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Research Interests
The processes that determine the hydrochemistry and biogeochemistry of high-elevation basins including the storage and release of solutes from the snowpack, biogeochemical modifications of snowpack runoff, nutrient cycling, and hydrologic pathways and residence time. Current projects include the Rocky Mountains, Ecuadorian and Bolivian Andes, and Central Asian areas of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, and China.
Recent Courses Include
- Spring 2017ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý3251Ìý(3)ÌýMountain Geography
- Spring 2017ÌýÌýGEOGÌý4311/5100-001 (3)ÌýWatershed Biogeochemistry
- Fall 2016ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý3251Ìý(3)ÌýMountain Geography
- Fall 2016ÌýÌýGEOGÌý5241-001 (3)ÌýTopics in Physical Geog: Mountain Hydrology
- Spring 2016ÌýÌý³Ò·¡°¿³ÒÌý4321/5321Ìý(4)ÌýSnow Hydrology
Selected Publications
Leopold M, Williams MW, Caine N, Volkel J, Dethier D. (2011).ÌýInternal Structure of the Green Lake 5 Rock Glacier, Colorado Front Range, USA.ÌýPermafrost and Periglacial Processes. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).Ìý
Freppaz M, D Godone, G Filippa, M Maggioni, S Lunardi, MW Williams, E Zanini. (2010).ÌýSoil Erosion Caused by Snow Avalanches: A Case Study in the Aosta Valley (NW-ITALY).ÌýArctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 412-421.
Schmidt S.K., R.C. Lynch, A.J. King, D. Karki, M.S. Robeson, L. Nagy, M.W. Williams, M.S. Mitter, and K.R. Freeman. (2010).ÌýPhylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica.ÌýProceedings of the Royal Society. B, pp 1-7.Ìý
Williams MW, TA Erickson, and JL Petrzelka. (2010).ÌýVisualizing meltwater flow through snow at the centimetre-to-metre scale using a snow guillotine.ÌýHydrological Processes.Ìý
Filippa G, M Freppaz, MW Williams, E Zanini. (in press).ÌýMajor Element Chemistry in inner-alpine Snowpacks (Aosta Valley Region, North Western Italy).ÌýCold Regions Science and Technology.Ìý
Publications updated February 2011