Subject Code::CL6L212	Name: Glaciology and Paleoclimate	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit:3
Pre-requisite(s):
Introduction to Glacial Environments; Glacier Mass Balance; Supraglacial, Englacial, and Basal Hydrology; Glacier Dynamics I - Internal Deformation; Glacier Dynamics II - Basal Sliding; Glacier Dynamics III - the Role of Deformable Sediments; Glacier Surging; Ice Cores: Glaciological Aspects and the Climate Record, applications of remote sensing techniques for glacial change monitoring w.r.t climate change. Text/Reference Books: 1. Thomas M Cronin: Paleoclimates: Understanding Climate Change Past and Present, Columbia University Press. 2. Raymod S Bradley: Paleoclimatology, Volume 68, Second Edition: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary (International Geophysics), Academic Press 3. K M Cuffey and W S B Paterson: The physics of Glaciers, Academic Press 4. C J Van der veen: Fundamentals of Glacier Dynamics, CRC Pres