Palaeo-Ice Stream International Symposium

17 - 20 October 2001, University of Aarhus,
Denmark
INQUA Commission on Glaciation

Convenors and scientific committee:
David J.A. Evans (Glasgow) devans@geog.gla.ac.uk
Jan A. Piotrowski (Aarhus) jan.piotrowski@geo.aau.dk
Chris D. Clark (Sheffield) c.clark@sheffield.ac.uk

It has been shown that Quaternary ice sheets were profoundly, and arguably catastrophically, influenced by the operation of transitory ice streaming. Ice streams are thought to have acted as regulators of Quaternary ice sheet geometry and thickness, and to have facilitated rapid ice disintegration at glacial terminations. It is imperative that we can identify palaeo-ice stream tracks, elucidate the controls on ice stream activation and functioning, and assess their mass balance effects on ice sheet dynamics and retreat. This will lead to a better appreciation of the role that ice streams play in determining and modulating ice sheet function and behaviour, and their interaction with climate.

Invited speakers:
Hans Petter Sejrup (University of Bergen) – Configuration, history and impact of the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream
Don Blankenship (University of Texas at Austin) – The influence of subglacial geology on ice stream processes and ice stream evolution in West Antarctica

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