Anna Beckett

PhD Student @CQRRHUL | I like old mud and ice that doesn't exist anymore.
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[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Great to present some initial results from my PhD at the @QuaternaryRA_UK ADM, had some great discussions around my poster about revisiting the chronology of Whitrig Bog with many recalling being taught about the site on the @CQRRHUL MSc Quaternary Science course!
#QRA24

[CQR RHUL @CQRRHUL]

📸CQR at #INQUARoma2023! Our traditional INQUA photo of CQR members past and present from @RHULGeography. Thanks to @InquaRoma2023 for a fantastic conference so far 👏

[Adrian Palmer @AdepalmerA]

To all QRA members at INQUA Roma 2023. We plan to have a lunchtime meeting ( 1300) on Monday 17th in Scienze della terra Room 11 to discuss any matters arising from the Congress and any notices from the Exec. Please do join us @QuaternaryRA_UK #INQUARoma2023

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

@RichardStaff25 @INT_I_MA_TE_Net @InquaRoma2023 Thanks Richard! Was good to see you again!

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Presented at my first international conference yesterday! I was both nervous and excited to present to the @INT_I_MA_TE_Net community at @InquaRoma2023 but it was good experience early on in the PhD!
And lucky to be on the coolest day of the week in Rome 🫠

[CQR RHUL @CQRRHUL]

PhD student @AnnaBeckett98 presented updates to the Varved sediment database (VARDA) to improve the temporal accuracy and resolution of environmental reconstructions. Check out the pre-print of her paper here: https://t.co/58GHgRsnhr #RHULGeogPostgrad #INQUARoma2023

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

@clblanchet @INT_I_MA_TE_Net @InquaRoma2023 Thanks Cecile, appreciate it! :)

[CQR RHUL @CQRRHUL]

CQR have arrived @InquaRoma2023! Ready for a week of Quaternary Science. Stay tuned…we will be showcasing our highlights from our department @RHULGeography on this account #INQUARoma2023 🦣

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

@Watts_SH @RHULGeography @CQRRHUL Thanks Sarah it was great to hear about your work on the estate and your research!
I'm sure we'll be back!

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Final two project days on the MSc Glen Roy trip spent building a coring rig for a new lochan site on the Corrour estate - with great success (it stayed afloat!).
Got some nice cores over the two days from the lake itself and some very wet bogs!

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

And finally home this evening after a 6am start from Roy Bridge and ~3 weeks since I last stepped foot in my flat!
If anyone needs me in the next few days - I will be sleeping 😴

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Was great to attend the trip only a few days officially into my PhD at RHUL, and thanks to my supervisors @AdepalmerA and @IanPMatthews for letting me tag along!
A great start to the next 3.5 yrs!

[Adrian Palmer @AdepalmerA]

Almost back at Egham with a bit of Johnny Cash on the radio to get us there. And contributed Great trip with the MSc students and thanks to all who came along ⁦@IanPMatthews⁩ ⁦@AnnaBeckett98⁩ ⁦@RHULGeography⁩ ⁦@CQRRHUL⁩

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

Delighted that the @RHULGeography MSc Quaternary Science field trip visited #Corrour #Forest this week to collect sediment cores for their #research investigating glacial #geomorphology. An impressive set up to achieve this afloat on a lochan! Thanks also for the field guide 🤩

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Final teaching day in #GlenRoy today. Bringing together all the research and theories discussed over the last few days in an iconic setting ft. a very moody Scottish landscape!

Next up is student project days!

[Richard Staff @RichardStaff25]

@IanPMatthews Thrilled to join the @RHULGeography MSc Quaternary Science field trip for the first time in (*cough) 16 years!
@AdepalmerA and @IanPMatthews in their element!
Ably assisted by @AnnaBeckett98, 😊🧑‍🏫🧑‍💼👩‍🔬📏
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[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

It's a bit of mystery site, so we don't know much about it or why it exists... yet!

MSc students gained more experience with russian coring, and it was tough going even with all hands on deck!

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Yesterday was a new addition to the MSc Glen Roy trip - we went to a new site for my PhD to get some preliminary cores!

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Is it inside or outside the Loch Lomond Readvance limits?

Discussions of previous work at the site including radiocarbon dates, tephra layers and proxy records that give us clues on the sequence of late glacial events in this part of Scotland.
5/5

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

From the Pyrenees to the Scottish Highlands! Joining the @CQRRHUL MSc Quaternary Science field trip on Day 3.

Here's what was looked at today👇
1/5

[Anna Beckett @AnnaBeckett98]

Moving on to discussions of the timing of events in this region during the Late Glacial, we visited a classic late glacial site - Loch Etteridge!
MSc students took some basal core sediments of the infilled lake basin to look at the lithostratigraphy of the site.
4/5