All Outputs (18)

Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes (2016)
Journal Article
Shennan, I., Garrett, E., & Barlow, N. (2016). Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 150, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.003

Recent paleoseismological studies question whether segment boundaries identified for 20th and 21st century great, >M8, earthquakes persist through multiple earthquake cycles or whether smaller segments with different boundaries rupture and cause sign... Read More about Detection limits of tidal-wetland sequences to identify variable rupture modes of megathrust earthquakes.

Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives (2016)
Journal Article
Düsterhus, A., Rovere, A., Carlson, A., Horton, B., Klemann, V., Tarasov, L., …Törnqvist, T. (2016). Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives. Climate of the Past, 12(4), 911-921. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-911-2016

Sea-level and ice-sheet databases have driven numerous advances in understanding the Earth system. We describe the challenges and offer best strategies that can be adopted to build self-consistent and standardised databases of geological and geochemi... Read More about Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives.

Lateglacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes and first evidence for the Storegga tsunami in Sutherland, Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Long, A., Barlow, N., Dawson, S., Hill, J., Innes, J., Kelham, C., …Dawson, A. (2016). Lateglacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes and first evidence for the Storegga tsunami in Sutherland, Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(3), 239-255. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2862

We reconstruct one of the longest relative sea-level (RSL) records in northwest Europe from the north coast of mainland Scotland, using data collected from three sites in Loch Eriboll (Sutherland) that we combine with other studies from the region. F... Read More about Lateglacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes and first evidence for the Storegga tsunami in Sutherland, Scotland.

Reference water level and tidal datum (2015)
Book Chapter
Woodroffe, S., & Barlow, N. (2015). Reference water level and tidal datum. In I. Shennan, A. Long, & B. Horton (Eds.), Handbook of sea level research. Wiley

Near-field sea-level variability in northwest Europe and ice sheet stability during the last interglacial (2015)
Journal Article
Long, A., Barlow, N., Busschers, F., Cohen, K., Gehrels, W., & Wake, L. (2015). Near-field sea-level variability in northwest Europe and ice sheet stability during the last interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 126, 26-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.021

Global sea level during the Last Interglacial (LIG, Marine Isotope Sub-stage 5e) peaked between c. 5.5 and 9 m above present, implying significant melt from Greenland and Antarctica. Relative sea level (RSL) observations from several far- and interme... Read More about Near-field sea-level variability in northwest Europe and ice sheet stability during the last interglacial.

Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK (2015)
Journal Article
Hamilton, C., Lloyd, J., Barlow, N., Innes, J., Flecker, R., & Thomas, C. (2015). Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK. Quaternary Research, 84(2), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.07.001

Relative sea-level change (RSL), from the Late Glacial through to the late Holocene, is reconstructed for the Assynt region, northwest Scotland, based on bio- and lithostratigraphical analysis. Four new radiocarbon-dated sea-level index points help c... Read More about Late Glacial to Holocene relative sea level change in Assynt, northwest Scotland, UK.

Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives (2015)
Journal Article
Düsterhus, A., Rovere, A., Carlson, A., Barlow, N., Bradwell, T., Clark, J., …Törnqvist, T. (2015). Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives. Climate of the past discussions, 11(3), 2389-2404. https://doi.org/10.5194/cpd-11-2389-2015

Sea-level and ice-sheet databases are essential tools for evaluating palaeoclimatic changes. However, database creation poses considerable challenges and problems related to the composition and needs of scientific communities creating raw data, the c... Read More about Palaeo sea-level and ice-sheet databases: problems, strategies and perspectives.

Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska (2015)
Journal Article
Garrett, E., Barlow, N., Cool, H., Kaufman, D., Shennan, I., & Zander, P. (2015). Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 113, 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.002

New records of paleoenvironmental change from two lakes near Cordova, south central Alaska, combined with analysis of previously reported sediment sequences from the adjacent Copper River Delta, provide quantitative constraints on a range of Earth sy... Read More about Constraints on regional drivers of relative sea-level change around Cordova, Alaska.

Sea-level changes in Iceland and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the last half millennium (2015)
Journal Article
Saher, M., Gehrels, W., Barlow, N., Long, A., Haigh, I., & Blaauw, M. (2015). Sea-level changes in Iceland and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the last half millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 108, 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.005

We present a new, diatom-based sea-level reconstruction for Iceland spanning the last ~500 years, and investigate the possible mechanisms driving the sea-level changes. A sea-level reconstruction from near the Icelandic low pressure system is importa... Read More about Sea-level changes in Iceland and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the last half millennium.

Salt-marsh reconstructions of relative sea-level change in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years (2014)
Journal Article
Barlow, N., Long, A., Saher, M., Gehrels, W., Garnett, M., & Scaife, R. (2014). Salt-marsh reconstructions of relative sea-level change in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 99, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.008

Sea-level changes record changes in the mass balance of ice sheets and mountain glaciers, as well as dynamic ocean-atmosphere processes. Unravelling the contribution of each of these mechanisms on late Holocene timescales ideally requires observation... Read More about Salt-marsh reconstructions of relative sea-level change in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years.

Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust (2014)
Journal Article
Shennan, I., Barlow, N., Carver, G., Davies, F., Garrett, E., & Hocking, E. (2014). Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust. Geology, 42(8), 687-690. https://doi.org/10.1130/g35797.1

Large to great earthquakes and related tsunamis generated on the Alaska megathrust produce major hazards for both the area of rupture and heavily populated coastlines around much of the Pacific Ocean. Recent modeling studies suggest that single-segme... Read More about Great tsunamigenic earthquakes during the last 1000 years on the Alaska megathrust.

Late Holocene paleoseismology of a site in the region of maximum submergence during the 1964 Mw 9.2 Alaska earthquake (2014)
Journal Article
Shennan, I., Barlow, N., Combellick, R., Pierre, K., & Stuart-Taylor, O. (2014). Late Holocene paleoseismology of a site in the region of maximum submergence during the 1964 Mw 9.2 Alaska earthquake. Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(4), 343-350. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2705

Sediment archives of coseismic deformation from regions of maximum coseismic displacement act as key datasets for the development and constraint of models of surface elevation change associated with Holocene great earthquakes. We present new litholog... Read More about Late Holocene paleoseismology of a site in the region of maximum submergence during the 1964 Mw 9.2 Alaska earthquake.

Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years (2014)
Journal Article
Long, A., Barlow, N., Gehrels, W., Saher, M., Woodworth, P., Scaife, R., …Cahill, N. (2014). Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 388, 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.012

We present a new 300-year sea-level reconstruction from a salt marsh on the Isle of Wight (central English Channel, UK) that we compare to other salt-marsh and long tide-gauge records to examine spatial and temporal variability in sea-level change in... Read More about Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years.

Late Holocene great earthquakes in the eastern part of the Aleutian megathrust (2014)
Journal Article
Shennan, I., Bruhn, R., Barlow, N., Good, K., & Hocking, E. (2014). Late Holocene great earthquakes in the eastern part of the Aleutian megathrust. Quaternary Science Reviews, 84, 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.010

The great earthquake, Mw 9.2, of AD 1964 may not be typical of other megathrust earthquakes in the region during the last 4000 years. We present new field data from three sites: Copper River Delta, the lower Katalla River valley and Puffy Slough, to... Read More about Late Holocene great earthquakes in the eastern part of the Aleutian megathrust.

Salt marshes as late Holocene tide gauges (2013)
Journal Article
Barlow, N., Shennan, I., Long, A., Gehrels, W., Saher, M., Woodroffe, S., & Hillier, C. (2013). Salt marshes as late Holocene tide gauges. Global and Planetary Change, 106, 90-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.03.003

Understanding late Holocene to present relative sea-level changes at centennial or sub-centennial scales requires geological records that dovetail with the instrumental era. Salt marsh sediments are one of the most reliable geological tide gauges. In... Read More about Salt marshes as late Holocene tide gauges.

Scale considerations in using diatoms as indicators of sea-level change: lessons from Alaska (2013)
Journal Article
Watcham, E., Shennan, I., & Barlow, N. (2013). Scale considerations in using diatoms as indicators of sea-level change: lessons from Alaska. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(2), 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2592

This paper assesses variations in quantitative reconstructions of late Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) change arising from using modern diatom datasets from different spatial scales, applied to case studies from Alaska. We investigate the implicati... Read More about Scale considerations in using diatoms as indicators of sea-level change: lessons from Alaska.

Relative sea-level response to Little Ice Age ice mass change in south central Alaska: Reconciling model predictions and geological evidence (2012)
Journal Article
Barlow, N., Shennan, I., & Long, A. (2012). Relative sea-level response to Little Ice Age ice mass change in south central Alaska: Reconciling model predictions and geological evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 315-316, 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.048

Integration of geological data and glacio-isostatic adjustment (GIA) modelling shows that it is possible to decouple complex mechanisms of relative sea-level (RSL) change in a tectonically active glacial environment. We model a simplest solution in w... Read More about Relative sea-level response to Little Ice Age ice mass change in south central Alaska: Reconciling model predictions and geological evidence.

Palaeoseismological records of multiple great earthquakes in south-central Alaska: a 4000 year record at Girdwood. (2008)
Book Chapter
Shennan, I., Barlow, N., & Combellick, R. (2008). Palaeoseismological records of multiple great earthquakes in south-central Alaska: a 4000 year record at Girdwood. In J. Freymueller, P. Haeussler, R. Wesson, & G. Ekstrom (Eds.), Active tectonics and seismic potential of Alaska (185-199). AGU Geophysical Monograph Series

Analysis of sediment sequences beneath a tidal marsh at Girdwood, Alaska, record seven great earthquakes in the past 4000 years, including the Mw = 9.2 earthquake of March 27, 1964. The key theme that arises from studies of crustal deformation for th... Read More about Palaeoseismological records of multiple great earthquakes in south-central Alaska: a 4000 year record at Girdwood..