GEOL 397 - Seminar

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Open to GEOL majors only. The title, term of meeting, and credits for seminars will be announced to all geology majors. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Winter 2019, GEOL 397A-01: Seminar: Glaciology and Glacial Geology (3). Prerequisite: Geology majors, or GEOL 100 or 101 with instructor consent. For the last 30 million years, glaciers have marched to the orbital drumbeat of our cooling planet. Glacial advances and retreats are fundamental components of Neogene because of their erosion and deposition shape a good portion of the geological record, and their appearance alters sea level, climate, and tectonics. This seminar explores the creation, movement, and disappearance of glacial ice, the morphology of glaciers, and the landforms and deposits they leave behind. We use textbooks, primary geological literature, numerical and analogue modeling, and discussion to explore the breadth of this field. Harbor.