Pre-requisite modules
Co-requisite modules
- None
Prohibited combinations
- None
Occurrence | Teaching cycle |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 |
This module aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the vital links between climate and the response of glaciers and ice-sheets. It will equip students with an understanding of key fundamental concepts, and an ability to critically examine evidence for climatic change in the cryospheric record. The module will also introduce students to the role of numerical models in glaciological studies, and it will introduce them to key contemporary issues in the field of glaciology and climate change through guided reading of peer-reviewed scientific papers.
By the end of the module students will develop:
Generic / Employability Skills:
The module will provide students with a very specific range of skills and abilities related to the field of glacier-climate interactions. It will also introduce students to a range of approaches for exploring glacier change. These include:
More, generic skills that will arise from this are:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Coursework |
N/A | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Coursework |
N/A | 100 |
Feedback on the assessment will be provided as detailed written comments on returned work. Detailed comments giving generic information on good practice, relevant to the whole class, will also be provided and disseminated via the VLE. A dedicated troubleshooting class will also be provided shortly before the assessment hand-in date, to enable students to address any final issues relating to their assessment.
Bamber, J.L. and A.J. Payne. 2004. Mass Balance of the Cryosphere: Observations and Modelling of Contemporary and Future Changes. Cambridge University Press, 662pp
Benn D. and D.J. Evans. 2010. Glaciers and Glaciation (2nd edition). Hodder Education, 816pp
Bennett M.W. and N.F. Glasser. 2009. Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms (2nd edition). Wiley-Blackwell, 400pp
Cuffey, K.M. and W.S.B. Patterson. 2010. The Physics of Glaciers (4th edition). Academic Press, 704pp
Hambrey, M.J. 1994. Glacial environments. UCL Press, 302pp
Holden, J. 2010. An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment (2nd edition). Prentice Hall
Hubbard, B. and N.F. Glasser. 2005. Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology. Wiley-Blackwell, 412pp
Knight, P.G. 2009. Glacier Science and Environmental Change. Wiley-Blackwell, 544pp
Siegert, M.J. 2001. Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change. Wiley-Blackwell, 248pp
Van der Veen, C.J. 1999. Fundamentals of Glacier Dynamics. Balkema, Rotterdam, 462pp