Glossaries

• Molnia, B.F. (2/16/06 last update) Glossary of Glacier Terminology. USGS Open File Report 2004-1216. Photo glossary of glacial vocabulary.
• Lemke, K.A. (3/25/05 last update) Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms.

Place-Specific Glacial Information

• NASA (2006) The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative. A multi-disciplinary study of rapid climate change and future sea level.
• British Antarctic Survey (1/22/07 last update) Welcome to the British Antarctic Survey. Information and links about Antarctica.
• NASA/GSFC. Greenland's Receeding Ice. Animations and visualizations.
• National Park Service (11/11/06 last update) North Cascades Glacier Monitoring Program. Information on the impact and mass balance of glaciers in the north Cascades.
• Illinois State Geological Survey(10/13/05 last update)Glacial Geology. Information on glacial geology of Illinois.

Class Web Sites

• Aber, J.S. (4/06 last update) Ice Age Environments; Quaternary Geology. Emporia State University.
• Hanson, L.S. Glacial and Quaternary Geology. Salem State College. Lecture notes.
• Locke, W.W. (1999) Glaciers and Glacial Geology. A hypertext created by students in glacial geology at Montana State University.
• Lowell, T. Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati.
• Sandberg, D. Glacier Power. General information on glaciers as part of an earth science curriculum.

Miscellaneous Web Sites

• Adams, J. (1997) Global Land Environments Since the Last Interglacial. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
• Alean, J. and M. Hambrey (1/19/07 last update) Glaciers of the World. Awesome photos and information.
• McGee, S. (1/23/06 last update) The Crevasse Zone. Glacier velocity and surface elevation research in the Juneau Ice Field.
• National Ice Core Laboratory, Ice Core Sites. Select ice core sites in Greenland or Antarctica and examine information extracted from from these cores.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Data sets, images, publications related to the cryosphere.
• NSIDC. World Glacier Inventory. Data for over 67,000 glaciers around the world.
• Stelmo's Glaciers. A very long list of glacial links.
• USGS (4/4/06 last update) Repeat Photography Project: Glacier National Park, MT. Sets of paired photos showing shrinking glaciers and vegetation changes over the past approximately 100 years. If you're interested in vegetative changes, visit the link to USGS Climate Change Research.
• USGS (10/23/06 last update) Glacier Studies Project. Links to a number of USGS glacial projects and publications.
• USGS (8/22/06 last update) Glaciers and Snowpack. A list of publications related to glaciers and snowpack.
• USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory. Glaciers and Glaciation. Lots of links to government information on glaciers.
• University of Wales Centre for Glaciology. Links to information and photos from areas of current research.

Paleoclimatology

• NOAA/NCDC (12/15/05 last update)NOAA Paleoclimatology. A variety of information related to past climate.
• Overpeck, J.T. (1995) Paleoclimatology and Climate System Dynamics. Rev. Geophysics Supp. Vol. 33. Readings on paleoclimatology.

Dating Techniques

• O'Neil, D. (2006) Record of Time. An introduction to dating techniques.