qra annual discussion meeting 2018 · qra annual discussion meeting 2018 5 plymouth, britain’s...

QRA ANNUAL DISCUSSION MEETING 2018

3 – 5th January 2018

QRAWITHPLYMOUTHUNIVERSITY

32 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018

Contents

Dr Caroline Clason

A warm West Country welcome to the 2018 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting hosted by the University of Plymouth.

The central theme of this year’s meeting is data-model inter-comparison, bringing together researchers from across a broad range of Quaternary science sub-disciplines including palaeo-climatology, ecology, glaciology, hydrology, sea-level change, and landscape evolution. We hope that the programme of talks and posters, including an exciting range of keynote talks from Chris Clark, Marie-Jose Gaillard-Lemdahl, Roland Gehrels, Marie-France Loutre, and Susan Ivy Ochs, will enable the sharing of ideas and approaches to data-model inter-comparison, in addition to the dissemination of research across the discipline. There have been major advances in both data-driven and modelling approaches to Quaternary research in recent years, and the conference aims to highlight these, encouraging and providing opportunity for discussion and collaboration between Quaternary researchers across all career stages.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the delegates, presenters, and sponsors of this year’s ADM, and wish you a productive and enjoyable meeting.

—Caroline Clason, on behalf of the Local Organising Committee

Dr Stephanie Mills

Dr Ralph Fyfe

Professor Neil Roberts

Dr Matt Telfer

Dr Jessie Woodbridge

Dr Nicki Whitehouse

Professor Anne Mather Dr Tim Daley

Welcome

3

4

5

6

8

10

12

15

Back

Welcome

Plymouth

Keynote Speakers

Programme

Conference Dinner

Posters

Sponsors

Notes

Map

5QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018

Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, is one of Europe’s most vibrant coastal cities, located by a stunning waterfront and harbour, with dazzling views and rich history. Plymouth is located on the border between Devon and Cornwall on the South West coast of England. The region is an area of outstanding natural beauty and amongst the most popular tourist destinations in the UK. Plymouth is a vibrant, compact city by the sea. The University and its facilities enjoy a central city location, within walking distance of hotels and the famous Barbican and Hoe, and boasting numerous fine restaurants and pubs, in a rich historical setting. The Barbican and Sutton Harbour is one of Plymouth’s most popular places to visit, with quaint cobbled streets, a picturesque harbour and a wealth of independent shops, galleries, bars, cafes and restaurants along the water’s edge creating a metropolitan feel. It’s also home to the Elizabethan House as well as the Mayflower Steps where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail on their voyage to the New World in 1620. Plymouth University is one of the largest universities in the UK with an enrolment of >25,000 students, >2900 staff, with a turnover >£234M, and ranks in the top 350 worldwide

universities. Research at Plymouth University has a long-standing tradition and represents one of most important European centres of excellence for cutting-edge research on Marine Science, Climate Change and Environmental Processes. This year’s QRA Annual Discussion Meeting is hosted by the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at Plymouth University. Almost two thirds of the work that was submitted by Plymouth Geography to REF2014 was assessed as either world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) based on ‘research power’, placing us in the top 20 universities nationally for research in geography. We have an excellent reputation for the quality of our teaching, and our geography courses have been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Geography at Plymouth also hosts an internationally recognised research centre

- the Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES), which includes the Quaternary Environments research group. Research led by the group has attracted grants from a wide suite of competitive funding bodies, with research conducted by its members spanning deforestation of Europe, reconstruction of palaeo ice stream dynamics, and long-term ecology and landscape management.

Chris Clark (Sheffield)

Marie-Jose Gaillard-Lemdahl (Linnaeus)

Roland Gehrels (York)

Marie-France Loutre (Bern)

Susan Ivy Ochs (ETH Zurich)

Data-modelling interactions in palaeo-glaciology; you can lead a horse to water … but when will he drink?

Past Global Land Cover and Land Use for Climate Modelling – PAGES LandCover6k.

Sea-level changes during past centuries reconstructed from salt-marsh sediments.

A brief tour in the world of complementarity between data and models.

Juxtaposing field evidence, isotopic dating results and ice-sheet models for the Last Glacial Maximum in the Alps.

KeynoteSpeakers

Plymouth

4 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018

7QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 20186 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018

Programme

WEDNESDAY 3RD JANUARY

START END TITLE VENUE

10:00 17:00 RegistrationPortland Square Building, Atria A

11:30 11:40 Welcome Address

Portland Square Building, Devonport Lecture Theatre

Session 1 – Long-term landscape evolution and palaeohydrology – Chair: Matt Telfer

11:40 12:10Susan Ivy Ochs (keynote)Juxtaposing field evidence, isotopic dating results and ice-sheet models for the Last Glacial Maximum in the Alps.


12:10 12:30Ed RhodesNew developments in IRSL dating of high energy fluvial deposits.

12:30 12:50Laura BasellHominins in the Tundra: Human Occupation and Landform Evolution at Doniford on the North Somerset Coast, UK.

12:50 13:10Ella EgbertsRivers through time: the geoarchaeology of the Hampshire Avon.

13:10 14:10 Lunch

14:10 14:30

Martin StokesAre Alluvial Fan Sedimentation and Erosion Patterns Controlled by African Humid Period Climate Dynamics (Cape Verde Islands, Offshore West Africa)?


14:30 14:50

Rebecca BriantMetrics for model-field data comparison in landscape evolution modelling – Welland catchment case study, England.

14:50 15:10Abi StoneReconstructing southern African landscape evolution in dunefields using a portable luminescence reader.

15:10 15:30John CooperDiscovering Tir Gŵyr (The Lost Caves and Submerged Lands of Gower).

15:30 16:00 BreakPortland Square Building, Atria A

16:00 18:00 QRA AGM and Medal Ceremony


18:00 LatePoster Session(including wine and canapés)

Portland Square Building, Atria A, B and C

THURSDAY 4TH JANUARY


Session 2 – Long-term ecology and human-environment interactions – Chair: Nicki Whitehouse

09:00 09:30Marie-José Gaillard (keynote)Past Global Land Cover and Land Use for Climate Modelling - PAGES LandCover6k.


09:30 09:50

Yiman FangNovel approaches to estimating a key parameter for reconstruction of past land cover from pollen records in southeast China.

09:50 10:10

Jane BuntingTranslating data for comparison with models: landscape-scale land cover reconstruction from pollen records using the Multiple Scenario Approach.

10:10 10:30Ralph FyfeBurning and grazing as drivers of moorland vegetation over millennial time scales.

10:30 11:00 Break

11:00 11:20

Michael GrantResolving discrepancies between palaeoecological data and palaeoclimatic models - the curious case of European Beach at its northern limit.


11:20 11:40Jessie WoodbridgeMediterranean vegetation and landscape change through the Holocene.

11:40 12:00David SmithIs the development of farmed landscapes in the late Holocene a case of econiche replacement and ecosystems engineering?

12:00 12:20

Kim DaviesEcosystem variance in response to localised, human driven disturbances: Evidence for changing biodiversity in shallow lakes.

12:20 12:40Nick SchafstallHistorical forest dynamics in a Norway spruce forest in the High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia.

12:40 13:40 LunchPortland Square Building, Atria A

Session 3 – Palaeoclimate reconstruction and data-model inter-comparison – Chair: Danny McCarroll

13:40 14:10Marie-France Loutre (keynote – Wiley lecture)A brief tour in the world of complementarity between data and models.


14:10 14:30Francis RowneyNew perspectives on interglacial climates in Northwest Europe during the Middle Pleistocene.

14:30 14:50Christine LaneResolving the timing, causes and impacts of past climate change in equatorial Africa: the DeepCHALLA project.

9QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 2018


14:50 15:10Rachel AveryVarve Sequences from Windermere, UK: New Insights into the Deglaciation of the Lake District.



15:40 16:00James ScourseAnnually-resolved North Atlantic marine climate over the Last Millennium: the ULTRA series.


16:00 16:20Margaret Georgina MilneEvaluating Mutual Climatic Range: using modern methods to assess an established technique.

16:20 16:40Neil LoaderPrecise isotopic dating of tree-rings: Development and evaluation of a new dating tool in Science-based Archaeology.

16:40 17:00Mary GagenExploring the cloud temperature feedback through stable isotope dendroclimatology.

17:00 17:20Giles YoungReconstructing United Kingdom Summer Climate using Stable Isotopes from Oak Tree-Rings.

19:00 Late Conference DinnerNational Marine Aquarium

FRIDAY 5TH JANUARY


Session 4 – Glacial modelling and geomorphology – Chair: Anne Le Brocq

09:00 09:30Chris Clark (keynote)Data-modelling interactions in palaeo-glaciology; you can lead a horse to water ... but when will he drink?


09:30 09:50Niall GandyModelling the Retreat of the Minch Palaeo Ice Stream, NW Scotland.

09:50 10:10Lauren GregoireSearching for the deglaciation: sampling spatio-temporal climate uncertainty for simulating ice sheet evolution.

10:10 10:30Jonathan CrippsRetreat of the last Cordilleran Ice Sheet over south-central British Columbia: field data and numerical models.


11:10 11:30Julien SeguinotModelling last glacial cycle ice dynamics in the Alps.


11:30 11:50Bethan DaviesHolocene dynamics of Marguerite Trough Ice Stream and George VI Ice Shelf, Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

11:50 12:10

Julian MartinCombining glacial geomorphology, sedimentology and glacier modelling to determine drivers of Late Pleistocene and Holocene glacier fluctuations, Monte San Lorenzo Ice Cap, Patagonia.

12:10 12:30Tim BarrowsGlacial history of the Franz Josef moraine complex, West Coast, New Zealand.

12:30 13:30 LunchPortland Square Building, Atria A

13:30 13:50Lauren KnightYounger Dryas cirque glaciers in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, and the significance of local topo-climatic factors.

13:50 14:10Sven LukasSaved from certain death (ironically by dead-ice meltout): The subtle flute field at Findelengletscher (Switzerland).

14:10 14:40

Caroline ClasonReconstructing historical deposition of environmental pollutants from glacial sediments: a case study from Isfallsglaciären, Sweden.

14:40 15:00

Harry LangfordThe Cromer Ridge, North Norfolk, England: a late Middle Pleistocene subaqueous record of a shoreward prograding ice grounding line.

National Marine Aquarium (NMA), Rope Walk, Coxside, PL4 0LF Delegates who have booked to join us for the QRA conference dinner are invited to join us at the National Marine Aquarium on Plymouths historic barbican on Thursday 4th January from 7pm. The NMA is the largest public aquarium in the UK. The awe-inspiring exhibits, featuring marine animals from near and far, provide an environment that intrigues, inspires and motivates visitors to engage with their conservation messages.

Due to the temporary closure of Sutton Harbour Footbridge for repair work, access to the National Marine Aquarium is via a short walk around the Barbican and Sutton Harbour Waterfront. Maps are available on the registration desk.

ConferenceDinner

QRA Annual Discussion Meeting 20188



Session 5 – Global patterns of sea level change – Chair: Tim Daley

15:30 16:00Roland Gehrels (keynote)Sea-level changes during past centuries reconstructed from salt-marsh sediments.


16:00 16:20Robert BarnettNatural internal variability can double rates of secular sea-level rise across multi-decadal timescales.

16:20 16:40Andy EmeryHolocene relative sea-level change: influences on sedimentary processes and stratigraphy at Dogger Bank.

16:40 17:00Matteo VacchiImproving our current understanding of the Mediterranean isostatic pattern. New data from the bulk of the basin.

POSTER FIRST NAME SURNAME TITLE

1 James AllardSchmidt Hammer Exposure-age Dating and the Deglacial Chronology of the Welsh Ice Cap in North-west Wales

2 Natasha BarlowRelative sea-level variability during the late Middle Pleistocene: new evidence from eastern England

3 M. Jane Bunting Putting palaeo- into ecology

4 Darren DaviesThe Potential of a Gridded Tree Ring δ18O dataset: Model Versus Measurement Comparison

5 Josie DuffyIs there a huge age trend in oak tree-ring stable isotopes?

6 Jeremy ElyUsing geomorphological and geochronological data to validate palaeo-ice sheet models: Application to the British-Irish Ice Sheet

7 Marta FiacconiTracing the past by understanding the present: patterns and processes of pollen in caves

8 Rory FloodProvenance and depositional variability in the Holocene lower Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, West Bengal Sundarbans, India

9 Ralph FyfeEcological consequences of moorland ‘improvement’ and development of baselines for peatland restoration

POSTER FIRST NAME TITLE TITLE

10 Madeleine HannDrainage capture and reorganisation; a quantitative source to sink case study from the western Corinth Rift, central Greece

11 Mark HardimanThe landscape evolution of Santa Rosa Island, California, before and after Arlington Springs Man

12 Kristy HolderReconstructing Carbon Accumulation at Pyllau Cochion Bog, SW Wales: Assessing the Human and Climatic Impact

13 Sarah Holmes Molluscs and Models in the North Sea

14 Josephine HornseyInvestigating glacier dynamics in the Himalaya; mapping and dating Little Ice Age moraines to predict glacier response to future climate change

15 Harry LangfordAn alternative view of the Anglian (MIS 12) glaciation of southeastern England

16 Anne Le BrocqThe Snow_blow model: Data/model comparison of snow drift in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.

17 Emma LewingtonUnravelling the character of meltwater drainage beneath ice sheets from the spatial distribution and morphology of subglacial meltwater corridors

18 Harold Lovell

Investigating the sedimentary architecture and morphology of the Brampton kame belt using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and high-resolution LiDAR data

19 Sven LukasSolving the puzzle of an isolated high-Alpine drumlin: Hornkees, Austria

20 Anne MatherReading palaeohydrological archives over Quaternary time-scales: the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

21 Anne MatherModel-Data comparison: The Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the Rio Bergantes catchment, Spain

22 Derek McDougall Virtual Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes

23 Victoria NaylorQuantifying rocky coastline evolution in North Torbay, Devon using 36Cl exposure dating and Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry.

24 Havananda Ombashi

A study on the relationship between identified land use changes and climate during the Bronze- and Iron Age on Great Buscombe and Spooners, Exmoor, UK

25 Spyridoula PappaDigital technology restores stolen fossils at Joint Mitnor Cave, Devon

26 Julien SeguinotModelled transfluences and crosswise divides of the Last Glacial Maximum alpine ice flow

27 Abi StoneHydrostratigraphies in desert dunes to reconstruct past rainfall: assessing the suitability of Kalahari dunes.

28 Margarita TsakiridouWildfire in the British Isles during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition: A review of sedimentary charcoal records.

DATE TITLE

Saturday 6th January

Optional Day Trip to Kent’s Cavern and Hope’s Nose raised beach.

Departing Plymouth at 9:00 AM and returning at 4.30 PM (via Newton Abbot Railway Station at 3.30 PM)

Posters


www.vanwalt .com

Delivering excellent service & industry-leading environmental research equipment for more than 35 years

Proud supporter of the QRA 2018

vanwaltCONNECT; Water Quality Meters; Groundwater Monitoring Pumps; Window Sampling Systems; Sediment Samplers; Water Level Loggers; Augers, Gouges & Soil Samplers; Remediation Equipment; TDR Soil Moisture Measurement; Surface Water Monitoring; Passive Samplers; Accessories, tubing and more …….

VAN WALTmonitoring your needs

+44 (0)1428 661 [email protected]

+64 (0)3443 [email protected]

+ 34 93 590 00 [email protected]

Identify rocks, ores, soils and contaminants at the rock face with a Niton XRF analyser

• analyse rock & soil chemistries from Mg to U reliably, accurately & fast

• mapinreal-time-GPS&GIScompatible

• build your own empirical library to add to the standard library

• recordlabqualityresultsusingthesamplepreparationkit

• rugged hand-held instrument, ideal for tough research environments

• quick service turnaround with loan instruments available

DrRogerDoonanattheUniversityofSheffieldsays:

“I chose Niton UK because of their customer service, since their support, advice and assistance are excellent. Their technical support staff acted like tutors, meaning that we have had intelligent discussions in a very honest atmos-phere.”

Visit our stand at QRA ADM 2018 from 3rd to 5th January

or visit www.nitonuk.co.ukandfollowusonLinkedInandTwitter.

Tobookademonstrationon-sitecontact01256397860orinfo@nitonuk.co.uk.


ANALYTICAL SERVICE FORENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY AND

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF)

Consolidated Radio-isotope Facility

Contact us

We offer ISO-certified research and consultancy services to academic, public and private sector clients. Competitive rates for academic institutions. Analytical services:

For more details see https://www.plymouth.ac.uk and search for ‘Corif’

[email protected]+44 1752 585969School of Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesPlymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL48AA UK@imixsed

Gamma spectrometry (EG&G ORTEC HPGe detectors) to support e.g. Pb-210 dating of sediments and peats, NORM assessment, pollution investigations, soil and sediment tracingWavelength-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (WD-XRF) (PANalytical Axios mAX) for analysis of major and minor elements in soils, sediments, rocks, samples from contaminated land and industrial materialsLiquid scintillation counting (Beckman Coulter) of environmental samples, for example groundwater pollution, and radio-tracer studies involving e.g. C-14 and H-3

@

GEOANALYTICALSERVICESWITHPLYMOUTHUNIVERSITY

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ab

cd

ef

gh

ij

11

19

13 1

8

24

10

15

71

7

5

6

8

20

9

4

16

14

322

12

23

2

12

1

NORTH HILL

B3250

CHARLE

S S

TREE

T

COBOURG ST

A374

A374

DR

AK

EC

IRC

US

WES

TERN

APPR

OACH

SALTASH R

OAD

A386

TAVISTOCK

PLACE

GIBBON STREET

GILWELL

STREET

RADNOR PLACE

CONSTANTINE ST

GIB

BO

N LA

NE

REG

ENT

STR

EET

HAMPTON ST

MAY

FLO

WER

STR

EET

NORT

H R

OAD

EAS

T

KIRK

BY P

LACE

JAMES STREET

NO

RTH

C

RO

SS

ARM

AD

AW

AY

PORTL

AN

D VIL

LAS

A374

GIL

WEL

L P

LACE

ENDSLEIGH PLACE

Dra

ke

Res

ervo

ir

City

Libr

ary

Coa

chS

tatio

n

Pol

ice

Sta

tion

Ply

mou

th C

olle

geof

Art

Dra

ke C

ircus

Sho

ppin

g C

entre

Dis

cove

ryH

eigh

tsst

uden

tac

com

mod

atio

n

Cop

thor

neH

otel

Rai

lway

Sta

tion

Arm

ada

Way

Sho

ppin

gC

entre

Reg

ent S

treet

Car

Par

kM

ayflo

wer

Eas

tC

ar P

ark

CIT

YC

EN

TRE

Dra

ke’s

Pla

ceG

arde

ns

Bec

kley

Cou

rtst

uden

tac

com

mod

atio

n

His

tory

Cen

tre(o

peni

ng20

20)

Vict

oria

Hal

lst

uden

tac

com

mod

atio

n

The

Hou

se

Mar

ine

Rol

and

Levi

nsky

Scot

t

Smea

ton

Cha

rles

Seal

e-H

ayne

Libr

ary

Bru

nel

Port

land

Squa

re

Nan

cyA

stor

Port

land

Mew

s

Kirk

byLo

dge

Buc

klan

dH

ouse

Kirk

by T

erra

ce

Hep

wor

th

Fran

cis

Dra

keH

all

Rol

lePo

rtla

nd V

illas

Mar

yN

ewm

anH

all

Rey

nold

s

Bab

bage

Coo

kwor

thy

Thom

asPi

tts

Link

Sher

wel

lCe

ntre

Mai

nH

all

Gilw

ell

Hal

l

Rob

bins

Hal

l

Rob

bins

Cen

tre

Rob

bins

Cen

tre

Pilg

rimH

all

Rad

nor

Hal

l

Kirk

by P

lace Fi

tzro

yIV

Thea

tre Th

eH

ouse

A

BC

Wel

lbei

ngC

entr

eW

ellb

eing

Cen

tre

Dav

y

Main

En

tran

ce

Rece

pti

on

01

75

2 5

88

44

4

BR

L

KP

FZB

BG

B

MB

SMB

SCB

DYB

LNK

NA

B

CK

Y

RLB

PSQ

SHC

Uni

vers

ity H

alls

of R

esid

ence

Uni

vers

ity B

uild

ings

Ped

estri

an C

ross

ing

Par

king

010

0 m

etre

s

100

0ya

rds

010

0 m

etre

s

100

0ya

rds

Cat

erin

g ou

tlets

N

CCTV

cam

eras

are

in o

pera

tion

on

the

Uni

vers

ity

cam

pus.

Im

ages

are

m

onitor

ed f

or t

he p

urpo

se o

f cr

ime

prev

ention

and

pub

lic s

afet

y. F

urth

er

info

rmat

ion

cont

act

0175

2 58

8400

Adm

issi

ons

(017

52 5

8585

8)A

ccom

mod

atio

n O

ffice

(017

52 5

8864

4)C

ard

Offi

ce(0

1752

588

422)

Cen

tre fo

r Eye

Car

e E

xcel

lenc

e (C

EE

)(0

1752

583

100)

Cha

plai

ncy

(017

52 5

8776

0)C

ompu

ting

Enq

uirie

s D

esk

(017

52 5

8858

8)D

ocum

ent P

rodu

ctio

n C

entre

(017

52 5

8726

0)E

mpl

oyab

ility

Ser

vice

(017

52 5

8745

6)Fi

tnes

s C

entre

(017

52 5

8851

0)Fo

rmat

ion

Zone

(Bus

ines

s st

art-u

p)(0

800

052

5600

)Fr

eshl

ings

Nur

sery

(017

52 5

8855

0)

Inco

me

Offi

ce(0

1752

588

125)

Inte

rnat

iona

l Stu

dent

Adv

isor

y S

ervi

ce(0

1752

587

740)

Lear

ning

Gat

eway

incl

udin

gD

isab

ility

Ass

ist

(017

52 5

8767

6)Li

brar

y E

nqui

ries

(017

52 5

8858

8)P

lym

outh

Uni

vers

ityIn

tern

atio

nal C

olle

ge(0

1752

411

114)

Pos

t Roo

m(0

1752

588

430)

Rec

eptio

n(0

1752

588

444)

Sec

urity

(24-

hour

)(0

1752

588

400)

Stu

dent

Cou

nsel

ling

(017

52 5

8767

6)S

tude

nt F

undi

ng U

nit

(017

52 5

8768

0)S

tude

nt G

atew

ay D

esk

(017

52 5

8770

0)S

tude

nts’

Uni

on(0

1752

588

388)

Uni

vers

ity M

edic

al C

entre

(017

52 2

2234

1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24FIN

D Y

OU

R W

AYW

ITH

PLYM

OU

THU

NIV

ERSI

TY

Cro

wn

Cop

yrig

ht/d

atab

ase

righ

t. A

n O

rdna

nce

Sur

vey/

EDIN

A s

uppl

ied

serv

ice.

Com

pile

d an

d dr

awn

by t

he G

eoM

appi

ng U

nit.

La

st r

evis

ion

July

201

7

qra annual discussion meeting 2018 · qra annual discussion meeting 2018 5 plymouth, britain’s...

Documents