Freshwater Forcing of Climate 8200 Years Ago
Date: Friday, October 10, 2003
Location: Carriage House, Quissett Campus, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Insitution
As concern about the magnitude and rate of future climate change
looms, it becomes increasingly important to understand the mechanisms
underlying past abrupt climate change events. A cold event that
occurred 8200 years ago, which affected much of the Northern Hemisphere,
appears to have been triggered by the sudden release of fresh water
from a huge, glacier-dammed lake that had formed during the deglaciation
of North America. This abrupt climate change is probably most amenable
to detailed examination because it is the most recent such event.
If you are interested in this topic please join us on:
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 8:30 a.m. | Lloyd Keigwin, WHOI |
Freshwater Forcing of Climate 8200 Years Ago |
| 9:00 | Jim Teller, University of Manitoba |
The Routing of Lake Agassiz Overflow: Drama and Dilemma |
| 10:00 | Heiner Josenhans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography |
Geophysical Evidence for Massive Discharge Events |
| 11:15 | Brian MacLean, Bedford Institute of Oceanography Anne Jennings,
University of Colorado |
Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay Geology, and Late Glacial and Deglaciation History |
| 1:00 p.m. | Gary Clarke, University of British Columbia |
Physics of Outburst Floods and Implications for the Final Flood from Lake Agassiz |
| 2:00 | Frank McDermott, University College Dublin |
The 8,200 Year Event; Insights from a Stalagmite Record from Crag Cave, S.W. Ireland' |
| 3:15 | Mike Lewis, Bedford Institute of Oceanography |
Fresh Water Fluxes Through the Great Lakes |
Invited guests not
formally presenting:
David Leverington, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian
Institution
Donald Barber, Geology Department, Bryn Mawr College