Organised by:
Quaternary Research Association
Venue:
Blencathra Field Studies Centre, Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4SG
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
Overview
This meeting will consider some recent and ongoing
Quaternary research in the Lake District, with the
emphasis on glaciation and longer-term landscape
development. The programme of field visits and
short, evening presentations covers a range of topics,
including:
- cirques;
- rock slope failure and landscape development;
- glaciation style and moraine development;
- subglacial landforms;
- relative dating of glacial depositional landforms(morphostratigraphy, soil chronosequences); and
- deglacial history of Windermere (and models ofpost-LGM deglaciation)
Outline Programme (provisional)
- Thursday 21 May: Arrive in time for evening meal.
Introductory talks.
- Friday 22 May: Fieldwork all day [Hayeswater, Pasture Beck, Clough Head / Threlkeld Knotts].
Evening short talks TBC.
- Saturday 23 May: Fieldwork all day [Honister Pass, Robinson, Wasdale Head and Mosedale].
Evening short talks TBC.
- Sunday 24 May: Fieldwork until ~2 pm [Deepdale].
Field meeting ends.
Organisers
Des McDougall (Worcester) and Dave Evans (Durham)
Other contributors
Hannah Bickerdike (Durham), Vicky Brown (Durham),
Stuart Dunning (Northumbria), Ian Evans (Durham),
David Jarman (Mountain Landform Research), Danni
Pearce (Worcester), Matthew Pound (Northumbria),
Mark Vardy (Southampton), Jeff Warburton (Durham),
Brian Whalley (Sheffield), Peter Wilson (Ulster)
Further Information
Further information and registration details to follow.
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