Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Climatic vs. Internal Dynamical Forcing of Glacial Systems in the Past,
Present and Future
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
14-18 December 2009
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, 3 September 2009
For further information, please contact:
Jasper Knight
Email: j.knight [at] exeter.ac.uk
Neil Glasser
Email: nfg [at] aber.ac.uk
Organizers of Session C03, "Climatic vs. Internal Dynamical Forcing of
Glacial Systems in the Past, Present and Future." The session will be
convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18
December 2009, in San Francisco, California.
Glaciers are poised to respond to climate changes over both long and
short timescales. This session will examine the evidence for internal
(glacial dynamical forcing) changes and their responses to climatic
(external) forcing, using evidence from both past and present glacial
systems. This evidence may include internal glaciological properties,
glacier mass balance, hydrology, morphological products, sedimentary
processes and products, and the role of other factors such as sea level
change, isostacy, and sediment supply. Understanding the roles played by
these various forcing factors has implications for the sustainability of
glacier systems in a warming world. Organizers especially welcome
contributions that seek to extend these studies into the future (e.g.,
by using modeling approaches).
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other sessions is
Thursday, 3 September 2009 at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time. To submit
an abstract, you must enter the first author's current AGU member ID and
password at: http://agu-fm09.abstractcentral.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Jasper Knight
Email: j.knight [at] exeter.ac.uk
Neil Glasser
Email: nfg [at] aber.ac.uk