CANQUA - CGRG Bi-Annual Meeting,
Simon Fraser University , Burnaby Campus, May 3-8 th , 2009
The session schedule has now been determined. Once session chairs have determined the specific ordering of talks, a more detailed schedule will be posted. (click here for pdf of the session schedule)
Beyond the Ice Sheets: New Records and Approaches to Beringia and the Unglaciated Fringes of North American Ice Sheets
This session focuses on new approaches to examining the diverse archives preserved beyond the ice sheets, including loess and sedimentary sequences, paleobotanical, geomorphic and geocryological recoreds, and ancient biomolecules. Duane Froese (UofA) and Grant Zazula ( Yukon Heritage)
Special Session in Honor of Bob Gilbert's Retirement in 2009 - Sponsored by CGRG
Bob Gilbert has had a long and distinguished carrier in Quaternary science. This session will bring together friends and colleagues to celebrate this momentous event. Scott Lamoureux ( Queens ), Brian Menounos (UNBC) and Joe Desloges (UofT)
Glaciological Aspects of Interest to Quaternarists and Geomorphologists
This session focuses on the physics of internal glacial and subglacial processes that are relevant to the interpretation of the Quaternary record from basin to continental scales. Gwenn Flowers (SFU)
New Advances and Techniques of Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides
Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) studies are revolutionizing Quaternary research by allowing burial times to be estimated, erosion rates to be calculated and surfaces to be dated beyond the limit of radiocarbon dating. This session will highlight case studies and recent advances. John Gosse (Dalhousie)
Postglacial Landscape Adjustment - CANCELLED
Most of the Canadian landscape is conditioned by its recent glacial legacy, and its current state of disequilibrium results in an environment extremely sensitive to climate change. This session will bring together researchers exploring the causes, processes and consequences of landscape adjustment in formerly glaciated regions following ice sheet decay.
Tracy Brennand (SFU) and Olav Lian (UFV)
Paleo-ice sheet dynamics
This session focuses on the application of geomorphic and geologic inversion to reconstruct paleo-ice sheet dynamics. Tracy Brennand (SFU) and Olav Lian (UFV)
Putting the Ecology Back into Paleoecology - Sponsored by the Canadian Association of Palynologists
This session focuses on the ecological component of Quaternary science – the ecology of species, the mechanism that makes fossil-based paleoenvironmental reconstruction possible.Terri Lacourse (UVic) and Marlow Pellatt (Parks Canada)
Sedimentary Processes and Landscape Evolution - Sponsored by CGRG
This session explores sedimentation processes in rivers, lakes and aeolian and marine environments and their linkages to the development of the contemporary landscape. Jeremy Venditti (SFU)
Coastal Pacific Northwest Deglaciation, Biogeography, and Implications for Early Human Presence
A key area of interest within the session would be island biogeography, specifically the early postglacial communities of plants and animals and how each facilitated the dispersal of the other as the ice retreated. Michael Wilson ( Douglas College and SFU) and Estella Leopold (U of W)
Natural Hazards and Risk – Sponsored by the SFU Centre for Natural Hazard Research and CGRG
This session brings together researchers working on hazardous natural processes and the risks they pose. Dan Shugar and John Clague (SFU)
General Session
Have some exciting research you would like to present that doesn't fit into the above sessions? This is the place for you!
Peter Bobrowsky (GSC)
Workshop: Meltwater routing and Ocean-Cryosphere-Atmosphere response (MOCA)
on North American deglaciation
A workshop Monday evening (7 PM) to discuss refining the ice margin chronology and other constraint data-sets for the last deglaciation of North America.
Lev Tarasov (Memorial University)
