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GEOG 4333

GEOG 4333 WA - Advanced Glacial Geomorphology

Historical course

Winter 2014

Topics

  • glacial environments. An overview of the basics of glacial geomorphology
  • followed with a much more detailed study of glacial dynamics, processes of erosion
  • transportation and deposition, as well as glaciotectonism. Glacial environment
  • associated with glacial geomorphology. This includes the following topics
  • Glaciers and Climate
  • Isostatic Rebound
  • Glacial Ice and Ice-flow Dynamics
  • Processes o f Erosion
  • Processes of Transportation
  • Glacial Hydrology
  • Glaciolacustrine Environments
  • Modern Valley Glaciers - Sediments and Hydrology
  • Glacial Stratigraphy
  • Paleosols (time permitting)
  • Glacioaeolian Environments (time permitting)

Readings

  • Anderson, L.W. (1978). Cirque glacier erosion rates and characteristics of neoglacial tills, Pangnirtung Fiord area, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada. Arctic and Alpine Research, 10: 749-760.
  • Andrews, J.T. (1971). Englacial debris in glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 10: 410.
  • Boulton, G.S. (1970). On the origin and transport of englacial debris in Svalbard Glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 9: 213-229.
  • Boulton, G.S. (1970). Englacial debris in glaciers: Reply to the comments of Dr. J.T. Andrews. Journal of Glaciology, 10: 410.
  • Briner, J.P., Overeem, I, Miller, G. and Finkel, R. (2007) The deglaciation of Clyde Inlet, northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Quaternary Science, 22: 223-232.
  • Clarke, G.K.C., Leverington, D.W., Teller, J.T., Dyke, A.S. and Marshall, S.J. (2005). Fresh arguments against the Shaw megaflood hypothesis. A reply to comments by David Sharpe on “Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200 BP cold event”. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24: 1533-1541
  • Hattestrand, S.G., Naslund, J.-O., Fabel, D. and Stroeven, A.P. (2004). Drumlin formation time: Evidence from Northern and Central Sweden. Geografiska Annaler, 86A: 155-167.
  • Kerr, M. and Eyles, N. (2007). Origin of drumlins on the floor of Lake Ontario and in upper New York State. Sedimentary Geology, 193: 7-20.
  • Lewis, T., Francus, P. and Bradley, R.S. (2007). Limnology, sedimentology, and hydrology of a jökulhlaup into a meromictic High Arctic lake. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 44: 791-806
  • Lliboutry, L. (1987). Sliding of cold ice sheets. In: The Physical Basis of Ice Sheet Modelling. pp. 131-143. (Available in the Map Library)
  • Menzies, J., Zaniewski, K. and Dreger, D. (1997). Evidence, from microstructures, of deformable bed conditions within drumlins, Chimney Bluffs, New York State. Sedimentary Geology, 111: 161-175
  • Shaw, J. and Kvill, D. (1984). A glaciofluvial origin for drumlins of the Livingstone Lake area, Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 21: 1442-1459.
  • Shaw, J. and Sharpe, D.R. (1987). Drumlin formation by subglacial meltwater erosion. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 24: 2316-2322.
  • van der Meer, J.J.M., Menzies, J. and Rose, J. (2003). Subglacial till: the deforming glacier bed. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22: 1659 – 1685.
  • Vincent, W.F., Gibson, J.A.E., Pienitz, R. and Villeneuve, V. (2000). Ice Shelf Microbial Ecosystems in the High Arctic and Implications for Life on Snowball Earth. Naturwissenschaften, 87: 137-141.
  • Weertman, J. (1957). On the sliding of glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 3: 33-38.
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