Glaciers-formation and movement; Glacier mass balance; Ice core analyses; Glacier dynamics; Glacier hydrology; Temperature conditions in glaciers; Remote sensing techniques in glaciology; Dynamic meteorology; Review of past changes in Earth's climate system with emphasis on the climate during the Quaternary period, Climate change causes; Techniques used to reconstruct paleoclimate records from ice cores.
Text/Reference Books:
- Bennett, Matthew M. and Glasser, Neil F., Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms, Willey
- Jouzel, Jean, Lorius, Claude and Raynaud, Dominique, The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World, Princeton University Press
- Douglas Benn and David J A Evans , Glaciers and Glaciation , Routledge
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