At the invitation of Prof. Pan Baotian and Prof. Hu Zhenbo from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, and Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education, China, Prof. David Richard Bridgland from Department of Geography, Durham University, UK, visited our university for collaborative research and delivered a lecture.
Title: Post-LGM (MIS 2) river evolution in the UK and more widely
Reporter: Prof. D.R. David Richard Bridgland
Time: 16:30-18:00, September 10, 2025 (Wednesday)
Venue: Meeting Room 502, Qilian Hall, Chengguan Campus, Lanzhou University
Abstract: The lecture focuses on river evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum and its relationship with human activities.
Reporter Profile:
David Richard Bridgland, a professor at the Department of Geography, Durham University, UK, is a renowned Quaternary scientist and geomorphologist.
He has long been engaged in research on river terraces and sedimentary records, establishing a complete geomorphological sequence for the River Thames and its tributaries. By comparing these records with climate and archaeological data, he revealed the geological environments of prehistoric human settlements. In 2003, he was awarded the Henry Stopes Memorial Medal by the Geologists' Association (GA). Prof. D.R. initiated and established the Fluvial Archives Group (FLAG) in 1996 to conduct research on Quaternary fluvial records, and was elected as the new Chairman at the 2010 FLAG meeting in Portugal. From May 2010 to May 2012, he served as President of the Council of the Geologists' Association. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association and as an editorial board member of Quaternary Science Reviews. He has also presided multiple special issues on research related to Late Cenozoic Fluvial Archives.
Prof. D.R.'s current research focuses on the intersection of fluvial geomorphology with archaeology, paleontology, and paleoclimatology, aiming to reveal the interactions between human activities in river basins, geomorphic evolution, and past climate changes.
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
September 23, 2025
