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Timothy Heaton, University of Leeds.
Wednesday 18 March 2026, 17:30-19:00
Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)
A series of 50 minute lectures, followed by discussion, on the broad topic of environmental evolution, climate, ecological and human change during the Quaternary (the last ~2.6 million years). The lectures are aimed at a broad audience (including geoscientists, glaciologists, environmental scientists, atmospheric chemists, biologists, anthropologists and archaeologists).
Seminars are usually on Wednesdays in the Latimer Room, in Clare College, starting at 17:30. Refreshments are served after the talks and there is time for discussion over drinks and/or dinner.
QDG is currently organised by Sveta Radionovskaya, Crystal Fu and Emily Kraus, supported by David Hodell, Christine Lane and Francesco Muschitiello. Please feel free to contact us with queries and suggestions.
To sign up to the QDG mailing list, follow this link: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-qdg-quaternary-disc-reminder
Contact: Geography/SPRI Webmaster ; David Hodell ; Christine Lane ; Francesco Muschitiello ; 85054 ; 91369 ; 120385 ; Emily Kraus
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Do look back β what can the palaeo record tell us about Antarcticaβs Doomsday glacier(s)?
β οΈ This talk is run in association with the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science (CCfCS).
Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
(CANCELLED) Extreme glacial implies discontinuity of early human occupation of Europe
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Radiocarbon dating and conspiracy theories
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Natural and forced behaviour of the Pacific Walker Circulation over the past 800 years
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
50,000 years of turnover and extinction in high-latitude megafauna communities
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Microplastics from geologists' perspective
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet and sea level in the last interglacial
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Pantastic archaeology in the northern Namib Sand Sea
β οΈ Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
The Greenland Speleothem Record of Past Hydroclimate and Vegetation Changes
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The Pleistocene Evolution of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: An Interglacial Perspective
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Vacuuming the Atlantic, Paepalology and getting things βwrong, wrong, wrong!β β pollen tales from the archives
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Understanding Aboriginal-constructed landscapes in SE Australia, the impact of colonisation, and implications for land management under changing climate
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Squaring the circle: a coherent reconstruction of past species responses from multiple lines of evidence
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Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from a varved lake in East Anglia
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The Hominin Sites Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP): applications and challenges of paleomagnetism in human evolutionary studies
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Constraining ash dispersal from historical eruptions
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North-West Saharan Holocene rainfall driven by interhemispheric temperature differences (with climatic and archaeological considerations)
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Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia
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Embracing uncertainty: developing methods that take advantage of it
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When did humans first alter atmospheric CO2? Constraining the Holocene CO2 conundrum with new ice core data
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Dansgaard-Oeschger events and their impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide
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How high and how fast? Improving future predictions of long-term sea-level rise through studying the Last Interglacial
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Unravelling the legacy of 7000 years of metal pollution in south-eastern Europe
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Examining glacial-interglacial climate changes by water isotope modelling efforts
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Talk 1 of 2: Speleothem records of abrupt warming events during the last glacial period
β οΈ This is part I of a two part seminar dedicated to synchronising climate archives. Second talk is being given by Raimund Muscheler (Lund University): "Synchronising climate records via the cosmic ray signal in environmental archives"
Talk 2 of 2: Synchronising climate records via the cosmic ray signal in environmental archives
β οΈ This is part 2 of a two part seminar dedicated to synchronising climate archives
Modeling and understanding of Quaternary climate cycles
β οΈ Normal time and place
On the role of the Southern Ocean in modulating (past) climate variability
β οΈ Please note different time/venue
Reconstructing the extent, timing and palaeoclimatic significance of Quaternary glaciations in the Mediterranean region
β οΈ Please note different venue
North Atlantic variability and its link to European climate and history over the last 3000 years
β οΈ Quaternary Discussion Group seminar
North Atlantic annually resolved temperatures for the last millennium: the Arctica islandica record.
The North American deglaciation: linking rapid climate change, ice sheet retreat and sea level rises
Fracking the fjords: Earthquakes and glacial erosion, with some additional thoughts about stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
β οΈ People should be aware that 7th July is Tour de France day, but we hope things will have become accessible by 5.00 pm.
Benthic foraminiferal assemblages as proxies of paleoceanographic changes across Pleistocene glacial terminations in the NE Atlantic
β οΈ CHANGE OF DATE: now on Wednesday Nov. 27th
The paleoceanography frontier: proxies, new technologies and novel questions
β οΈ Note unusual time
Taking a closer look at the last glacial sediments
β οΈ Canceled
Using nitrogen isotopes to constrain the age of the air extracted from antarctic ice cores
β οΈ Please note change of speaker
Glacial Chronologies Spanning the Past 450 ka Around the Margins of the Southern North Sea and implications for the age of the Strait of Dover
β οΈ Canceled
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