1996 Meeting of the Work Group on Geospatial Analysis of
Glaciated Environments--GAGE
GAGE held its first official meeting on June 17-20,
1996, in conjunction with the International Conference on
Quaternary Glaciation and Paleoclimate in the Andes
Mountains. The conference took place near Mérida in western
Venezuela. Two post-conference field excursions were arranged in the
Sierra Nevada de Mérida (Andes).
Conference and field trip organizers were:
- Maximilliano Bezada, Univ. Pedogogica Experimental Libertador,
Inst. Pedagogico de Caracas, Dept. de Ciencias de la Tierra, Ave.
Páez, El Paraíso, Caracas, Venezuela. Fax: 58-2-8721443
- Volli Kalm, Biology and Geography, University of Tartu,
Vanemuise 46-226, EE 2400 Tartu, Estonia. E-mail: vkalm@math.ut.ee
- W.C. Mahaney, Geomorphology & Pedology Laboratory, York
University, Atkinson College, 4700 Keele St., North York,
Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada. E-mail: BMahaney@yorku.ca.
As a result of the GAGE meeting in Venezuela, discussions have begun for starting a
GAGE project to compile a GIS database on extent of glaciation in the tropical Andes
Mountains. Anyone wishing to participate should contact Max Bezada or J.S. Aber.
Landsat MSS image of
Mérida vicinity.
Abstracts of Presentations
GAGE presentations at the conference included diverse topics on GIS, remote sensing, and
modeling of glaciers. Selected abstracts/titles are available below.
- Aber: Application of Landsat MSS digital data
for Pleistocene glacial geomorphology.
- Klein et al.: Modern and last glacial maximum snowlines
in the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes.
- Reyes: Local factors in Quaternary glaciers of
Cordillera de Merida.
- Solomina: Glaciers recession in the mountains of the
former USSR after the maximum of the "Little Ice Age": Time and scale (Analysis of the
new inventory).
GAGE homepage.
Last update: 2 July 96