Focus Area Groups
Focus Areas Detail
Glaciation and its control on hydrology
(Leader: Neil Glasser)
Scope
As one of the six new Focus Groups within TERPRO, the Glaciation and its Control on Hydrology Focus Group exists to stimulate and promote research on topics related to glacial processes, deposits, and history, especially in areas that investigate new frontiers in Quaternary science and incorporate multiple and cross-disciplinary research efforts, multi-national research, and involve developing countries.
Objectives
The Glaciation and its Control on Hydrology Focus Group has two main specific objectives:
- To understand better the controls on present glacier dynamics
The objective is to improve our understanding of the climatic controls on, and climatic sensitivity of, present day glaciers and ice sheets, in order to evaluate better their responsiveness and vulnerability to present and future climate change. It is also important to understand the implications of glacier hydrology and mass balance for water provision in water-scarce areas, and for hazard evaluation.
- To understand better the dynamics of past glaciers
The objective is to improve our understanding of the sensitivity of, and controls on, past glacier dynamics over long and short time scales within the context of rapidly changing deglacial climates. It is also important to consider the role of ice-bed processes in controlling glacier dynamics, and to evaluate these processes using geological (geophysical, geomorphological and sedimentological) evidence, and reconstruct past basal thermal and hydrological characteristics.
People involved
Neil Glasser
Centre for Glaciology
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of Wales
Aberystwyth, UK
nfg@aber.ac.uk
Jasper Knight
Department Geography
University of Exeter, UK
j.knight@exeter.ac.uk
Forthcoming events
Sessions at the 33rd IGC Congress in Oslo, 6 - 14 August 2008
http://www.33igc.org/coco/
(1) Subglacial environments: Processes, sediments, landforms, modelling and Experiments. Organisers: Jan A. Piotrowski, Chris D. Clark, David J.A. Evans
(2) Debris transport and deposition by glaciers. Organisers: Mike Hambrey, Neil Glasser, David Graham.
VII International Drumlin Symposium, March 2009 in western Ireland.
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