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SPRI Physical Sciences Seminar Series 2006-7
Talks will be held in the main lecture theatre at the Scott Polar Research Institute and will start at 16.30. Some seminar dates may be subject to change. Please contact Dr. Jeff Evans for more details.
An archive of previous seminars is available.
Michaelmas Term
- Wednesday 18th October
- Dr John Smellie (British Antarctic Survey)
- "Antarctic volcanism - its pivotal role in assessing pre-Quaternary ice sheets"
- Wednesday 1st November
- Dr Andreas Vieli (University of Durham)
- "Rapid changes of ice sheets, ice shelves and glaciers: insights from numerical modelling"
- Wednesday 15th November
- Professor Danny McCarroll (University of Wales, Swansea)
- "Deglaciation of the Irish Sea basin: a return to the Flood?"
- Wednesday 29th November
- Dr Bryn Hubbard (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
- "Studies on, and near, tropical glaciers: Cordillera Blanca, Peru"
Lent Term
- Wednesday 28th February
- Dr Richard Hodgkins (University of Loughborough)
- "The most important equation in hydrology": the annual proglacial water budget at Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard.
- Wednesday 7th March
- Alex Copley (University of Cambridge)
- "Large scale deformation of the continents; analogies with the dynamics of ice masses"
- Wednesday 14th March
- To be confirmed
Easter Term
- Wednesday 2nd May
- To be confirmed
- Wednesday 16th May
- To be confirmed