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Professor Chris Stokes' Outputs (159)

The instability theory of drumlin formation and its explanation of their varied composition and internal structure (2013)
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Stokes, C., Fowler, A., Clark, C., Hindmarsh, R., & Spagnolo, M. (2013). The instability theory of drumlin formation and its explanation of their varied composition and internal structure. Quaternary Science Reviews, 62, 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.011

Despite their importance in understanding glaciological processes and constraining large-scale flow patterns in palaeo-glaciology, there is little consensus as to how drumlins are formed. Attempts to solve the ‘drumlin problem’ often fail to address... Read More about The instability theory of drumlin formation and its explanation of their varied composition and internal structure.

Accelerated loss of alpine glaciers in the Kodar Mountains, south-eastern Siberia (2013)
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Stokes, C., Shahgedanova, M., Evans, I., & Popovnin, V. (2013). Accelerated loss of alpine glaciers in the Kodar Mountains, south-eastern Siberia. Global and Planetary Change, 101, 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.12.010

The recession of mountain glaciers around the world has been linked to anthropogenic climate change and small glaciers (e.g. < 2 km2) are thought to be particularly vulnerable, with reports of their disappearance from several regions. However, the re... Read More about Accelerated loss of alpine glaciers in the Kodar Mountains, south-eastern Siberia.

Recent progress in understanding marine-terminating Arctic outlet glacier response to climatic and oceanic forcing: twenty years of rapid change (2013)
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Carr, J., Stokes, C., & Vieli, A. (2013). Recent progress in understanding marine-terminating Arctic outlet glacier response to climatic and oceanic forcing: twenty years of rapid change. Progress in Physical Geography, 37(4), 435-466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133313483163

Until relatively recently, it was assumed that Arctic ice masses would respond to climatic/oceanic forcing over millennia, but observations made during the past two decades have radically altered this viewpoint and have demonstrated that marine-termi... Read More about Recent progress in understanding marine-terminating Arctic outlet glacier response to climatic and oceanic forcing: twenty years of rapid change.

Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula (2013)
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Livingstone, S., O'Cofaigh, C., Stokes, C., Hillenbrand, C., Vieli, A., & Jamieson, S. (2013). Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Maps, 9(4), 558-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2013.829411

This paper presents a glacial geomorphological map of over 17,000 landforms on the bed of a major palaeo-ice stream in Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. The map was compiled using various geophysical datasets from multiple marine research... Read More about Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula.

Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope (2012)
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Jamieson, S., Vieli, A., Livingstone, S., Ó Cofaigh, C., Stokes, C., Hillenbrand, C., & Dowdeswell, J. (2012). Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope. Nature Geoscience, 5(11), 799-802. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1600

Marine-based ice streams whose beds deepen inland are thought to be inherently unstable. This instability is of particular concern because significant portions of the marine-based West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are losing mass and their retr... Read More about Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope.

Dynamics of the North American Ice Sheet complex during its inception and build-up to the Last Glacial Maximum (2012)
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Stokes, C., Tarasov, L., & Dyke, A. (2012). Dynamics of the North American Ice Sheet complex during its inception and build-up to the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 50, 86-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.009

The North American Ice Sheet Complex played a major role in global sea level fluctuations during the Late Quaternary but our knowledge of its dynamics is based mostly on its demise from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), a period characterised by non-li... Read More about Dynamics of the North American Ice Sheet complex during its inception and build-up to the Last Glacial Maximum.

Evidence for rapid ice flow and proglacial lake evolution around the central Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia (2012)
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Lovell, H., Stokes, C., Bentley, M., & Benn, D. (2012). Evidence for rapid ice flow and proglacial lake evolution around the central Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(6), 625-638. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2555

This paper presents a detailed palaeoglaciological reconstruction of ice sheet dynamics in the Seno Skyring, Seno Otway and Strait of Magellan region of the former Patagonian Ice Sheet, with a particular focus on previously hypothesised zones of rapi... Read More about Evidence for rapid ice flow and proglacial lake evolution around the central Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia.

Ice-stream flow switching during deglaciation of the southwestern Barents Sea (2012)
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Winsborrow, M., Stokes, C., & Andreassen, K. (2012). Ice-stream flow switching during deglaciation of the southwestern Barents Sea. GSA Bulletin, 124(3/4), 275-290. https://doi.org/10.1130/b30416.1

Ice streams dominate the discharge of continental ice sheets. Recent observations and reconstructions have revealed that large-scale reorganizations in their flow trajectory (flow switching) can occur over relatively short time scales. However, the u... Read More about Ice-stream flow switching during deglaciation of the southwestern Barents Sea.

Geophysical surveys of the sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: implications for the deglaciation of the Moray Firth Ice Stream, British-Irish Ice Sheet (2012)
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Turner, A., Woodward, J., Dunning, S., Shine, A., Stokes, C., & O'Cofaigh, C. (2012). Geophysical surveys of the sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: implications for the deglaciation of the Moray Firth Ice Stream, British-Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(2), 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1538

We present results from three geophysical campaigns using high-resolution sub-bottom profiling to image sediments deposited in Loch Ness, Scotland. Sonar profiles show distinct packages of sediment, providing insight into the loch's deglacial history... Read More about Geophysical surveys of the sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: implications for the deglaciation of the Moray Firth Ice Stream, British-Irish Ice Sheet.

Antarctic palaeo-ice streams (2012)
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Livingstone, S., O'Cofaigh, C., Stokes, C., Hillenbrand, C., Vieli, A., & Jamieson, S. (2012). Antarctic palaeo-ice streams. Earth-Science Reviews, 111(1-2), 90-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.10.003

We review the geomorphological, sedimentological and chronological evidence for palaeo-ice streams on the continental shelf of Antarctica and use this information to investigate basal conditions and processes, and to identify factors controlling grou... Read More about Antarctic palaeo-ice streams.

A glacial geomorphological map of the Seno Skyring-Seno Otway-Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia (2012)
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Lovell, H., Stokes, C., & Bentley, M. (2012). A glacial geomorphological map of the Seno Skyring-Seno Otway-Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia. Journal of Maps, 7(1), 318-339. https://doi.org/10.4113/jom.2011.1156

This paper presents a detailed glacial geomorphological map covering over 16,000 km of the Seno Skyring-Seno Otway-Strait of Magellan region in southernmost Patagonia. It builds on previously published maps produced at a variety of scales and is re-m... Read More about A glacial geomorphological map of the Seno Skyring-Seno Otway-Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia.

Geodetic mass balance of Azarova glacier, Kodar mountains, eastern Siberia, and its links to observed and projected climatic change (2011)
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Shahgenova, M., Popovnin, V., Aleynikov, A., & Stokes, C. (2011). Geodetic mass balance of Azarova glacier, Kodar mountains, eastern Siberia, and its links to observed and projected climatic change. Annals of Glaciology, 52(58), 129-137. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756411797252275

The Kodar mountains in eastern Siberia accommodate 30 small, cold-based glaciers with a combined surface area previously estimated at 19 km2. Very little is known about these glaciers, which were first surveyed in the late 1950s. In this paper, we us... Read More about Geodetic mass balance of Azarova glacier, Kodar mountains, eastern Siberia, and its links to observed and projected climatic change.

The composition and internal structure of drumlins: Complexity, commonality, and implications for a unifying theory of their formation (2011)
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Stokes, C., Spagnolo, M., & Clark, C. (2011). The composition and internal structure of drumlins: Complexity, commonality, and implications for a unifying theory of their formation. Earth-Science Reviews, 107(3-4), 398-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.001

Investigation of drumlins is significant to both glaciology and palaeoglaciology but the sheer diversity of their composition and internal structure is often cited as a major obstacle towards a satisfactory (unifying?) explanation of their formation.... Read More about The composition and internal structure of drumlins: Complexity, commonality, and implications for a unifying theory of their formation.

Glacial geomorphology of the north-west sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (2011)
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Brown, V., Stokes, C., & O'Cofaigh, C. (2011). Glacial geomorphology of the north-west sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Journal of Maps, 2011, 409-428. https://doi.org/10.4113/jom.2011.1224

This paper presents a new map of the glacial geomorphology of $\sim$ 800,000 km\up{2} of north-west Canada. The mapped area includes parts of Northwest Territories and Nunavut which were covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Late Wisconsinan... Read More about Glacial geomorphology of the north-west sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.

Comment on Shaw J., Pugin, A. and Young, R. (2008): “A meltwater origin for Antarctic shelf bedforms with special attention to megalineations”, Geomorphology 102, 364–375 (2010)
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Ó Cofaigh, C., Dowdeswell, J., King, E., Anderson, J., Clark, C., Evans, D., …Stokes, C. (2010). Comment on Shaw J., Pugin, A. and Young, R. (2008): “A meltwater origin for Antarctic shelf bedforms with special attention to megalineations”, Geomorphology 102, 364–375. Geomorphology, 117(1-2), 195-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.036

Ice streaming in the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A first comparison between data-calibrated numerical model output and geological evidence (2010)
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Stokes, C., & Tarasov, L. (2010). Ice streaming in the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A first comparison between data-calibrated numerical model output and geological evidence. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(1), Article L01501. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl040990

[1] Despite the importance of rapidly-flowing ice streams to ice sheet mass balance, their incorporation into numerical ice sheet models is a major scientific challenge. This introduces large uncertainties in model output and inhibits a more complete... Read More about Ice streaming in the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A first comparison between data-calibrated numerical model output and geological evidence.

What controls the location of ice streams? (2010)
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Winsborrow, M., Clark, C., & Stokes, C. (2010). What controls the location of ice streams?. Earth-Science Reviews, 103(1-2), 45-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.07.003

Ice streams influence ice sheet mass balance and stability but key aspects of their behaviour remain poorly understood. This paper reviews and discusses one very important aspect: what controls their location in an ice sheet? Seven potential controls... Read More about What controls the location of ice streams?.