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 2017听听骋贰翱骋听3251听(3)听Mountain Geography
- Spring 2017听听GEOG听4311/5100-001 (3)听Watershed Biogeochemistry
- Fall 2016听听骋贰翱骋听3251听(3)听Mountain Geography
- Fall 2016听听GEOG听5241-001 (3)听Topics in Physical Geog: Mountain Hydrology
- Spring 2016听听骋贰翱骋听4321/5321听(4)听Snow Hydrology
Selected Publications
Leopold M, Williams MW, Caine N, Volkel J, Dethier D. (2011).听Internal Structure of the Green Lake 5 Rock Glacier, Colorado Front Range, USA.听Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).听
Freppaz M, D Godone, G Filippa, M Maggioni, S Lunardi, MW Williams, E Zanini. (2010).听Soil Erosion Caused by Snow Avalanches: A Case Study in the Aosta Valley (NW-ITALY).听Arctic, 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).听Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica.听Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, pp 1-7.听
Williams MW, TA Erickson, and JL Petrzelka. (2010).听Visualizing meltwater flow through snow at the centimetre-to-metre scale using a snow guillotine.听Hydrological Processes.听
Filippa G, M Freppaz, MW Williams, E Zanini. (in press).听Major Element Chemistry in inner-alpine Snowpacks (Aosta Valley Region, North Western Italy).听Cold Regions Science and Technology.听
Publications updated February 2011
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