Theses glaciology
Current research projects of the Professorship of Glaciology are at the basis of the available Bachelor and Master's theses. The topics are offered primarily for students of Earth Science, Physics, Computational Science, Environmental Science, as well as Environmental Engineering, Geospatial Engineering, and Civil Engineering. Interested students are required to contact the persons indicated under “Contact Details” (see project descriptions below) before registering in ETH’s myStudies-portal.
ETH Zurich uses external pageSiROPcall_made to publish and search for scientific projects. Student topics in glaciology listed in SIROP are:
Analysis of paraglacial landslides using a global velocity dataset
Landslides are a dangerous natural hazard affecting the lives of people all over the world. This thesis will focus on the detection of paraglacial landslides from a global glacier-velocity dataset. The behavior of these sites throughout time will be analyzed and compared to an existing landslide database. Show details
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Landslide, glaciology, geospatial analysis
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-04-16
Earliest start: 2024-08-01
Latest end: 2025-03-31
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Walden Jane , Farinotti Daniel
Topics: Earth Sciences
West Antarctic Ice Sheet subglacial drainage and grounding zone seismicity
Antarctic ice sheets contribute significant uncertainty to sea level rise projections due to processes occurring deep beneath the ice. This project will use existing data from two passive seismic deployments to investigate the ice sheet – ice shelf transition of Kamb Ice Stream in West Antarctica. Show details
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Glaciology, Seismology, Antarctica, Ice Sheet, Ice Stream, Ice Shelf, Geophysics
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-04-12
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Farinotti Daniel , Horgan Huw
Topics: Earth Sciences
The role of englacial meltwater in the collapse of the Gorner-Grenzgletscher junction
The project will investigate the retreat and collapse of the Gorner-Grenzgletscher junction and quantify the role of englacial melt in the overall ice-loss budget. Show details
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Glaciology, hydrology, glacier-speleology, mapping
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-04-12
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Farinotti Daniel
Topics: Earth Sciences
The impact of a gold mine on Sary-Tor glacier in Central Asia
The surface mass balance of a glacier is critical in determining its long-term evolution. This thesis will explore the effect that the activities of a gold-mine operating next to a glacier has on the glacier mass balance. The area of interest is located in Kyrgyzstan and the project will make use of both numerical modelling and data collected in situ. Show details
Keywords
glaciology, glacier mass balance
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-04-12
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Farinotti Daniel
Topics: Earth Sciences
Analysis of seismic data from a paraglacial slope instability
Rapid glacier retreat due to ongoing climate change has a number of impacts, including the destabilization of adjacent mountain slopes. This thesis will analyze seismic data collected at a paraglacial landslide and disentangle various signals due to earthquake activity, iceberg calving events, and rockfall. Show details
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Seismology, landslide, glaciology
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-03-12
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Farinotti Daniel
Topics: Earth Sciences
Consolidating parameterizations of wind-driven snow accumulation over glaciers
Accurate modelling of glacier mass balance requires the representation of wind-driven snow transport. This thesis will investigate the performance of various parameterizations. Show details
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Glaciology, snow sciences
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Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-02-16
Organization: Glaciology (Prof. Farinotti)
Hosts: Farinotti Daniel
Topics: Earth Sciences
The topics are usually advertized as Master's theses, but might be suited for Bachelor theses or Project Works as well. This can be clarified upon request. Similarly, the topics are tagged as "Earth Sciences" but the works are open to students from all Departments as far as their study-direction allows. For further information or own project ideas, please contact Prof. Daniel Farinotti.