High Atlas research was featured at the recent Quaternary Research Association (QRA) annual meeting at the University of Chester to kick off 2019.
Will Fletcher delivered a talk on the impact of snow melt on the alpine ecology of the Marrakech High Atlas, and introduced High Atlas glaciers as "water towers" of Morocco.
Using high-resolution pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) analysis, we investigated a 500 year history of environmental and climate change at Oukaimeden, and suggest that snow melt directly influences the alpine ecology, and may impact human activity in the area.
Look out for our upcoming paper with all the details later in the year.
@wj_fletcher taking us to think about the Altas Mnts as the ‘water-tower’ of Morocco & how the cryosphere has been changing & influencing ecology over the past 500 years. #qra2019 Follow updates @HighAtlas_sci pic.twitter.com/8K4G5iEiVf
— Abi Stone (@AbiStone) January 3, 2019
Phil Hughes delivered a keynote talk on Quaternary glaciations across Mediterranean mountains, including the High Atlas, providing insights into the extent and timing of these events. Check out Phil and Jamie Woodward's book Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: a new synthesis for further details.
4th @QEG presentation is a keynote from Phil Hughes in Geomorphic Records Session #QRA2019 Review of work, including collaboration with @Jamie_Woodward_ & #geochronology from U-Th on 2ndary carbonates in moraines & cosmogenic dating with David Fink @ANSTO & recently @_jamesallard pic.twitter.com/HvthlIIXIj
— QEG Manchester (@QEGMan) January 4, 2019
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