Glacial Geology and Geomorphology is an electronic journal of The British Geomorphological Research Group developed by The Queen's University of Belfast and published by The BGRG. It is both a refereed academic journal and a general area in the WWW for access to important sites and information. Journal articles cover glacial sediments, glacial processes, fluvio-glacial and glacio-marine research and ... Full description.

This web page provides a scientific paper written by a glaciologist and published on the web by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration. It focuses on the use of detailed digital image data to track small changes indicative of regional trends in glacier mass balance. If observed over a long enough period of time in many different geographic settings, glacier-terminus position changes can ... Full description.

This is the sea ice analysis page of the Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Users can access images of sea ice extent that can be animated to show the previous 30 days activity. Images are available for the entire globe, the Northern Hemisphere (Alsaka, Sea of Okhotsk, and Sea of Japan), and the Southern Hemisphere (Weddell Polynya ... Full description.

This site contains lecture notes to accompany one chapter/lecture of a physical geology course using the text, The Dynamic Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 4th Edition, by Brian J. Skinner and Stephen C. Porter. Subtopics include glaciers, glacial deposits, glacial features, glaciation, and glacial ages. Full description.

This page shows a sketch color graphic of alpine valley glaciation with the features: horn, col, arrete, cirque, glacial trough, crevasse, and hanging valley. Users can click on the sidebar for each feature to get a three dimensional thumbnail animation illustrating the process. Full description.

This article is a Why Files short piece on the melting of tropical glaciers. Geologist Lonnie Thompson has reported that ice in tropical regions is melting fast, and glaciers are retreating at an accelerating rate. In 2000, Thompson found that the icecap on Kilimanjaro in East Africa had lost 82 percent of its area in 88 years. Researchers found similar results for glaciers in the Andes Mountains ... Full description.

This is a Why Files article on rapid snow slides, or avalanches. Topics covered include: hazards, causes, forecasting, safety, and snowflakes. Three researchers and an avalanche center specialist were interviewed for this article. Full description.

This park is home to the Fairweather Mountains, which formed during the Laramide Orogeny, as well as many glaciers. The site includes introductory information about glacial formation and icebergs, links to park maps, and visitor information. Full description.

This National Park Service (NPS) site provides links to geology fieldnotes about National Parks, National Monuments, and National Recreation Areas having to do with glaciers. Where appropriate links are provided to geology, visitor information, photographs, maps, multimedia resources, related links, and teacher features (resources for teaching geology with National Park examples). This site divides ... Full description.

This United States Geological Survey (USGS) publication is part of a series entitled "Geologic Wonders of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests". The article covers an area from Strasburg to Harrisonburg, Virginia along I-81 that shows evidence of glaciation. A description of the Ice Age, block fields and how they formed, and uses of block fields are discussed. Additional reading resources ... Full description.