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Image: Canada Glacier at 1 am, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Andrew G. Fountain Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Geology and Geography
Address: Department of Geology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97201
andrew@pdx.edu

I have studied glaciers in both polar regions and the American West. My specialty is alpine glaciers, as opposed to tidewater glaciers and ice sheets. Past projects have focused on water flow though glaciers and the effects of climate warming on glaciers. Other research activities include the physical and biological characteristics of cryoconite holes, landscape changes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, and the human history of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Current Research Published Articles Glaciers of the American West

Curriculum Vitae Career Trajectory

Upper left - Lower Curtis Glacier, Mount Shucksan, Washington. Lower left - Sourdough Glacier (2009), Wind River Range, Wyoming (photo credit: John Scurlock). Right - unnamed glacier in northern Sweden.

Andrew G. Fountain Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Geology and Geography Address: Department of Geology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97201andrew@pdx.edu

Andrew G. Fountain Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Geology and Geography
Address: Department of Geology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97201
andrew@pdx.edu