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Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid-Pleistocene ice sheet growth (2008)
Journal Article
McClymont, E., Rosell-Mele, A., Haug, G., & Lloyd, J. (2008). Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid-Pleistocene ice sheet growth. Paleoceanography, 23, Article PA4214. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008pa001622

Past surface ocean circulation changes associated with the mid-Pleistocene transition, 0.9–0.6 Ma, were reconstructed in the northern North Atlantic (ODP 983) and the northwest Pacific (ODP 882), using proxies for subarctic/subpolar water mass distri... Read More about Expansion of subarctic water masses in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans and implications for mid-Pleistocene ice sheet growth.

The impact of parametric uncertainty and topographic error in ice-sheet modelling (2008)
Journal Article
Hebeler, F., Purves, R., & Jamieson, S. (2008). The impact of parametric uncertainty and topographic error in ice-sheet modelling. Journal of Glaciology, 54(188), 889-919. https://doi.org/10.3189/002214308787779852

Ice-sheet models (ISMs) developed to simulate the behaviour of continental-scale ice sheets under past, present or future climate scenarios are subject to a number of uncertainties from various sources. These sources include the conceptualization of... Read More about The impact of parametric uncertainty and topographic error in ice-sheet modelling.

Assessment of sediment delivery from shallow landslides in upland terrain using 3D remote sensing. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Galiatsatos, N., Donoghue, D., Dong, L., & Warburton, J. (2008, November). Assessment of sediment delivery from shallow landslides in upland terrain using 3D remote sensing. Presented at 2007 Annual Conference of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society., Newcastle upon Tyne

The well-publicised floods in North Yorkshire on 19 June 2005 focussed attention on the devastating impact of flash floods in the UK uplands. The North Yorkshire floods were considered so severe that they prompted an emergency debate in Parliament (2... Read More about Assessment of sediment delivery from shallow landslides in upland terrain using 3D remote sensing..

A modified morphodynamic model for investigating the response of rivers to short-term climate change (2008)
Journal Article
Verhaar, P., Biron, P. M., Ferguson, R., & Hoey, T. (2008). A modified morphodynamic model for investigating the response of rivers to short-term climate change. Geomorphology, 101(4), 674-682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.03.010

Near-future climate change will affect the discharge and base level of rivers and thus cause channel changes. The nature and pace of such changes can be simulated using morphodynamic models. As part of an investigation of how the changing hydrology o... Read More about A modified morphodynamic model for investigating the response of rivers to short-term climate change.

Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains (2008)
Journal Article
Hilton, R., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Chen, M., Horng, M., & Chen, H. (2008). Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains. Nature Geoscience, 1(11), 759-762. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo333

The transfer of organic carbon from the terrestrial biosphere to the oceans via erosion and riverine transport constitutes an important component of the global carbon cycle. More than one third of this organic carbon flux comes from sediment-laden ri... Read More about Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains.

The Early Pleistocene development of the Gediz River, Western Turkey: An uplift-driven, climate-controlled system? (2008)
Journal Article
Maddy, D., Demir, T., Bridgland, D., Veldkamp, A., Stemerdink, C., van der Schriek, T., & Westaway, R. (2008). The Early Pleistocene development of the Gediz River, Western Turkey: An uplift-driven, climate-controlled system?. Quaternary International, 189(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.045

This paper reports the latest details from an on-going investigation of the Early Pleistocene buried river terrace sequence of the Gediz River ∼40 km upstream of the Alaşehir graben in the Kula volcanic province, Western Turkey. Using clast lithology... Read More about The Early Pleistocene development of the Gediz River, Western Turkey: An uplift-driven, climate-controlled system?.

High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data (2008)
Journal Article
Galiatsatos, N., Donoghue, D., & Philip, G. (2008). High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data. Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing, 74(9), 1093-1106. https://doi.org/10.14358/pers.74.9.1093

The first space mission to provide stereoscopic imagery of the Earth’s surface was from the American CORONA spy satellite program from which it is possible to generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). CORONA imagery and derived DEMs are of most value... Read More about High resolution elevation data derived from stereoscopic CORONA imagery with minimal ground control: an approach using IKONOS and SRTM data.

The disappearance of Sphagnum imbricatum from Butterburn Flow, UK (2008)
Journal Article
McClymont, E., Mauquoy, D., Yeloff, D., Broekens, P., van Geel, B., Charman, D., …Evershed, R. (2008). The disappearance of Sphagnum imbricatum from Butterburn Flow, UK. Holocene, 18(6), 991-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683608093537

The disappearance of the previously abundant moss species Sphagnum imbricatum has been investigated at Butterburn Flow, northern England, using organic geochemical, elemental, macrofossil, pollen and testate amoebae analyses. Variations in the assemb... Read More about The disappearance of Sphagnum imbricatum from Butterburn Flow, UK.

Controls on sediment evacuation from glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California (2008)
Journal Article
Dühnforth, M., Densmore, A., Ivy-Ochs, S., & Allen, P. (2008). Controls on sediment evacuation from glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(10), 1602-1613. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1694

The degree of glacial modification in small catchments along the eastern Sierra Nevada, California, controls the timing and pattern of sediment flux to the adjacent fans. There is a close relationship between the depth of fan-head incision and the pa... Read More about Controls on sediment evacuation from glacially modified and unmodified catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California.

A. Late Cenozoic surface uplift revealed by incision by the River Euphrates at Birecik, southeast Turkey. (2008)
Journal Article
Demir, T., Seyrek, A., Westaway, R., Bridgland, D., & Beck, A. (2008). A. Late Cenozoic surface uplift revealed by incision by the River Euphrates at Birecik, southeast Turkey. Quaternary International, 186(1), 132-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.010

Incision by the River Euphrates has created a dramatic erosional landscape in the northern Arabian Platform in SE Turkey. We obtain accurate heights of its terrace deposits in the Birecik area using differential GPS, and summarise evidence regarding... Read More about A. Late Cenozoic surface uplift revealed by incision by the River Euphrates at Birecik, southeast Turkey..

Late Cenozoic uplift of the Amanos Mountains and incision of the Middle Ceyhan river gorge, southern Turkey ; Ar–Ar dating of the Düziçi basalt. (2008)
Journal Article
Seyrek, A., Demir, T., Pringle, M., Yurtmen, S., Westaway, R., Bridgland, D., …Rowbotham, G. (2008). Late Cenozoic uplift of the Amanos Mountains and incision of the Middle Ceyhan river gorge, southern Turkey ; Ar–Ar dating of the Düziçi basalt. Geomorphology, 97(3-4), 321-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.014

Using the Ar–Ar technique, we have obtained the first numerical dates for the Pleistocene volcanism along the valley of the River Ceyhan in the Düziçi area of southern Turkey, in the western foothills of the Amanos Mountains. Our six dates indicate a... Read More about Late Cenozoic uplift of the Amanos Mountains and incision of the Middle Ceyhan river gorge, southern Turkey ; Ar–Ar dating of the Düziçi basalt..

Modelling landscape evolution under ice sheets (2008)
Journal Article
Jamieson, S., Hulton, N., & Hagdorn, M. (2008). Modelling landscape evolution under ice sheets. Geomorphology, 97(1-2), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.047

We use an ice sheet model (GLIMMER) with an erosion component to examine the evolution of landscapes under ice sheets over long time scales in hypothetical situations. GLIMMER is a fully coupled thermomechanical 3-dimensional ice sheet model with a s... Read More about Modelling landscape evolution under ice sheets.

Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation (2008)
Journal Article
Turnbull, L., Brazier, R., Wainwright, J., Dixon, L., & Bol, R. (2008). Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22(11), 1697-1702. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.3514

Many semi-arid areas worldwide are becoming degraded, in the form of C4 grasslands being replaced by C3 shrublands, which causes an increase in surface runoff and erosion, and altered nutrient cycling, which may affect global biogeochemical cycling.... Read More about Use of carbon isotope analysis to understand semi-arid erosion dynamics and long-term semi-arid land degradation.

Extraordinary denudation in the Sichuan Basin: insights from low-temperature thermochronology adjacent to the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2008)
Journal Article
Richardson, N., Densmore, A., Seward, D., Wipf, M., Li, Y., Ellis, M., & Zhang, Y. (2008). Extraordinary denudation in the Sichuan Basin: insights from low-temperature thermochronology adjacent to the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(B4), Article B04409. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jb004739

The eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau combines very high relief with almost no Tertiary foreland sedimentation and little evidence of Cenozoic tectonic shortening. While river incision and landscape development at the plateau margin have received... Read More about Extraordinary denudation in the Sichuan Basin: insights from low-temperature thermochronology adjacent to the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

Intercomparison of Evapotranspiration Over the Savannah Volta Basin in West Africa Using Remote Sensing Data (2008)
Journal Article
Opoku-Duah, S., Donoghue, D., & Burt, T. (2008). Intercomparison of Evapotranspiration Over the Savannah Volta Basin in West Africa Using Remote Sensing Data. Sensors, 8(4), 2736-2761. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8042736

This paper compares evapotranspiration estimates from two complementary satellite sensors – NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and ESA’s ENVISAT Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) over the savannah area of the... Read More about Intercomparison of Evapotranspiration Over the Savannah Volta Basin in West Africa Using Remote Sensing Data.