651-1506-00L The High-Mountain Cryosphere: Processes and Risks (University of Zurich)
Semester | Frühjahrssemester 2016 |
Dozierende | Uni-Dozierende |
Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kommentar | Der Kurs muss direkt an der UZH belegt werden. UZH Modulkürzel: GEO856 Beachten Sie die Einschreibungstermine an der UZH: Link |
Lehrveranstaltungen
Nummer | Titel | Umfang | Dozierende | ||||
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651-1506-00 G | The High-Mountain Cryosphere: Processes and Risks **Course at Uni Zurich** | 2 Std. |
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Katalogdaten
Kurzbeschreibung | Part I: Hazards in glacierized high-mountain regions Hazard assessments in cold high-mountain areas with respect to glaciers and permafrost. Part II: Paleoglaciology Ice-related aspects of the recent earth and climate history (Ice Age, Holocene, 20. century): reconstruction/modeling of past glaciers/ice sheets and interpretation of information from ice cores. |
Lernziel | Part I: Hazards in glacierized high-mountain regions Knowledge about integrative hazard assessment techniques in high-mountain areas under conditions of climate change. Part II: Paleoglaciology Understanding of the role of glaciers and ice sheets in the climate system through time since the last Ice Age; knowledge of corresponding reconstruction techniques and of the glaciological basis for ice core interpretation. |
Inhalt | Part I: Natural hazards in glacierised mountain regions - Introduction and instruction e-learning, Hazard/risk concepts - Introduction to Part II, Paleoglaciology - e-learning glacier floods and ice avalanches - Comments on glacier floods, Comments on ice avalanches, climate-induced glacier changes - Recent case studies - Application of remote sensing, Principles and applications of numerical mass movement models - Glacier-clad volcanoes - Feedbacks on exercises and test Part II: Paleoglaciology 2-day block course (Friday and Saturday) Including written test on Paleoglaciology, Subjects include: - Former glaciers/ice sheets: outlines and geometry - Former glaciers/ice sheets: flow, mass turnover, temperature, etc. - Former glaciers/ice sheets: changes in time - Ice cores: archive (embedding) characteristics - Ice cores: Information carriers, polar und alpine examples - Nuclear waste disposal and ice ages, climate change and sea level |
Skript | Paleoglaciology (about 100p.) Hazards in glacierized high-mountain regions (about 100p.) available at the Geography Department, University of Zurich |
Literatur | rich reference list in lecture notes |
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Precondition - Getscher und Permafrost (651-4073-00) |
Leistungskontrolle
Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird) | |
Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs | |
ECTS Kreditpunkte | 3 KP |
Prüfende | |
Form | benotete Semesterleistung |
Prüfungssprache | Englisch |
Repetition | Repetition ohne erneute Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich. |
Zusatzinformation zum Prüfungsmodus | Registration modalities, date and venue of this performance assessment are specified solely by the UZH. |
Lernmaterialien
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Es werden nur die öffentlichen Lernmaterialien aufgeführt. |
Gruppen
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Einschränkungen
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