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GEOL 3130

Glacial Systems

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2024

Topics

  • global, and local, hydrology. The impact of global climate change
  • the changes observed in glacial landscapes but the impact of those changes
  • across the globe – especially in coastal communities
  • depositional and erosional,
  • placed on the glacial history of Canada and Northwestern Ontario
  • systems concepts
  • Glaciers and Glacier Dynamics
  • Distribution of Glaciers (modern and historical)
  • Glacial Erosion
  • Processes
  • Landscapes and Landforms
  • Glacial Deposition
  • Glaciofluvial processes
  • Erosion
  • Deposition
  • Landforms
  • Time permitting
  • Glacial history of Northwestern Ontario

Readings

  • Optional: Glaciers & Glaciation, 2nd Edition
  • Optional: Benn, D.I. and Evans, D.J.A., 2010, Hodder Education, 802 p. Paterson Books - 3rd Floor GB 2403.2 B44 1998
  • Optional: Glaciers and landscape: a geomorphological approach. David E. Sugden, Brian S. John. Paterson Books - 3rd Floor GB 2403.2 S9 1976
Sources