Since the last IGS symposium on glacial erosion and sedimentation in Rey
kjavik in 1995, techniques for characterizing these processes and their ass
ociated landscapes and sediments have improved markedly. Diverse remote-sen
sing techniques measure subaerial and submarine landforms at extraordinaril
y high resolution, and geophysical methods reveal evolving subglacial lands
capes and processes. New and refined geochronological techniques better con
strain rates of erosion and deposition. Increased computer power allows mod
els that address coupled processes of glacier flow, bedrock erosion, sedime
nt transport and tectonic change over long time and length scales. New fiel
d and laboratory methods provide insight into the mechanics and kinematics
of sediment-transport processes and their manifestations in glacial sedimen
ts. Interesting and stubbornly enduring questions accompany these advances.
How can glacial sediments and landforms inform us about glacie
r dynamics and how are glacier dynamics modulated by sediment-transport pro
cesses? How can large-scale models of glacial landscape evolution better ap
proximate the small-scale processes that drive erosion and sediment transpo
rt? How can past climate variability be inferred from glacial sediments and
landforms? How have rates of glacial erosion and sedimentation changed thr
ough time? How are drumlins and other subglacial bedforms sculpted, and wha
t data can provide definitive hypothesis tests?
Please go to https://www.igsoc.org/sympos ia/2019/madison/ and register your interest to attend.
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