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Section Contents
- David Sugden home
- Recent Research
- Antarctic Research
- Patagonian Research
- Publications
Press Release : Aims : Methods : Background : Key Conclusions : Wider Implications : Related Publications
Introduction and Aims of Patagonia Project
The ProjectDavid Sugden (Edinburgh) and Chalmers Clapperton (Aberdeen), together with a number of colleagues, research assistants and PhD students, have been working for some 14 years on past climate change in Patagonia. Several members of the team are now independent researchers in a range of universities, namely: Mike Bentley (Durham) , Alum Hubbard (Edinburgh), Nick Hulton (Edinburgh), Bob McCulloch (Stirling), Mike Kaplan (Edinburgh), Tony Payne (Bristol), Ross Purves (Zurich).
The aim
The aim of the project is to use past glacier reconstructions to discover the nature of climate change during the transition from the last Ice Age to our present "interglacial" climate. We have based our approach on detailed mapping of former glacier limits, dating of the limits by radiocarbon and cosmogenic isotope analyses, and the construction of glaciological models with which to relate glacier history to the changes in climate.
