Principal Investigator:Morgan, Alan Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researchers will collect sediment samples. Insect fossils will be extracted and analysed. The insect communities recovered will provide an indication of the climatic conditions in the area at the time the sediments were deposited. The age of the sediments will be determined with radiocarbon or other dating methods....
Principal Investigator:Morgan, Alan Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The Researcher and team will take samples of organic sediments and process them to remove insect and plant fossils. Identification of these fossils will provide the basis for a paleoenvironmental analysis by comparing the fossil organisms to modern ones....
Principal Investigator:Morgan, Alan Licensed Year(s):
1980
Summary:
To make collections of various types of insects, principally beetles (Coleoptera) and caddis flies (Trichoptera). The primary purpose of the exercise is to expand the reference collection of insects at Waterloo. Secondary to the exercise is a determination of the effect of recent glacial periods on these insects....