AV整氈窒

 

Sophie Norris

Post Doctoral Fellow

EES-S_NORRIS_210H-214W


Email: Sophie.Norris@Dal.Ca
Mailing Address: 
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
AV整氈窒
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2
CANADA
Office:
Life Sciences Centre
4th floor, Ocean Wing
Rm. 4612

 

Education

Ph.D. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, CA, 2020
M.Sc. Geography Department, Durham University, UK, 2016
B.Sc. Geography Department, Durham University, UK, 2015

Teaching

ERTH 3302: Quaternary Sedimentary Environments

 

Scientific Interests

  • Quaternary geomorphology and sedimentology of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet
    •  Mapping Late Glacial Maximum imprints of ice advance and retreat
    • Dynamic ice stream reconstruction
    • Application of cosmogenic nuclides to constrain the timing of ice retreat
  • Modelling and reconstruction of glacial lake outburst floods
    • HEC-RAS modelling of outburst events
    • Sedimentological and geomorphological evolution of spillways
  • Glacial erosion processes within Crystalline bedrock regions
    • Identifying controls on glacial erosion
    • Quantifying rates of glacial erosion