Southern Transantarctic Mountains, Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Constraints on the Last Ross Sea Ice Sheet from Glacial Deposits in the Southern Transantarctic Mountains Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica Brenda Hall, Gordon Bromley Dec. 4 – Dec. 31, 2010 During the last glacial maximum (LGM) the Antarctic Ice Sheet filled the Ross Embayment to a northern limit near Coulman […]
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Royal Society Range, Antarctic Ice Sheet Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the Last Two Glacial/Interglacial Cycles Brenda Hall, Stephanie Allard, Toby Koffman, Calvin Mako, Robin Arnold, Glenn McKenney December 2010 – February 2011 What is the role of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) in Quaternary climate change? Despite its importance to Earth’s climate […]
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Southern Hemisphere Mid-Latitudes, NZ 2010 The Anatomy of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) Climate Change in the Southern Hemisphere Mid-Latitudes: Paleoecological Temperature Reconstructions from Terrestrial Archives Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall, Marcus Vandergoes, Erin McCann Field Collaborators: Jamie Howarth, Delia Strong Date: January 4-23, 2011 Hypotheses about what drives ice age climate change remain clouded with ambiguities because the […]
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Garrand Andes Expedition – Tupungatito, Chile Paul Mayewski, Gino Casassa, Gonzalo & Sebastian Camps, Daniel Dixon, Bjorn Grigholm, Mario Potocki, Michael Morrison Tupungatito, Chile. February 4, 2011 – March 18, 2011
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West Greenland Lakes Exploring Climate-Induced Changes in West Greenland Lakes Kristin Ditzler Strock & Jasmine Saros, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine John Anderson, Loughborough University & Suzanne McGowan, University of Nottingham Dates: June 14th – June 28th 2011 Funding for this project was generously provided by the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund & […]
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Spatial Extrapolation of Melt and Mass Balance in the Central Alaska Range Dominic Winski, Seth Campbell, Kristin Schild May 9 – June 8, 2011 Funding for this project was generously provided by the Dan and Betty Churchill Exploration Fund. The primary goals of the 2011 field expedition are as follows: 1. Collect data on […]
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La Milpa, Belize An Investigation of Courtyard 100 & Kontanil Courtyard. May 19th, 2011 to June 16th, 2011. CCI Participants: Dr. Gregory Zaro, Walter Beckwith Other Collaborators: Dr. Brett Houk, Lindsey Moats & Vincent Sisneros (Texas Tech University) Funding Support: Dan and Betty Churchill Fund, Getty Archeological Fund & the National Geographic Society.09 […]
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Chao, Peru Geoarchaeology of the Salinas de Chao Paleo-embayment Elizabeth Olson July 17 – July 20, 2011 Funding Support: National Geographic Society, Dan & Betty Churchill Fund, & Marshall Cloyd The Chao paleo-embayment is located just south of the Chao River mouth. A relict escarpment with a log-spiral beach plan-view marks the paleo-embayment. The elevated […]
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Coastal North Pacific – Juneau Icefield Matthew Koehloer June 2011
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Tropical Andes Investigating Patterns of Late Pleistocene Glaciation in the Tropical Andes Gordon Bromley, Kurt Rademaker, Matthew Hegland June 15 – July 29, 2011 The primary objective of our project is to use glacial geology to reconstruct both the timing and magnitude of past climate events in the Andes of Peru. This record, ultimately, will […]
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