Sophie L. Norris, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Hello!
I’m a Quaternary geoscientist who used geomorphic and sedimentary signals of palaeo ice sheets to understand their behaviour in the past better. I also use geochronological techniques and remote sensing to aid my work and ultimately understand when past ice activity happened and to quantify its effects.
Research Interests and Projects
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Quaternary geomorphology and sedimentology of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet
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Mapping Late Glacial Maximum imprints of ice advance and retreat
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Dynamic ice stream reconstruction
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Application of cosmogenic nuclides to constrain the timing of ice retreat
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Modelling and reconstruction of glacial lake outburst floods
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HEC-RAS modelling of outburst events
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Sedimentological and geomorphological evolution of spillways
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Glacial erosion processes within Crystalline bedrock regions
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Identifying controls on glacial erosion
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Quantifying rates of glacial erosion
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Qualifications
2016- 2020
Ph.D. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, CA
Thesis entitled: Dynamic response of the southwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation
2015- 2016
M.Sc. Geography Department, Durham University, UK
Thesis entitled: The identification of former terrestrial ice stream dynamics from geomorphic evidence and till architecture: A case study of southwestern Saskatchewan
2012- 2015
B.Sc. Geography Department, Durham University, UK
Thesis entitled: Differentiating between Loch Lomond Stadial glacial, periglacial and paraglacial landforms in the Western Pennines
