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Missing sea level rise in southeastern Greenland during and since the Little Ice Age (2023)
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Woodroffe, S. A., Wake, L. M., Kjeldsen, K. K., Barlow, N. L. M., Long, A. J., & Kjær, K. H. (2023). Missing sea level rise in southeastern Greenland during and since the Little Ice Age. Climate of the Past, 19(8), 1585-1606. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1585-2023

The Greenland Ice Sheet has been losing mass at an accelerating rate over the past 2 decades. Understanding ice mass and glacier changes during the preceding several hundred years prior to geodetic measurements is more difficult because evidence of p... Read More about Missing sea level rise in southeastern Greenland during and since the Little Ice Age.

Integrating new sea-level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An on-going process (2021)
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Nicholls, R. J., Hanson, S. E., Lowe, J. A., Slangen, A. B., Wahl, T., Hinkel, J., & Long, A. J. (2021). Integrating new sea-level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An on-going process. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12(3), Article e706. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.706

The release of new and updated sea-level rise information, such as from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports, needs to be better anticipated in coastal risk and adaptation assessments. This requires risk and adaptat... Read More about Integrating new sea-level scenarios into coastal risk and adaptation assessments: An on-going process.

Arctic chironomids of the northwest North Atlantic reflect environmental and biogeographic gradients (2020)
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Medeiros, A. S., Milošević, Đ., Francis, D. R., Maddison, E., Woodroffe, S., Long, A., …Axford, Y. (2021). Arctic chironomids of the northwest North Atlantic reflect environmental and biogeographic gradients. Journal of Biogeography, 48(3), 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14015

Aim: While we understand broad climate drivers of insect distributions throughout the Arctic, less is known about the role of spatial processes in determining these relationships. As such, there is a need to understand how spatial controls may influe... Read More about Arctic chironomids of the northwest North Atlantic reflect environmental and biogeographic gradients.

A pre‐industrial sea‐level rise hotspot along the Atlantic coast of North America (2020)
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Gehrels, W., Dangendorf, S., Barlow, N., Saher, M., Long, A., Woodworth, P., …Berk, K. (2020). A pre‐industrial sea‐level rise hotspot along the Atlantic coast of North America. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), Article e2019GL085814. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl085814

The Atlantic coast of North America north of Cape Hatteras has been proposed as a “hotspot” of late 20th century sea‐level rise. Here we test, using salt‐marsh proxy sea‐level records, if this coast experienced enhanced sea‐level rise over earlier mu... Read More about A pre‐industrial sea‐level rise hotspot along the Atlantic coast of North America.

The Falkland Islands palaeoecological response to millennial scale climate perturbations during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: implications for future vegetation stability in Southern Ocean islands (2019)
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Scaife, R., Long, A., Monteath, A., Hughes, P., Bentley, M., & Stone, P. (2019). The Falkland Islands palaeoecological response to millennial scale climate perturbations during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: implications for future vegetation stability in Southern Ocean islands. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34(8), 609-620. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3150

Oceanic island flora is vulnerable to future climate warming, which is likely to promote changes in vegetation composition, and invasion of non‐native species. Sub‐Antarctic islands are predicted to experience rapid warming during the next century; t... Read More about The Falkland Islands palaeoecological response to millennial scale climate perturbations during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition: implications for future vegetation stability in Southern Ocean islands.

PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA): Ice-sheet and sea-level responses to past climate warming (2019)
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Carlson, A. E., Dutton, A., Long, A. J., & Milne, G. A. (2019). PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA): Ice-sheet and sea-level responses to past climate warming. Quaternary Science Reviews, 212, 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.03.032

Here we summarize the motivation and issues surrounding the responses of ice sheets and sea level to past climate warming as part of the PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA) working group. Papers in this special issue of Quaternary Science Re... Read More about PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA): Ice-sheet and sea-level responses to past climate warming.

Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries (2018)
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Walker, M., Head, M. H., Berklehammer, M., Bjorck, S., Cheng, H., Cwynar, L., …Weiss, H. (2018). Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries. Episodes, 41(4), https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2018/018016

The Holocene is probably the most intensively studied series/epoch within the geological record, and embodies a wide array of geomorphological, climatic, biotic and archaeological evidence; yet little attention has hitherto been paid to a formal subd... Read More about Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries.

Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial (2018)
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Barlow, N., McClymont, E., Whitehouse, P., Stokes, C., Jamieson, S., Woodroffe, S., …Sanchez-Montes, M. (2018). Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial. Nature Geoscience, 11, 627-634. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0195-4

During the Last Interglacial, global mean sea level reached approximately 6 to 9 m above the present level. This period of high sea level may have been punctuated by a fall of more than 4 m, but a cause for such a widespread sea-level fall has been e... Read More about Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial.

Relative sea-level data from southwest Scotland constrain meltwater-driven sea-level jumps prior to the 8.2 kyr BP event (2016)
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Lawrence, T., Long, A., Gehrels, W., Jackson, L., & Smith, D. (2016). Relative sea-level data from southwest Scotland constrain meltwater-driven sea-level jumps prior to the 8.2 kyr BP event. Quaternary Science Reviews, 151, 292-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.013

The most significant climate cooling of the Holocene is centred on 8.2 kyr BP (the ‘8.2 event’). Its cause is widely attributed to an abrupt slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) associated with the sudden drainage of Lau... Read More about Relative sea-level data from southwest Scotland constrain meltwater-driven sea-level jumps prior to the 8.2 kyr BP event.

Lateglacial and Holocene relative sea-level changes and first evidence for the Storegga tsunami in Sutherland, Scotland (2016)
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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.

Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex (2015)
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Strzelecki, M., Long, A., & Lloyd, J. (2017). Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 28(1), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1879

We reconstruct the behaviour of a High Arctic gravel-dominated beach complex that has developed in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard, since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). The studied coastal environment in northern Billefjorden (Petuniabukta) is ch... Read More about Post-Little Ice Age development of a High Arctic paraglacial beach complex.

Sedimentary evidence for a mid-Holocene iceberg-generated tsunami in a coastal lake, west Greenland (2015)
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Long, A., Szczucinski, W., & Lawrence, T. (2015). Sedimentary evidence for a mid-Holocene iceberg-generated tsunami in a coastal lake, west Greenland. Arktos (Cham. Internet), 1(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41063-015-0007-7

We report sedimentological evidence for a tsunami from a coastal lake at Innaarsuit, Disko Bugt (west Greenland), which was most likely generated by a rolling iceberg. The tsunami invaded the lake c. 6000 years ago, during a period of time when relat... Read More about Sedimentary evidence for a mid-Holocene iceberg-generated tsunami in a coastal lake, west Greenland.

Late Quaternary evolution and sea-level history of a glaciated marine embayment, Bantry Bay, SW Ireland (2015)
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Plets, R., Callard, S., Cooper, J., Long, A., Quinn, R., Belknap, D., …Monteys, X. (2015). Late Quaternary evolution and sea-level history of a glaciated marine embayment, Bantry Bay, SW Ireland. Marine Geology, 369, 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.08.021

Ireland experienced a spatially complex pattern of relative sea-level (RSL) changes and shoreline development caused by the interplay of isostatic and eustatic (ice equivalent sea level) processes since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Using a combina... Read More about Late Quaternary evolution and sea-level history of a glaciated marine embayment, Bantry Bay, SW Ireland.

Near-field sea-level variability in northwest Europe and ice sheet stability during the last interglacial (2015)
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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.

Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods (2015)
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Dutton, A., Carlson, A., Long, A., Milne, G., Clark, P., DeConto, R., …Raymo, M. (2015). Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods. Science, 349(6244), Article aaa4019. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa4019

Interdisciplinary studies of geologic archives have ushered in a new era of deciphering magnitudes, rates, and sources of sea-level rise from polar ice-sheet loss during past warm periods. Accounting for glacial isostatic processes helps to reconcile... Read More about Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods.

Radiocarbon dating of mangrove sediments to constrain Holocene relative sea-level change on Zanzibar in the Southwest Indian Ocean (2015)
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Woodroffe, S., Long, A., Punwong, P., Selby, K., Bryant, C., & Marchant, R. (2015). Radiocarbon dating of mangrove sediments to constrain Holocene relative sea-level change on Zanzibar in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Holocene, 25(5), 820-831. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683615571422

Mangrove sedimentary deposits are sensitive to changes in sea level and can be used to reconstruct mid- to late Holocene sea-level fluctuations in intermediate and far-field locations, distant to the former polar ice sheets. However, they can be diff... Read More about Radiocarbon dating of mangrove sediments to constrain Holocene relative sea-level change on Zanzibar in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

New insights into the 21 November 2000 tsunami in west Greenland from analyses of the tree-ring structure of Salix glauca (2015)
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Buchwal, A., Szczucinski, W., Strzelecki, M., & Long, A. (2015). New insights into the 21 November 2000 tsunami in west Greenland from analyses of the tree-ring structure of Salix glauca. Polish Polar Research, 36(1), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1515/popore-2015-0005

We test the application of dendrochronological methods for dating and assessing the environmental impacts of tsunamis in polar regions, using an example of the 21 Novem− ber 2000 landslide−generated tsunami in Vaigat Strait (Sullorsuaq Strait), West... Read More about New insights into the 21 November 2000 tsunami in west Greenland from analyses of the tree-ring structure of Salix glauca.

New constraints on late Holocene eustatic sea-level changes from Mahé, Seychelles (2015)
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Woodroffe, S., Long, A., Milne, G., Bryant, C., & Thomas, A. (2015). New constraints on late Holocene eustatic sea-level changes from Mahé, Seychelles. Quaternary Science Reviews, 115, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.011

This study provides new estimates of globally integrated ice sheet melt during the late Holocene (since 4 ka BP) from Seychelles in the western Indian Ocean, a tectonically stable, far field location where the necessary Glacial-Isostatic Adjustment (... Read More about New constraints on late Holocene eustatic sea-level changes from Mahé, Seychelles.

Sea-level changes in Iceland and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the last half millennium (2015)
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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.

A model of Greenland ice sheet deglaciation constrained by observations of relative sea level and ice extent (2014)
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Lecavalier, B., Milne, G., Simpson, M., Wake, L., Huybrechts, P., Tarasov, L., …Larsen, N. (2014). A model of Greenland ice sheet deglaciation constrained by observations of relative sea level and ice extent. Quaternary Science Reviews, 102, 54-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.018

An ice sheet model was constrained to reconstruct the evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to present to improve our understanding of its response to climate change. The study involved applying a glaciologic... Read More about A model of Greenland ice sheet deglaciation constrained by observations of relative sea level and ice extent.

Salt-marsh reconstructions of relative sea-level change in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years (2014)
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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.

Contrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years (2014)
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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.

Using relative sea-level data to constrain the deglacial and Holocene history of southern Greenland (2013)
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Woodroffe, S., Long, A., Lecavalier, B., Milne, G., & Bryant, C. (2014). Using relative sea-level data to constrain the deglacial and Holocene history of southern Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 92, 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.008

This paper presents new Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) data collected from isolation basins close to the town of Paamiut in south west Greenland. The data shows a rapid fall from a marine limit of c. 52 m asl at c. 10.9 cal. ka BP to close to pres... Read More about Using relative sea-level data to constrain the deglacial and Holocene history of southern Greenland.

Salt marshes as late Holocene tide gauges (2013)
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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.

Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: A Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy). (2012)
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Walker, M., Berkelhammer, M., Björck, S., Cwynar, L., Fisher, D., Long, A., …Weiss, H. (2012). Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: A Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy). Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(7), 649-659. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2565

Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise (2012)
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Brain, M., Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Petley, D., Milledge, D., & Parnell, A. (2012). Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 345-348, 180-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.045

This paper quantifies the potential influence of sediment compaction on the magnitude of nineteenth and twentieth century sea-level rise, as reconstructed from salt marsh sediments. We firstly develop a database of the physical and compression proper... Read More about Modelling the effects of sediment compaction on salt marsh reconstructions of recent sea-level rise.

Century-scale relative sea-level changes in West Greenland — A plausibility study to assess contributions from the cryosphere and the ocean (2012)
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Wake, L., Milne, G., Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Simpson, M., & Huybrechts, P. (2012). Century-scale relative sea-level changes in West Greenland — A plausibility study to assess contributions from the cryosphere and the ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 315-316, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.029

This paper interprets high resolution relative sea-level (RSL) reconstructions obtained from recently deposited salt-marsh sediments in Greenland. The primary aim of this study is to determine the relative contribution to the RSL observations from lo... Read More about Century-scale relative sea-level changes in West Greenland — A plausibility study to assess contributions from the cryosphere and the ocean.

Relative sea-level response to Little Ice Age ice mass change in south central Alaska: Reconciling model predictions and geological evidence (2012)
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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.

Relative sea-level change in Greenland during the last 700 years and ice sheet response to the Little Ice Age (2012)
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Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Milne, G., Bryant, C., Simpson, M., & Wake, L. (2012). Relative sea-level change in Greenland during the last 700 years and ice sheet response to the Little Ice Age. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 315-316, 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.027

This paper presents new evidence regarding relative sea-level (RSL) changes and vertical land motions at three sites in Greenland since 1300 A.D., a time interval that spans the later part of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age... Read More about Relative sea-level change in Greenland during the last 700 years and ice sheet response to the Little Ice Age.

Seismic stratigraphy records the deglacial history of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland (2011)
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Hogan, K., Dix, J., Lloyd, J., Long, A., & Cotterill, C. (2011). Seismic stratigraphy records the deglacial history of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26(7), 757-766. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1500

Jakobshavn Isbræ is one of the largest ice streams in the Greenland Ice Sheet, presently draining c. 6.5% of the Inland Ice. Here we present high-resolution Chirp and Sparker sub-bottom profiles from a seismic survey conducted just outside of the Jak... Read More about Seismic stratigraphy records the deglacial history of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland.

Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments (2011)
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Brain, M., Long, A., Petley, D., Horton, B., & Allison, R. (2011). Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 233(1-4), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.10.005

Existing geotechnical approaches that describe volumetric changes in intertidal sediments in response to applied vertical effective stresses are limited by a lack of empirical research into their one-dimensional compression behaviour. In this paper w... Read More about Compression behaviour of minerogenic low energy intertidal sediments.

New insights on Arctic Quaternary climate variability from palaeo-records and numerical modelling (2010)
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Jakobsson, M., Long, A., Ingólfsson, O., Kjær, K., & Spielhagen, R. (2010). New insights on Arctic Quaternary climate variability from palaeo-records and numerical modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(25-26), 3349-3358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.08.016

Terrestrial and marine geological archives in the Arctic contain information on environmental change through Quaternary interglacial–glacial cycles. The Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes (APEX) scientific network aims to better understand the mag... Read More about New insights on Arctic Quaternary climate variability from palaeo-records and numerical modelling.

Reconstructing recent relative sea-level changes in West Greenland: local diatom-based transfer functions are superior to regional models (2010)
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Woodroffe, S., & Long, A. (2010). Reconstructing recent relative sea-level changes in West Greenland: local diatom-based transfer functions are superior to regional models. Quaternary International, 222(1-2), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.005

We present the results of an investigation into the potential of salt marshes in the Aasiaat area, West Greenland, for recent relative sea-level (RSL) reconstruction. We use 64 modern diatom samples to develop a transfer function that has a RMSEP of... Read More about Reconstructing recent relative sea-level changes in West Greenland: local diatom-based transfer functions are superior to regional models.

Relative sea level change in west Greenland during the last millennium (2010)
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Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Milne, G., Bryant, C., & Wake, L. (2010). Relative sea level change in west Greenland during the last millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(3-4), 367-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.010

Relative sea level (RSL) data provide important long-term (century to millennial-scale) constraints on ice load history in Greenland. In this paper we present the results of a litho-, bio- and chronostratigraphic study designed to reconstruct RSL dur... Read More about Relative sea level change in west Greenland during the last millennium.

Ice sheet extent and early deglacial history of the southwestern sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2009)
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Roberts, D., Long, A., Schnabel, C., Davies, B., Simpson., M., Sheng, X., & Huybrechts, P. (2009). Ice sheet extent and early deglacial history of the southwestern sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(25-26), 2760-2773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.002

The offshore and coastal geomorphology of southwest Greenland records evidence for the advance and decay of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum. Regional ice flow patterns in the vicinity of Sisimiut show an enlarged ice sheet tha... Read More about Ice sheet extent and early deglacial history of the southwestern sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Calibrating a glaciological model of the Greenland ice sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to present-day using field observations of relative sea level and ice extent (2009)
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Simpson, M., Milne, G., Huybrechts, P., & Long, A. (2009). Calibrating a glaciological model of the Greenland ice sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to present-day using field observations of relative sea level and ice extent. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(17-18), 1631-1657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.03.004

We constrain a three-dimensional thermomechanical model of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) evolution from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 21 ka BP) to the present-day using, primarily, observations of relative sea level (RSL) as well as field data on past... Read More about Calibrating a glaciological model of the Greenland ice sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to present-day using field observations of relative sea level and ice extent.

Back to the future: Greenland's contribution to sea-level change (2009)
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Long, A. (2009). Back to the future: Greenland's contribution to sea-level change. GSA Today, 19(6), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1130/gsatg40a.1

The Greenland Ice Sheet is presently making a signifi cant contribution to global sea-level rise. Predictions for the future suggest that this will continue and likely accelerate during the remainder of this century. However, a comprehensive understa... Read More about Back to the future: Greenland's contribution to sea-level change.

Late Holocene relative sea level rise and the Neoglacial history of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2009)
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Long, A., Woodroffe, S., Dawson, S., Roberts, D., & Bryant, L. (2009). Late Holocene relative sea level rise and the Neoglacial history of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 24(4), 345-359. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1235

In West Greenland, early and mid Holocene relative sea level (RSL) fall was replaced by late Holocene RSL rise during the Neoglacial, after 4-3 cal. ka BP (thousand calibrated years before present). Here we present the results of an isolation basin R... Read More about Late Holocene relative sea level rise and the Neoglacial history of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Ice marginal dynamics during surge activity, Kuannersuit Glacier, Disko Island, West Greenland (2009)
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Roberts, D., Yde, J., Long, A., Knudsen, N., & Lloyd, J. (2009). Ice marginal dynamics during surge activity, Kuannersuit Glacier, Disko Island, West Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(3-4), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.022

The Kuannersuit Glacier surged 11 km between 1995 and 1998. The surge resulted in the formation of an ice cored thrust moraine complex constructed by subglacial and proglacial glaciotectonic processes. Four main thrust zones are evident in the glacie... Read More about Ice marginal dynamics during surge activity, Kuannersuit Glacier, Disko Island, West Greenland.

Late Weichselian relative sea-level changes and ice sheet history in southeast Greenland (2008)
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Long, A., Roberts, D., Simpson, M., Dawson, S., Milne, G., & Huybrechts, P. (2008). Late Weichselian relative sea-level changes and ice sheet history in southeast Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 272(1-2), 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.042

Relative sea-level (RSL) observations from the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) provide information regarding the timing and rate of deglaciation and constraints on geophysical models of ice sheet evolution. In this paper we present the first... Read More about Late Weichselian relative sea-level changes and ice sheet history in southeast Greenland.

Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe (2007)
Journal Article
Allen, J., Long, A., Ottley, C., Pearson, D., & Huntley, B. (2007). Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(9-10), 1432-1453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.02.009

The sediments of a small lake on Nordkinnhalvøya, Finnmark, Norway, were investigated in order to test the hypothesis that this region was sensitive to centennial–millennial climatic fluctuations during the Holocene related to changes in ocean circul... Read More about Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe.

Coastal resilience and late Holocene tidal inlet history: The evolution of Dungeness Foreland and the Romney Marsh depositional complex (U.K.) (2006)
Journal Article
Long, A., Waller, M., & Plater, A. (2006). Coastal resilience and late Holocene tidal inlet history: The evolution of Dungeness Foreland and the Romney Marsh depositional complex (U.K.). Geomorphology, 82(3-4), 309-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.05.010

Dungeness Foreland is a large sand and gravel barrier located in the eastern English Channel that during the last 5000 years has demonstrated remarkable geomorphological resilience in accommodating changes in relative sea-level, storm magnitude and f... Read More about Coastal resilience and late Holocene tidal inlet history: The evolution of Dungeness Foreland and the Romney Marsh depositional complex (U.K.).

Early Holocene history of the west Greenland Ice Sheet and the GH-8.2 event (2006)
Journal Article
Long, A., Roberts, D., & Dawson, S. (2006). Early Holocene history of the west Greenland Ice Sheet and the GH-8.2 event. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25(9-10), 904-922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.002

The margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet retreated rapidly during the first few thousand years of the Holocene. During this period of relative warmth, known as the Holocene thermal maximum, ice core records identify a significant short-lived cooling eve... Read More about Early Holocene history of the west Greenland Ice Sheet and the GH-8.2 event.

Driving mechanisms of coastal change: Peat compaction and the destruction of late Holocene coastal wetlands (2006)
Journal Article
Long, A., Waller, M., & Stupples, P. (2006). Driving mechanisms of coastal change: Peat compaction and the destruction of late Holocene coastal wetlands. Marine Geology, 225(1-4), 63-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2005.09.004

This paper examines the role of peat compaction as a driving mechanism behind the widespread inundation of a late Holocene coastal wetland in southeast England, UK. Detailed stratigraphic and dating evidence (lithology, grain size, foraminifera, poll... Read More about Driving mechanisms of coastal change: Peat compaction and the destruction of late Holocene coastal wetlands.

Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution (2005)
Journal Article
Lim, M., Petley, D., Rosser, N., Allison, R., Long, A., & Pybus, D. (2005). Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution. The Photogrammetric Record, 20(110), 109-129. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9730.2005.00315.x

Although cliffs form approximately 75% of the world's coastline, the understanding of the processes through which they evolve remains limited because of a lack of quantitative data on the morphological changes they undergo. In this paper the combinat... Read More about Combined digital photogrammetry and time-of-flight laser scanning for monitoring cliff evolution.

Modelling Holocene Relative Sea-Level Observations from the Caribbean and South America (2005)
Journal Article
Milne, G., Long, A., & Bassett, S. (2005). Modelling Holocene Relative Sea-Level Observations from the Caribbean and South America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24(10-11), 1183-1202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.10.005

Holocene data from the Caribbean and the Atlantic coast of South America have been critically assessed and a subset of the best quality data are presented. These data cover a large north–south geographic extent and display a distinct spatial variatio... Read More about Modelling Holocene Relative Sea-Level Observations from the Caribbean and South America.

Streamlined bedrock terrain and fast ice flow, Jakobshavns Isbrae, West Greenland: implications for ice stream and ice sheet dynamics (2005)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., & Long, A. (2005). Streamlined bedrock terrain and fast ice flow, Jakobshavns Isbrae, West Greenland: implications for ice stream and ice sheet dynamics. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 34(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2005.tb01002.x

This study investigates the marginal subglacial bedrock bedforms of Jakobshavns Isbrae, West Greenland, in order to examine the processes governing bedform evolution in ice stream and ice sheet areas, and to reconstruct the interplay between ice stre... Read More about Streamlined bedrock terrain and fast ice flow, Jakobshavns Isbrae, West Greenland: implications for ice stream and ice sheet dynamics.

New observations on the relative sea level and deglacial history of Greenland from Innaarsuit, Disko Bugt (2003)
Journal Article
Long, A., Roberts, D., & Rasch, M. (2003). New observations on the relative sea level and deglacial history of Greenland from Innaarsuit, Disko Bugt. Quaternary Research, 60(2), 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0033-5894%2803%2900085-1

Relative sea level (RSL) data derived from isolation basins at Innaarsuit, a site on the south shores of the large marine embayment of Disko Bugt, West Greenland, record rapid RSL fall from the marine limit (ca. 108 m) at 10,300–9900 cal yr B.P. to r... Read More about New observations on the relative sea level and deglacial history of Greenland from Innaarsuit, Disko Bugt.

Late Weichselian deglacial history of Disko Bugt, West Greenland, and the dynamics of the Jakobshavns Isbrae ice stream (2003)
Journal Article
Long, A., & Roberts, D. (2003). Late Weichselian deglacial history of Disko Bugt, West Greenland, and the dynamics of the Jakobshavns Isbrae ice stream. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 32(1), 208-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009480310001119

New relative sea-level (RSL) data from Disko Bugt, a large marine embayment in West Greenland, are used to examine the deglacial history of the Jakobshavns Isbrae ice stream. RSL data show rapid deglaciation after 10.3rka cal. yr BP. Once deglaciatio... Read More about Late Weichselian deglacial history of Disko Bugt, West Greenland, and the dynamics of the Jakobshavns Isbrae ice stream.

A revised chronology for the 'Fjord Stade' moraine in Disko Bugt, west Greenland (2002)
Journal Article
Long, A., & Roberts, D. (2002). A revised chronology for the 'Fjord Stade' moraine in Disko Bugt, west Greenland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 17(5-6), 561-579. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.705

This paper re-evaluates the age of the Fjord Stade moraine in Disko Bugt, a large marine embayment in west Greenland. Previous work suggests that this moraine is part of a widespread moraine complex present throughout west Greenland, which formed ca.... Read More about A revised chronology for the 'Fjord Stade' moraine in Disko Bugt, west Greenland.

Coastal stratigraphy: a case study from Johns River, Washington. (1999)
Book Chapter
Long, A., Innes, J., Shennan, I., & Tooley, M. (1999). Coastal stratigraphy: a case study from Johns River, Washington. In A. Jones, M. Tucker, & J. Hart (Eds.), The description and analysis of Quaternary stratigraphic field sections (267-286). Quaternary Research Association Technical Guide 7, Quarternary Research Association

The Quaternary of Kent and Sussex: Field Guide. (1998)
Book
Murton, J., Whiteman, C., Bates, M., Bridgland, D., Long, A., Roberts, M., & Waller, M. (Eds.). (1998). The Quaternary of Kent and Sussex: Field Guide. Quaternary Research Association

Vegetation history and coastal evolution of Romney Marsh proper. (1998)
Book Chapter
Long, A., Waller, M., Hughes, P., & Spencer, C. (1998). Vegetation history and coastal evolution of Romney Marsh proper. In J. Eddison, M. Gardiner, & A. Long (Eds.), Romney Marsh: Environmental Change and Human Occupation in a Coastal Lowland (45-63). Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph

Midley Church Bank. (1998)
Book Chapter
Long, A., & Innes, J. (1998). Midley Church Bank. In J. Murton, C. Whiteman, M. Bates, D. Bridgland, A. Long, M. Roberts, & M. Waller (Eds.), The Quaternary of Kent and Sussex: Field Guide. Quaternary Reserach Association

Walland Marsh: wetland vegetation dynamics, sea-level change and coastal evolution. (1998)
Book Chapter
Waller, M., Long, A., Long, D., & Innes, J. (1998). Walland Marsh: wetland vegetation dynamics, sea-level change and coastal evolution. In J. Murton, C. Whiteman, M. Bates, D. Bridgland, A. Long, M. Roberts, & M. Waller (Eds.), The Quaternary of Kent and Sussex: Field Guide (70-81). Quaternary Research Association

Sea-level change. (1997)
Book Chapter
Long, A., & Roberts, D. (1997). Sea-level change. In M. Fulford, T. Champion, & A. Long (Eds.), England's Coastal Heritage: A Survey for English Heritage and the RCHME. English Heritage and the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (25-49). Archaeological Report

Mapping the Pre-Holocene Surface of an Infilled Valley in the East Kent Fens, UK, with a Shear-Wave Seismic Refraction Survey. (1992)
Journal Article
Long, A., Gunn, C., Goulty, N., & Bedlington, D. (1992). Mapping the Pre-Holocene Surface of an Infilled Valley in the East Kent Fens, UK, with a Shear-Wave Seismic Refraction Survey. Holocene, 2(1), 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369200200107

In a study of the Holocene sediments in the Hacklinge-Deal area of the East Kent Fens, Southeastern England, hand-coring data has shown that the pre-Holocene surface in this area is incised by one or more valley features, now infilled with unconsolid... Read More about Mapping the Pre-Holocene Surface of an Infilled Valley in the East Kent Fens, UK, with a Shear-Wave Seismic Refraction Survey..

The East Kent Fens. (1990)
Book Chapter
Long, A. (1990). The East Kent Fens. In S. Jennings (Ed.), Field Excursion Guide, IGCP Project 274 UK Working Group: Coastal Evolution of the Quaternary