JDM 632E - Permafrost Dynamics and Landscapes

Course Objectives

1. To teach students past and present geocryology (excl. glacier ice) with permafrost distribution and landforms,
2. To teach active and inactive cryogenic processes and frost action,
3. To show impacts of climate change in permafrost and periglacial landscape including the multidisciplinary methods used for doing the research on this.

Course Description

This course is concerned with earth surface cryogenic processes and landforms present in (Sub) Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain environments. It highlights permafrost dynamics and landscapes as a part of cold, non-glacial geosciences. The focus is on multidisciplinary research and its results carried out upon modern permafrost change and relict permafrost features. It includes geomorphological, hydrological, and engineering aspects.