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921The Cave

Dr. Brent Ward Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Port Eliza Cave A good example of a raised sea cave is the Port Eliza Cave which is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Myself and colleague

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    922Ethnic groups in Canada / Indigenous peoples of North America / Political geography / First Nations / Métis people / Manitoba / Canada / Alberta / Higher education in Saskatchewan / Aboriginal peoples in Canada / Americas / Provinces and territories of Canada

    Assessing the Role of Provincial Education Systems and Reserve “NonSystems” in Interprovincial Variation in Aboriginal Student Performance Simon Fraser University John Richards School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser U

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    923Carbon / Radioactivity / Radiocarbon dating / Carbon-14 / Photosynthesis / Absolute dating / Suess effect / Chemistry / Isotopes of carbon / Radiometric dating

    Dr. Erle Nelson Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University How Radiocarbon Dating Works Radiocarbon dating works because in the upper atmosphere a very strange event takes place; cosmic rays from outer space come

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    924Physical geography / Climate history / Ice ages / Geomorphology / Geodynamics / Post-glacial rebound / Forebulge / Quaternary glaciation / Last glacial period / Historical geology / Glaciology / Geology

    Peter Locher Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University Sea Level Change During Glaciation There was quite a variety of sea level changes that happened during the last glacial maximum and at the end of the ice ag

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    925Nuclear physics / Physics / Carbon / Radioactivity / Radiocarbon dating / Geochronology / Carbon-14 / Before Present / Hallstatt plateau / Radiometric dating / Isotopes of carbon / Chemistry

    Dr. Erle Nelson Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University Calibrating Radiocarbon Dates Radiocarbon dating does not measure time in real years; it measures time in a scale we call radiocarbon years. That needs t

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    926Physical geography / Ice / Minerals / Glacier / Snow / Properties of water / Cryosphere / Ice core / Optical materials / Water / Glaciology

    Dr. John Clague Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Glacier Formation Glaciers all form from snow – snow that does not melt over the course of the summer. It will eventually compact and transform into

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    Dr. John Clague Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Gravel Extraction from Kame Terraces It’s interesting that in modern times these terraces are used for purposes other than human habitation. These t

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      928Physical geography / Sea cave / Cave

      Dr. Brent Ward Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Raised Sea Caves My research centres around the stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental record that can be preserved in what we call raised sea caves. Sea

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      929Historical geology / Cordilleran Ice Sheet / Laurentide ice sheet / Ice sheet / Ice / Glaciology / Geology / Physical geography

      Dr. John Clague Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Cordilleran Ice Sheet We had our own ice sheet here in western Canada called the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. It was a big ice sheet also, though it was dwa

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      930Riparian / Sedimentology / Flood control / Fluvial landforms / Hydrology / Floodplain / Silt / Levee / Flood / Water / Physical geography / Geology

      Dr. John Clague Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Fraser River Floodplain Below the McCallum terrace you have an almost perfectly flat surface that we call a floodplain. This is the surface that regul

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