Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri 16 October
16:00 - 17:00
Location
CO304, Cotton Building, VUW
Black Rapids Glacier, a ~250 km2 valley glacier located in the Eastern Alaska Range, is special in many ways. It is a surge-type glacier located right on the active Denali Fault. In 2002, parts of its ablation area were covered by three massive rockslides. Christian Kienholz is working on Black Rapids for his PhD at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, mainly interested in the past and the future changes (1980 to 2100) of this fascinating glacier. For his Black Rapids research, Christian is using a wide range of datasets and methods (ground-based and remotely sensed measurements, mass balance modelling) that he will present in the seminar.
In addition to the Black Rapids work, Christian will give a more general overview on Alaska’s glaciers, and show some photographs from various field trips across Alaska. Finally, Christian will give a quick overview on the research done in the Glaciers Group at UAF’s Geophysical Institute.
Christian Kienholz is visiting the Antaractic Research Centre as an S.T Lee travel award recipient from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Christian is a Geophysics PhD candidate focusing on glacier monitoring using remote sensing and GIS-based methods as well as glacier modelling using surface mass balance and ice flow models.
ALL WELCOME