Fall 2016 - EASC 605 G100

Advanced Glaciology (3)

Class Number: 5392

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

  • Instructor:

    Gwenn Flowers
    1 778 782-6638
  • Prerequisites:

    Permission of instructor.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An advanced introduction to theoretical glaciology within a continuum mechanical framework. The course focuses on fundamentals of glacier and ice-sheet flow and the key surface and subsurface processes that drive them, Course content includes a brief review of tensor analysis and continuum mechanics, glacier mass and energy balance, the material properties and rheology of ice, the basic equations of glacier deformation, ice-sheet and shelf flow, basal processes, glacier hydrology, and unstable modes of flow.

Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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