A dynamic perspective to glacier and ice sheet reconstruction using numerical flow modelling
Prof. Andreas Vieli (University of Zürich) will visit the department Tuesday and Wednesday 3-4 May, and will give a department seminar on Tuesday. Vieli is a leading expert in combining past and present field data with ice sheet and glacier models
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Prof. Andreas Vieli (University of Zürich) will visit the department Tuesday and Wednesday 3-4 May, and will give a department seminar on Tuesday. Vieli is a leading expert in combining past and present field data with ice sheet and glacier models, and is a guest of Kerim Nisancioglu, Henning Åkesson and Øyvind Paasche.
What: A dynamic perspective to glacier and ice sheet reconstruction using numerical flow modelling
Who: Andreas Vieli, University of Zürich
When: Tuesday 3 May, 10.15
Where: Auditorium 2, ground floor, Realfagbygget
Abstract:
Reconstructions of glaciers and ice sheets are often based on snapshots in time and space and assumptions of relatively stable conditions. This presentation will try to use numerical flow modelling in conjunction with paleo-records to investigate the dynamic and time-transient aspects of past glacier and ice sheet behaviour and discuss potential implications on reconstructions. These aspect will be illustrated on examples from the former British ice sheet and Lake District valley glaciers, a small ice cap in Greenland and marine based palaeo ice-streams in Antarctica
Hope to see many of you there,
Henning, Kerim and Øyvind