ******* Spring Break ******* Spring Break ******* |
| Monday 3/23 |
Video: Warnings from the Ice |
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| Wednesday 3/25 |
Glacial Debris Transport |
- Martini et al. Chapter 5 pp. 96-99
- Pamphlets:
- Z. Strack: Fjordland National Park
- C. Westberg: Glacial deposits: Mediterranean moraine preservation
- C. Grant: Glaciers of Glacier National Park
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| Monday 3/30 |
Glacial
Deposition & Till Characteristics |
- Martini et al. Chapter 5 pp. 99-106
- Presentation
- D. Johnson: Retreat of glaciers in glacier National Park
- T. Piskula: Martian glaciers
- A. Daily: Mt. Everest study techniques and missions
- Pamphlets:
- Z. Stern: Glacial history of the prairie pothole region
- Posters:
- M. Tanner: Glacial landforms and evidence of continental drift
- A. Eichler & C.J. Boettcher: Glaciers on Mars
- M. Lindow: Depositional landforms created beneath glacial ice
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| Wednesday 4/1 |
Depositional
Landforms |
- Martini et al. Chapter 6 pp. 107-124
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 3 pp. 119-126
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| Monday 4/6 |
Exam 2 |
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| Wednesday 4/8 |
Wisconsin
Glacial Landforms |
- Clayton,
L. et al. (2006) Glaciation of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural
History Survey, Educational Series 36.
- Syverson,
K.M. & P.M. Colgan (2004) The Quaternary of Wisconsin: a review of
stratigraphy and glaciation history. In J. Ehlers & P.L. Gibbard (eds) Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology, Part II, Elsevier,
pp. 295-311.
- Mickelson,
D.M. & P.M. Colgan (2003) The
southern Laurentide Ice Sheet. Development in Quaternary Science,
Vol. 1.
- Presentations:
- C.J. Boettcher: Glacial caves
- S. Flood: Volcanoes and glaciers
- N. Schmelzer: Glaciation of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- Z. Strack: Mt. Kilimanjaro and climate change
- Posters:
- J. Mach & Z. Eigenbrodt: Maine's glacial moraines compared to Wisconsin's glacial moraines
- C. Grant: Interaction/effects of volcanoes on glaciers
- J. Richards: Effects of glacier loss on local ecology
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| Monday 4/13 |
Wisconsin
Glacial Landforms |
- Presentations:
- J. Jenkins: Glaciers and remote sensing: how remote sensing has increased our knowledge
- A. Staniak: Glaciers on Mars: glacier remnants and what it means
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| Wednesday 4/15 |
Wisconsin
Glacial Landforms |
- Presentations:
- J. Richards: Glacier dwelling algae and cyanobacteria
- C. Grant: Greenland ice sheet
- Pamphlets:
- A. Johnson: Glacier exploration safety tips
- P. Burkeland: Impact of climate change and precipitation patterns on glaciers
- A. Unger: Glacial hazards
- Posters:
- T. Piazza: Oxygen isotope dating
- A. Daily: Ice dating techniques
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| Monday 4/20 |
Wisconsin
Glacial Landforms |
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 3: Field & Laboratory Methods, pp. 144-158; associated
references in the Extended Glossary
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 1
- Brigham-Grette,
J. (1996) Geochronology of glacial deposits, in: J. Menzies (ed) Past
Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques, pp. 377-410.
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| Wednesday 4/22 |
Paleoenvironmental
Reconstruction |
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 1
- Martini et al. Chapter 11 pp. 239-256
- Presentations:
- S. Ziegler: Otzi the 5000 year old mummy found in the Schnalstal glacier
- J. Kern: Dome C core studies
- Z. Eigenbrodt: Laurentide ice sheet growth and retreat
- Posters:
- T. Piskula & S. Flood: Effects of glacial climate change on biota
- D. Johnson: Glaciers and human migration to the Americas
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| Monday 4/27 |
Paleoenvironmental
Reconstruction |
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 3: Field & Laboratory Methods, pp. 144-158; associated
references in the Extended Glossar
- Martini et al. Chapter 11 pp. 239-256
- Posters:
- N. Schmelzer: Glacier retreat in New Zealand
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| Wednesday 4/29 |
Ice
Age Chronology |
- Anderson
& Borns, Ch. 2
- Martini et al. Chapter 13 pp. 293-321
- Presentations:
- Z. Stern: Expanding glaciers due to global warming
- A. Eichler: Issues facing Bangladesh as the Himalayan glaciers melt
- J. Mach: Climate change and glaciers
- Pamphlet:
- M. Lindow: Stability of the Greenland Ice sheet
- Posters:
- J. Kern: Gas analysis in ice core studies
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| Monday 5/4 |
Causes of Climate Change |
- Martini et al. Chapter 15 pp. 335-349
- Posters:
- J. Brault: Volcanoes and climate change
- P. Burkeland: Accelerated melting of the Antarctic ice cap
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| Wednesday 5/6 |
Causes
of Climate Change |
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| Tuesday 5/12 |
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all material from 4/8 through 5/6 |
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