QEG
@qeguom.bsky.social
The Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology research group at the Geography Department of the University of Manchester
URL: https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/research/groups/quaternary-environments-geoarchaeology/
URL: https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/geography/research/groups/quaternary-environments-geoarchaeology/
A reminder for this guest lecture. We are really excited to host Kirsty & Marc from NEaar (North East Amino Acid Racemization) laboratory at the University of York.
Fri 18th Oct at 4.30
With thanks to @quaternaryra.bsky.social
for sponsoring the event!
Fri 18th Oct at 4.30
With thanks to @quaternaryra.bsky.social
for sponsoring the event!
October 9, 2024 at 3:57 PM
A reminder for this guest lecture. We are really excited to host Kirsty & Marc from NEaar (North East Amino Acid Racemization) laboratory at the University of York.
Fri 18th Oct at 4.30
With thanks to @quaternaryra.bsky.social
for sponsoring the event!
Fri 18th Oct at 4.30
With thanks to @quaternaryra.bsky.social
for sponsoring the event!
Roll up (your trousers?) & come & explore what’s in the mud beneath your feet with us on the 25th Sept 2024 6:00-8:30 pm in the wonderful Manchester Museum building during the #WildResearchersNight
#mud #geography #Quaternary #pollen #sand
#mud #geography #Quaternary #pollen #sand
September 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Roll up (your trousers?) & come & explore what’s in the mud beneath your feet with us on the 25th Sept 2024 6:00-8:30 pm in the wonderful Manchester Museum building during the #WildResearchersNight
#mud #geography #Quaternary #pollen #sand
#mud #geography #Quaternary #pollen #sand
Our final speaker Jane Hart looking at how to quantify subglacial processes in soft bedded glaciers with some fabulous field kit
& thanks to Jane for all her ongoing work as President of @quaternaryra.bsky.social
& thanks to Jane for all her ongoing work as President of @quaternaryra.bsky.social
January 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Our final speaker Jane Hart looking at how to quantify subglacial processes in soft bedded glaciers with some fabulous field kit
& thanks to Jane for all her ongoing work as President of @quaternaryra.bsky.social
& thanks to Jane for all her ongoing work as President of @quaternaryra.bsky.social
Amy Lally with stunning imagery from UAVs for the retreat of ice in SE Iceland at fantastic spatial resolution
January 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Amy Lally with stunning imagery from UAVs for the retreat of ice in SE Iceland at fantastic spatial resolution
Carla Huynh takes us to southernmost Patagonia to explore two palaeo-paradoxes & ideas about how to resolve them
January 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Carla Huynh takes us to southernmost Patagonia to explore two palaeo-paradoxes & ideas about how to resolve them
Niall Gandy continues with the simulation theme, to think about how we model ice streams & some concerns about scaling
January 6, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Niall Gandy continues with the simulation theme, to think about how we model ice streams & some concerns about scaling
(Catch up) Irene Waajen presented a fantastic record through the Brown Bank Formation, which records the MIS5-4 transition in the North Sea
January 6, 2024 at 2:47 PM
(Catch up) Irene Waajen presented a fantastic record through the Brown Bank Formation, which records the MIS5-4 transition in the North Sea
Jeremy Ely taking us into the world of model simulations, in the context of the Greenland Ice Sheet
January 6, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Jeremy Ely taking us into the world of model simulations, in the context of the Greenland Ice Sheet
More from PalGlac on Scandinavian Ice Sheet from Ben Boyes using wonderful LiDAR imagery to reconstruct ice marginal patterns, ice dammed lake dams, meltwater route formlines and bedform flowsets
January 6, 2024 at 12:41 PM
More from PalGlac on Scandinavian Ice Sheet from Ben Boyes using wonderful LiDAR imagery to reconstruct ice marginal patterns, ice dammed lake dams, meltwater route formlines and bedform flowsets
Helen Dulfer presenting work as part of PalGlac project about reconstructing the former ice margin(s) of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet
January 6, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Helen Dulfer presenting work as part of PalGlac project about reconstructing the former ice margin(s) of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet
Gwyn Rivers shares wonderful imagery & insights into the formation of De Geer Moraines and Crevasse-Squeeze Ridges
Have a look at 2023 paper ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Have a look at 2023 paper ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
January 6, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Gwyn Rivers shares wonderful imagery & insights into the formation of De Geer Moraines and Crevasse-Squeeze Ridges
Have a look at 2023 paper ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Have a look at 2023 paper ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
QEG’s Phil Hughes (& our Geography UoM HoD) takes us to the High Atlas to investigate Pleistocene & Holocene glaciation
January 6, 2024 at 11:52 AM
QEG’s Phil Hughes (& our Geography UoM HoD) takes us to the High Atlas to investigate Pleistocene & Holocene glaciation
Neil McDonald exploring Minch palaeo-ice stream laminations
You can read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...
You can read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...
January 6, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Neil McDonald exploring Minch palaeo-ice stream laminations
You can read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...
You can read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...
Louise Callard took us to the NE Greenland Ice Stream, using marine core sediments to reconstruct ice-ocean interactions over the past 19,000 years using marine cores
January 6, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Louise Callard took us to the NE Greenland Ice Stream, using marine core sediments to reconstruct ice-ocean interactions over the past 19,000 years using marine cores
Rosie Archer and Tessa Spano exploring the barriers to talking about barriers to women’s inclusion in Quaternary Science & Geoscience more broadly
January 6, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Rosie Archer and Tessa Spano exploring the barriers to talking about barriers to women’s inclusion in Quaternary Science & Geoscience more broadly
First up in session 4 is Becky Briant exploring the problems of parachute science and the vital impetus for ensuring ethical and equitable knowledge production
January 6, 2024 at 9:23 AM
First up in session 4 is Becky Briant exploring the problems of parachute science and the vital impetus for ensuring ethical and equitable knowledge production
Will Fletcher (QEG) Holcroft Moss - impact of the industrial revolution on ecology of this peat bog, proximal to Manchester.
He shares some of historical artwork that captures this before presenting abiotic & biotic proxies from the peat
explore the record further here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
He shares some of historical artwork that captures this before presenting abiotic & biotic proxies from the peat
explore the record further here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
January 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Will Fletcher (QEG) Holcroft Moss - impact of the industrial revolution on ecology of this peat bog, proximal to Manchester.
He shares some of historical artwork that captures this before presenting abiotic & biotic proxies from the peat
explore the record further here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
He shares some of historical artwork that captures this before presenting abiotic & biotic proxies from the peat
explore the record further here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Back to Diss Mere with @lauraboyall.bsky.social
The record shows an increase in anthropogenic activity through time. Iron age land use change (deforestation) and then a further intensification during building of the market town.
The record shows an increase in anthropogenic activity through time. Iron age land use change (deforestation) and then a further intensification during building of the market town.
January 5, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Back to Diss Mere with @lauraboyall.bsky.social
The record shows an increase in anthropogenic activity through time. Iron age land use change (deforestation) and then a further intensification during building of the market town.
The record shows an increase in anthropogenic activity through time. Iron age land use change (deforestation) and then a further intensification during building of the market town.
Dael Sassoon from QEG presenting his PhD work on Amazonian Peatlands.
High-res palynology & geochemistry to reconstruct vegetation change & the flooding regime
Read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/jqs....
High-res palynology & geochemistry to reconstruct vegetation change & the flooding regime
Read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/jqs....
January 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Dael Sassoon from QEG presenting his PhD work on Amazonian Peatlands.
High-res palynology & geochemistry to reconstruct vegetation change & the flooding regime
Read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/jqs....
High-res palynology & geochemistry to reconstruct vegetation change & the flooding regime
Read more ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/jqs....
Kaja Fenn showing how zircon grain geochemistry points to a variety of sources/provenances of Danubian Loess
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
January 5, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Kaja Fenn showing how zircon grain geochemistry points to a variety of sources/provenances of Danubian Loess
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
More here doi.org/10.1016/j.ea...
Tony Brown talking sedaDNA for Holocene records in the UK
January 5, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Tony Brown talking sedaDNA for Holocene records in the UK
A preponderance of pingos?!
Records spanning 14.7 ka
Records spanning 14.7 ka
January 5, 2024 at 1:07 PM
A preponderance of pingos?!
Records spanning 14.7 ka
Records spanning 14.7 ka
Poppy Harding takes us to SE Siberia, a region currently very susceptible to climatic change. The diatom record in Lake Baunt (lake has a small catchment giving a regional-to-local insight) from 35 to 5 cal Kyr B.P.
January 5, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Poppy Harding takes us to SE Siberia, a region currently very susceptible to climatic change. The diatom record in Lake Baunt (lake has a small catchment giving a regional-to-local insight) from 35 to 5 cal Kyr B.P.
Helen Roe presenting about the Mazama Tephra across the NW of North America, with 3 research questions about the season of eruption, the duration of eruption & its climatic impacts
January 5, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Helen Roe presenting about the Mazama Tephra across the NW of North America, with 3 research questions about the season of eruption, the duration of eruption & its climatic impacts