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Paleoglaciology research
Our research is mainly aimed at 1) enhancing understanding of past ice sheet dynamics and hydrology in order to better predict the behaviour of present day ice sheets, 2) building knowledge of Quaternary environmental change, and 3) applying this knowledge to assist in the inventory and management of Canada's natural resources (e.g., groundwater, aggregates, minerals). We are currently pursuing projects in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. We employ a combination of digital terrain modeling, topographic surveying, remote sensing, sedimentology, shallow geophysical techniques and geochronology in our research. Recently, we have also been investigating the action of water on Mars through the use of terrestrial analogues. The main themes of our recent and ongoing research include: 1) Paleo-ice sheet hydrology: structure, operation and evolution of meltwater drainage systems of past ice sheets 2) Paleo-ice sheet dynamics: subglacial landsystem genesis and the style of past ice sheet decay 3) Paleoenvironmental change: the Quaternary paleoenvironmental record of basin and valley fills 4) Planetary geomorphology: the action of water on Mars Research collaborators Andrew Perkins (SFU), Matt Burke (U Liverpool, UK), Jared Peters (U Ulster, UK), Jonny Cripps (SFU), Marco Jorge (SFU), Jerome Lesemann (Vancouver Island U), Tim Johnsen (Imperial Oil, Calgary), Christina Neudorf (U Fraser Valley), Olav Lian (U Fraser Valley), Darren Sjogren (U Calgary), Dave Sharpe (GSC), Hazen Russell (GSC), Devon Burr (U Tennessee, USA), Paul Carling (U Southhampton, UK) |
