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SUMMARY:The glaciation of the Antarctic Peninsula: a journey through time 
 - Neil Glasser (Aberystwyth University)
DTSTART:20140212T163000Z
DTEND:20140212T173000Z
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CONTACT:Poul Christoffersen
DESCRIPTION:The Antarctic Peninsula is warming rapidly. This warming is re
 sponsible for increased glacier and ice-shelf melting\, ice-shelf collapse
 \, glacier retreat and acceleration. If we want to put these much-publicis
 ed recent events into their wider context\, we have to look back in time t
 hrough the Quaternary for evidence of former ice volume\, controls on ice-
 volume changes and past rates and magnitudes of change. The Antarctic Peni
 nsula is a good place to do this because it contains a well-preserved reco
 rd of marine and terrestrial glaciations. In this talk\, I will present ne
 w evidence from fieldwork on James Ross Island about the location and exte
 nt of former ice-steams that impinged on the island. I will also present n
 ew cosmogenic isotope dates from erratic boulders transported onto James R
 oss Island from the Antarctic Peninsula and comment on when this former ic
 e stream existed.
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, main lecture theatre
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