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Boston University, October 8 - 9, 1999

A Symposium commemorating the 200 th Anniversary of the beginning of Alexander von Humboldt's five year pioneering expedition in the American tropics

 

Dr. Harold W. Borns, Jr.

is Professor of Glacial and Quaternary Geology and founder of the Institute for Quaternary Studies at the University of Maine. He is a leading authority on glacial geology of eastem North America and has longtime interests in glacial processes of coastal Maine. His research interests in glacial processes and ice age history have taken him from the Canadian Arctic to Antarctica, with studies in Norway, India, and Ireland. He is a former Program Manager for Polar Glaciology at the National Science Foundation. He is co-author of The Ice Age World and numerous technical publications.

 

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