It focuses on the reconstruction of past glaciations and their causes, as well as related sea level changes produced by these former ice sheets. In addition, the history of paleo-environmental change, recorded by other marine, lacustrine and terrestrial sediments, forms an important part of our investigations. I have conducted more than 25 field seasons throughout arctic Canada, including Greenland. I have also conducted fieldwork in the Karakorum Mountains, Northern Pakistan. Research Opportunities Opportunities for fieldwork at the MSc and Ph.D. and Postdoctoral level are available.
Research presently focusses on the glacial and sea level record of the western Canadian Arctic.
The GSC has previously supported several PhD theses in my group. The aim of our current research is to document the configuration, chronology and ice dynamics of the western sector of the former Inniutran Ice Sheet. This work is now concentrating on NW Axel Heiberg Island and adjacent Ellef and Amund Ringnes islands. Additional support is available for a Ph.D. project on late Holocene glacier fluctuations of S. Ellesmere Island and E. Devon Island. This work would be based on field mapping and AMS radiocarbon dating of marine shells incorporated in moraines that provide a high resolution record of these ice margins bordering N. Baffin Bay.