All Outputs (175)

Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history of northern Troms and western Finnmark, Arctic Norway (2024)
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Leigh, J. R., Jones, R. S., Stokes, C. R., Evans, D. J. A., Carr, J. R., & Andreassen, L. M. (2024). Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history of northern Troms and western Finnmark, Arctic Norway. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12668

Here we present the first Lateglacial and Holocene glacial history from Rotsunddalen, northern Troms and western Finnmark county, northern Norway, based on both relative and numerical moraine dating using Schmidt hammer, soil chronosequencing and ter... Read More about Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history of northern Troms and western Finnmark, Arctic Norway.

Dynamical response of the southwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet to rapid Bølling–Allerød warming (2024)
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Norris, S. L., Margold, M., Evans, D. J. A., Atkinson, N., & Froese, D. G. (2024). Dynamical response of the southwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet to rapid Bølling–Allerød warming. The Cryosphere, 18(4), 1533-1559. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1533-2024

The shift in climate that occurred between the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Early Holocene (ca. 18–12 kyr BP) displayed rates of temperature increase similar to present-day warming trends. The most rapid recorded changes in temperature occurred... Read More about Dynamical response of the southwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet to rapid Bølling–Allerød warming.

The late Quaternary glacial depositional environment at Filey Bay, eastern England: Accretionary mechanisms for thick sequences of tills and stratified diamictons (2024)
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Evans, D. J., Roberts, D. H., & Phillips, E. (2024). The late Quaternary glacial depositional environment at Filey Bay, eastern England: Accretionary mechanisms for thick sequences of tills and stratified diamictons. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.01.003

Construction of the Holderness/Flamborough Head moraine belt on the East Yorkshire coast, England, records the oscillatory onshore flow of the North Sea Lobe of the British-Irish Ice Sheet from ~25.8 to ~19.7 ka BP, during which time a thick sequence... Read More about The late Quaternary glacial depositional environment at Filey Bay, eastern England: Accretionary mechanisms for thick sequences of tills and stratified diamictons.

Past glaciation of temperate‐continental mountains: A model for a debris‐charged plateau icefield/cirque glacier landsystem in the Southern Carpathians, Romania (2023)
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Balaban, C., Roberts, D., Evans, D., & Jamieson, S. (2024). Past glaciation of temperate‐continental mountains: A model for a debris‐charged plateau icefield/cirque glacier landsystem in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(2), 601-621. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5723

Reconstructing the extent, style, timing and drivers of past mountain glaciation is crucial in both understanding past atmospheric circulation and predicting future climate change. Unlike in high‐elevation mountains situated in maritime and continent... Read More about Past glaciation of temperate‐continental mountains: A model for a debris‐charged plateau icefield/cirque glacier landsystem in the Southern Carpathians, Romania.

Late Wolstonian and Ipswichian (MIS 6/5e) sediment fill in a limestone sinkhole, Askham Fell, northern England (2023)
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Carling, P. A., Evans, D. J. A., Abbas, M., Ou, X., & Lai, Z. (2023). Late Wolstonian and Ipswichian (MIS 6/5e) sediment fill in a limestone sinkhole, Askham Fell, northern England. Journal of Quaternary Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3589

In 2019 a sinkhole (doline) occurred in Late Devensian till above fissured limestone in northern England. Most sediment plugging the fissure was evacuated down into a karstic drainage system. The residual sedimentary fill comprises three main lithofa... Read More about Late Wolstonian and Ipswichian (MIS 6/5e) sediment fill in a limestone sinkhole, Askham Fell, northern England.

Quantification of short‐term transformations of proglacial landforms in a temperate, debris‐charged glacial landsystem, Kvíárjökull, Iceland (2023)
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Śledź, S., Ewertowski, M. W., & Evans, D. J. A. (2023). Quantification of short‐term transformations of proglacial landforms in a temperate, debris‐charged glacial landsystem, Kvíárjökull, Iceland. Land Degradation and Development, 34(17), 5566-5590. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4865

Proglacial areas are dynamic landscapes and important indicators of geomorphic changes related to climate warming. Systematic and repeat surveys of landforms presently evolving on glacier forelands facilitate the quantification of rates of change and... Read More about Quantification of short‐term transformations of proglacial landforms in a temperate, debris‐charged glacial landsystem, Kvíárjökull, Iceland.

Remote sensing of glacier change (1965 - 2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic (2023)
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Wytiahlowsky, H., Stokes, C. R., & Evans, D. J. (2023). Remote sensing of glacier change (1965 - 2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic. Journal of Glaciology, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.60

Glaciers in the Russian High Arctic have undergone accelerated mass loss due to atmospheric and oceanic warming in the Barents-Kara Seas region. Most studies have concentrated on the western Barents-Kara sector, despite evidence of accelerating mass... Read More about Remote sensing of glacier change (1965 - 2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic.

Active temperate glacial landsystem evolution in association with outwash head/depositional overdeepenings (2023)
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Evans, D. J., Ewertowski, M. W., Tomczyk, A., & Chandler, B. M. (2023). Active temperate glacial landsystem evolution in association with outwash head/depositional overdeepenings. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(8), 1573-1598. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5569

The response of temperate glaciers to rapid climate warming is reflected in the geomorphology (landsystem) resulting from snout recession. This paper develops a locally diverse process-form model of active temperate glaciers through mapping and quant... Read More about Active temperate glacial landsystem evolution in association with outwash head/depositional overdeepenings.

Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses (2023)
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Newton, M., Stokes, C. R., Roberts, D. H., & Evans, D. J. (2023). Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses. Geomorphology, 427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108619

Bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) are subglacial landforms of erosion that occur in glaciated terrain in various geological and (palaeo)glaciological settings. Despite a significant literature on BMGs, no systematic morphometric analysis of these landforms... Read More about Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 1 - morphometric analyses.

Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation (2023)
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Evans, D. J., Newton, M., Roberts, D. H., & Stokes, C. R. (2023). Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation. Geomorphology, 427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108620

Understanding BMG formation equates to being able to explain their initiation as well as their subsequent evolution. Several scenarios of bedrock mega-groove (BMG) initiation are proposed here, which attempt to explain how such parallel fluted terrai... Read More about Characteristics and formation of bedrock mega-grooves (BMGs) in glaciated terrain: 2 – conceptual models of BMG initiation.

Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction (2022)
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Clark, C. D., Ely, J. C., Hindmarsh, R. C., Bradley, S., Ignéczi, A., Fabel, D., …Wilson, P. (2022). Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 51(4), 699-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12594

The BRITICE-CHRONO consortium of researchers undertook a dating programme to constrain the timing of advance, maximum extent and retreat of the British–Irish Ice Sheet between 31 000 and 15 000 years before present. The dating campaign across Ireland... Read More about Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction.

Periglacial landforms of Dartmoor: an automated mapping approach to characterizing cold climate geomorphology (2022)
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Harriott, S., & Evans, D. J. (2022). Periglacial landforms of Dartmoor: an automated mapping approach to characterizing cold climate geomorphology. Scottish Geographical Journal, 138(1-2), 45-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2022.2093394

A systematic mapping approach characterizes Dartmoor periglacial landform signatures using the geomorphology of nine summit areas displaying well developed tor and blockfield landforms. This combines manual vectorisation with automatic classification... Read More about Periglacial landforms of Dartmoor: an automated mapping approach to characterizing cold climate geomorphology.

A model of ice-marginal sediment-landform development at Lake Tekapo, Southern Alps, New Zealand (2022)
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Sutherland, J. L., Evans, D. J., Carrivick, J. L., Shulmeister, J., & Rother, H. (2022). A model of ice-marginal sediment-landform development at Lake Tekapo, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 104(3), 151-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2022.2084591

The extent of the Southern Alps icefield in New Zealand is well-constrained chronologically for the last glacial cycle. The sediment-landform imprint of this glacial system, however, offers insight into ice-marginal processes that chronological contr... Read More about A model of ice-marginal sediment-landform development at Lake Tekapo, Southern Alps, New Zealand.

The historical emergence of a geometric and sinuous ridge network at the Hørbyebreen polythermal glacier snout, Svalbard and its use in the interpretation of ancient glacial landforms (2022)
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Evans, D. J., Ewertowski, M., Roberts, D. H., & Tomczyk, A. M. (2022). The historical emergence of a geometric and sinuous ridge network at the Hørbyebreen polythermal glacier snout, Svalbard and its use in the interpretation of ancient glacial landforms. Geomorphology, 406, Article 108213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108213

The post Little Ice Age recession and downwasting of Hørbyebreen, a Svalbard polythermal glacier, has revealed a sub-polar glacial landsystem within which a geometric and sinuous ridge network (GSRN) has evolved by ice melt-out. Spatio-temporal evolu... Read More about The historical emergence of a geometric and sinuous ridge network at the Hørbyebreen polythermal glacier snout, Svalbard and its use in the interpretation of ancient glacial landforms.

Glacial and periglacial geomorphological map of central Troms and Finnmark county, Arctic Norway (2021)
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Leigh, J., Evans, D., Stokes, C., Andreassen, L., & Carr, R. (2021). Glacial and periglacial geomorphological map of central Troms and Finnmark county, Arctic Norway. Journal of Maps, 17(2), 348-366. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1950580

Here we present a glacial and periglacial geomorphological map of a ∼6800 km2 region of central Troms and Finnmark county, Arctic Norway. The map is presented at a 1:115,000 scale with the aim of characterising the spatial distribution of glacial and... Read More about Glacial and periglacial geomorphological map of central Troms and Finnmark county, Arctic Norway.

Ice-free valleys in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: glacial geomorphology, geochronology and potential as palaeoenvironmental archives (2021)
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Small, D., Bentley, M. J., Evans, D. J., Hein, A. S., & Freeman, S. P. (2021). Ice-free valleys in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: glacial geomorphology, geochronology and potential as palaeoenvironmental archives. Antarctic Science, 33(4), 428-455. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102021000237

We describe the glacial geomorphology and initial geochronology of two ice-free valley systems within the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. These valleys are characterized by landforms associated with formerly more expanded ice sh... Read More about Ice-free valleys in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: glacial geomorphology, geochronology and potential as palaeoenvironmental archives.

Glacial landforms and sediments (landsystem) of the Smoking Hills area, NWT, Canada: implications for regional Pliocene-Pleistocene Laurentide Ice Sheet dynamics (2021)
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Evans, D., Smith, I., Gosse, J., & Galloway, J. (2021). Glacial landforms and sediments (landsystem) of the Smoking Hills area, NWT, Canada: implications for regional Pliocene-Pleistocene Laurentide Ice Sheet dynamics. Quaternary Science Reviews, 262, 1-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106958

The Smoking Hills area in the western Canadian Arctic was purported to contain a regionally rare Quaternary stratigraphic section with multiple, local ice cap-derived tills and a long chronology constrained by palaeomagnetic markers. We present a fun... Read More about Glacial landforms and sediments (landsystem) of the Smoking Hills area, NWT, Canada: implications for regional Pliocene-Pleistocene Laurentide Ice Sheet dynamics.

Maximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum (2021)
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Scourse, J., Chiverrell, R., Smedley, R., Small, D., Burke, M., Saher, M., …Clark, C. (2021). Maximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3313

The BRITICE‐CHRONO Project has generated a suite of recently published radiocarbon ages from deglacial sequences offshore in the Celtic and Irish seas and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide and optically stimulated luminescence ages from adjacent onshore... Read More about Maximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum.

Glacitectonic rafts and their role in the generation of Quaternary subglacial bedforms and deposits (2021)
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Evans, D. J., Phillips, E. R., & Atkinson, N. (2021). Glacitectonic rafts and their role in the generation of Quaternary subglacial bedforms and deposits. Quaternary Research, 104, 101-135. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.11

Landforms and sediments on the palaeo–ice stream beds of central Alberta record glacitectonic raft production and subsequent progressive disaggregation and moulding, associated substrate ploughing, and grooving. We identify a subglacial temporal or d... Read More about Glacitectonic rafts and their role in the generation of Quaternary subglacial bedforms and deposits.

Timing and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation (2021)
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Ó Cofaigh, C., Callrd, S., Roberts, D., Chiverrell, R., Ballantyne, C., Evans, D., …Sacchetti, F. (2021). Timing and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 36(5), 805-832. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3295

Understanding the pace and drivers of marine-based ice-sheet retreat relies upon the integration of numerical ice-sheet models with observations from contemporary polar ice sheets and well-constrained palaeo-glaciological reconstructions. This paper... Read More about Timing and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation.