Field Methods: Cold Regions Processes

Undergraduate

Field-based study of processes active in the Earth’s cold regions, both past and present. The integrated use of field observations with various geophysical, geomorphic, geochemical, geochronological, and geobiological techniques is applied to interpret the ancient and modern cryosphere, including everything from Snowball Earth to Quaternary and modern glaciation. Because of the nature of this course, class meetings, assignments, readings, and reports are scheduled irregularly.