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| Three graduate and two undergraduate courses are regularly taught by faculty
and students of the glaciers group. In addition to the courses listed
below, graduate students in glaciology can choose from courses on sea
ice, permafrost, geodynamics, remote sensing, atmospheric science, and
numerical analysis. The glaciology degree requirements can be found here;
a listing of all UAF courses is given here. |
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GEOS 617 – Glaciers – 3 credits
Offered every other fall (next: 2009)
taught by Regine Hock
2 x 2 hour lectures and 1 lab each week
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The course deals with present-day glaciers and ice sheets including the mechanisms responsible for their existence, motion and variations, and the paleoclimate information they contain. The course focuses on the processes related to glacier mass balance, glacier meteorology, energy exchange at the glacier surface, glacier-climate interactions, and the response of glaciers to climate change, but also includes topics such as glacier hydrology, ice dynamics, and glacier thermodynamics. The course includes lectures, student presentations and literature seminars. |
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GEOS/PHYS 614 – Ice Physics – 3 credits
Offered every other spring (next: 2009)
taught by Martin Truffer
2 x 1.5 hour lectures each week |
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The course contains a survey of the physics of ice. Topics covered include the crystal structure and properties of ice, high pressure phases, hydrogen bonding, mechanical properties, thermal properties, electrical and acoustic properties, nucleation and growth, optical properties, and surface properties (adhesion, friction). Students will develop an understanding of these properties from basic physical principles. |
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GEOS 620 – Geodynamics – 3 credits
Offered every other fall (next 2010)
Taught by Erin Pettit |
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GEOS 120 – Glaciers, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes – 3 credits
for non-science majors
Offered every semester
co-taught by Regine Hock
2 x 1.5 hour lectures and a 3 hour lab each week
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Course description: Alaska is one of the most glacierized areas in the world outside Greenland and Antarctica. The course provides a descriptive overview of what glaciers are, their significance for water resources, global sea-level and climate, how they move, grow or retreat, how they have fluctuated in the recent and geological history of the Earth, what they can tell us about former climates and what topical issues are in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska. |
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GEOS 295 – Introduction to Field Methods in Glaciology – 1 credit
Offered every other summer (next 2010)
Taught by graduate students in glaciology
3 x 1.5 hour lectures and 3 days at Gulkana Glacier |
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This course consists of three lectures and a three day field trip to Gulkana Glacier. The lectures introduce basic glacier processes, their interactions with climate, and field methods used to understand a glacier's response to climate change. Students have the opportunity to apply these concepts in the field by travelling on Gulkana Glacier.
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