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QRA OUTREACHAs a charitable organisation the Quaternary Research Association is committed to encouraging the participation of non-Quaternary specialists in our activities and promoting events of other organisations that may be of interest to our members. We often present talks to local communities on all aspects of Quaternary science, from hominid remains at Boxgrove, West Sussex to glacial sediments in western Cumbria. Dragging the cursor over the regional map below will show forthcoming Quaternary-based talks or events in your local area. In addition to these informal seminars our annual discussion and field meetings take place through the United Kingdom and Ireland, with discounted rates are offered for students or retired persons if they are QRA members. Further details are available on the meetings and membership pages. If you require any additional information then please contact David Anderson d.anderson@etoncollege.org.uk
Click on the names on the map to see the details of the meeting
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- London : “Studying past and present sea-level changes to make more confident predictions of future changes.” William Smith Meeting 2008 on 1-2 September at The Geological Society, Burlington House, London. Further details: The Geological Society www.geolsoc.org.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shrewsbury : “Long Mynd in the Ice Age” Lecture by Ken Addison on Wednesday, 1 October 2008, at Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, starting at 7.30pm. Further details: Shropshire Geological Society www.shropshiregeology.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Educational links on the Quaternary and related topics: Click here for case study links
Animation of the British & Irish Ice Sheet by Alun Hubbard and colleagues Animation of the British & Irish Ice Sheet from 38,000 to 10,000 years B.P (before present).
BRITICE - Map and GIS data base of the last British Ice Sheet This link provides details of the mapping of glacial landforms and features associated with the last British Ice Sheet. Maps can be viewed in pdf format and printed maps can be purchased through this link. Illinois State Museum website The Ice Ages online exhibit includes introductory information on the nature and causes of glacial/interglacial cycles, and includes images of Pleistocene environments for Illinois (and the mid-west in general) that can be used in teaching. The exhibit also includes photographs of Quaternary fossils and sediments, as well as photographs of cave excavations. There is a strong emphasis on Pleistocene animals of the mid-west prior to the Late Pleistocene extinctions.
This link provides an up-to-date, accessible, and illustrated account of the main events of human evolution from early hominins to the expansion of Homo sapiens across the globe.
NOAA Paleoclimatology Slide Sets This link contains several short power point slide shows, with commentary, on various aspects of past climatic change and methods of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. They provide succinct summaries of different areas of Quaternary research, and can be easily incorporated into school-level and undergraduate-level teaching. The NOAA photos and images are in the public domain.
The National Ice Age Network
Scottish landscape evolution This site, designed by Dr Adrian Hall and colleagues, provides an excellent overview of the physical landscape of the Shetland Isles, with a strong emphasis on Quaternary timescale processes. The site is also linked to sister sites with similar information on Caithness, the Cairngorms, and the Orkney Islands. The sites can be used as case-study resources for school-level and undergraduate-level teaching.
Pleistocene mammals This link introduces some of the remarkable mammals that lived during the Pleistocene, including mammoths, woolly rhinos, and sabre-toothed cats.
Prehistoric Britain This link contains a wide range of information on the prehistory of Britain from the middle Pleistocene up to Holocene times.
Case study: The Blakeney Esker, north Norfolk Designed and written by Anna Harrison and Jonathan Lee (and funded by English Nature and Aggregates Levy Fund), this website offers an excellent overview for students and the general public of the Blakeney Esker and its context in the north Norfolk area. It can serve as a valuable case study for both GCSE and A-level studies of glaciation, while also being useful as a local-scale example for studies of ecology, geology, climate, and human settlement and land-use. The site contains maps, photos, downloadable documents and powerpoint presentations, as well as a virtual field trip.
Case study: The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy This online resource, sponsored by Scottish Natural Heritage, provides an overview of one of Scotland’s most striking relicts of glaciation: the “Parallel Roads” cutting across the hillsides of Glen Roy, Glen Gloy, and Glen Spean. These horizontal lines etched into the slopes mark the heights of ancient shorelines formed when glaciers blocked outflow from the valleys to create ice-dammed lakes.
Case study: The Channeled Scablands of Washington State The largest and most spectacular glacial outburst floods in the world occurred as Glacial Lake Missoula repeatedly burst through its ice dam during episodes of glacial retreat during the wastage of the Cordilleran ice sheet in western North America. This website explores these “megafloods” and how they carved the famous Channeled Scablands of Washington State. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Click here to download the Quaternary Quiz (Word document) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In 2008 the QRA co-sponsored a display at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition by the GLIMPSE project (Swansea University) about their work studying the Greenland Ice Sheet. Further information on this research project can be accessed at: http://www.swan.ac.uk/geography/Research/GLIMPSE/GLIMPSEHome/
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