EAM0830 - TECHNIQUES IN GLACIOLOGY

Module Identifier	EAM0830
Module Title	TECHNIQUES IN GLACIOLOGY
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Dr Bryn P Hubbard
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Giles H Brown, Professor Michael J Hambrey, Dr Neil F Glasser, Professor John W Pomeroy
Course delivery	Lecture	10 Hours 10 x 2 hours
	Seminars / Tutorials	5 x 1 hour
	Practical	Practicals / Field Days. 5 x 1 hour lecture course practicals; 3 days x 8 hours fieldwork
Assessment	Semester Assessment	Project Report: Lecture course projects reports 4 x 10%	40%
	Semester Assessment	Report: Fieldwork report	40%
	Semester Assessment	Essay:	20%
	Supplementary Assessment	Failed reports and essays can be resubmitted to the IGES office on or before the first day of the Summer resit period (normally mid-August).

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to

explain the operation of ice masses in our environment and the causes and consequences of their response to changing environmental conditions

design and plan coherent projects to investigate glaciological issues

undertake field, laboratory and computer based research programmes in glaciology.

Brief description

Students will be introduced to the full range of research issues in contemporary glaciology, along with the methods and techniques that are currently used to address those issues. In particular the module will focus on equipping students with the knowledge and technology to enable them to design and conduct independent research projects - whether in a commercial or academic context. Much of the module will adopt a `hands-on? approach to glaciology, with practical sessions in, for example, clast fabric analysis, micro data-logger programming and simple numerical modelling.

The fieldwork component of the module will be undertaken in North Wales, investigating palaeo-glacier dynamics on the basis of the geomorphology of the Snowdon Horseshoe and interpreting the Late glacial sedimentary record at Port Neigwl.

Reading Lists

Books
Hambrey M J. (1994) Glacial Environments.
Tucker, M E. (1988) Techniques in Sedimentology.
Sharp, M , Richards, K & Tranter, M. (1998) Glacier Hydrology and Hydrochemistry.
Paterson, W S B. (1994) The Physics of Glaciers. 3rd.

Journals
(1997) Quarternary Science Reviews Vol 16. This special issue includes many useful technique-based review papers.