Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

24 Jul, 05 AM - 18 Aug, 05 AM

As the global concern regarding global warming and human induced climate change rises, it is important to increase our scientific understanding of natural cycles as well. Scientists are discovering more and more that the recent climate history may not be as stable as previously considered. In order to learn about natural climate cycles, one must turn to the geologic record, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains contain one of the best terrestrial climate records on Earth. A sequence of glacial features exists in the Eastern Rock Creek drainage of the Sierra Nevada, at an unusual altitude relative to other, well understood glacial topography. The lack of glacial features at this altitude in the adjacent drainages suggests that they provide a rare Holocene record of glacial advance. Through detailed mapping and sediment analysis, I will produce a more complete sequence of deglaciation during the Holocene. My work will increase the current understanding of the Sierra Nevada climate history.

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Under Project # 19801 | Research

Holocene glacier fluctuations recorded by Eastern Rock Creek moraines, Sierra Nevada, California

graduate_student - University of California, Riverside

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Baird King Jul 24 - Aug 18, 2009 (26 days)
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