Sentences with phrase «glacial geologist»
A "glacial geologist" is a person who studies how glaciers have shaped and changed the Earth. They examine the rocks, landforms, and other geological features left behind by glaciers to better understand their movement and impact on the planet over time. Full definition
As glacial geologists, some of the biggest questions that we'd like to answer are not only how large former ice sheets were, but also how fast did the recede and how quickly did they thin?
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«Studies have shown that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets contributed significantly to this sea level rise above modern levels,» said Anders Carlson, an Oregon State University glacial geologist and paleoclimatologist, and co-author on the study.
Terrestrial glacial geologists (such as ourselves) can gain information of past glacial behaviour from mapping and dating former ice sheet extents, and determining the rates at which they receded and thinned, [e.g., 16, 17 - 19].
Based on her reading of the report, the investigators appeared not to believe the testimony of her former colleague Adam Lewis, a glacial geologist who worked at North Dakota State University in Fargo until he emigrated to Canada, who wrote that he witnessed Marchant blowing volcanic ash in Willenbring's eyes during one of the expeditions.
The results also have profound implications for present - day climate change, says Ólafur Ingólfsson, a glacial geologist at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.
«Darwin is known mostly for evolution and natural selection,» says Edward Evenson, a glacial geologist from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania — but his interests were broader.