Martin P Kirkbride
Biographic Data
| ID | 2774765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin P Kirkbride |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin P |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkbride |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKBRIDE M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7108-4382 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
In Memoriam
Alastair Dawson was a physical geographer and interdisciplinary Earth scientist who made outstanding contributions to understanding the development of the Scottish landscape and to Quaternary environmental change. His thoughtful and innovative research has had a lasting influence, particularly on glacial and periglacial geomorphology, interactions between ice-sheets, palaeoclimate and sea-level change, and the recognition and interpretation of Ho…
La traversée alpine de Turner en 1836 et le petit âge glaciaire dépeints dans le Val Veny et le Val Ferret (massif du Mont-Blanc)
L’artiste anglais J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) a réalisé sa deuxième visite dans le haut Val d’Aoste en 1836. Elle lui inspira plusieurs tableaux importants. Ici, nous localisons avec précision deux de ces œuvres et les relions à l’environnement climatique et géomorphologique de l’époque. Nous combinons des analyses géomorphologiques et géographiques culturelles pour proposer une évaluation plus holistique des motivations artistiques et des méthodes…
Turner’s 1836 Alpine Crossing and the Little Ice Age Portrayed in Val Veny and Val Ferret; a Geography of the Sublime
The English artist J.M.W. Turner made his second visit to upper Val d’Aosta in 1836, after which he produced several significant paintings. Here, we accurately locate two of these works and relate them to the climatic and geomorphological environment of the time. We combine critical geomorphological and cultural geographic analyses to derive a more holistic appraisal of Turner’s artistic motivations and methods in his Alpine works. The first is a…
Intense rainfall and debris flows in the Lomond Hills, Fife, 11–12 August 2020
Over the night of 11–12th August 2020, unusually intense convective rainfall triggered several debris flows along the Lomond Hills escarpment. Rainfall intensities locally exceeded an estimated 0.33% annual exceedance probability. Each debris flow had a different magnitude and physical character depending on the availability of water and sediment and the effectiveness of the vegetation buffer, such that similar-looking micro-catchments responded …
Atmospheric effects in Scotland of the AD 1783–84 Laki eruption in Iceland
Daily weather diaries and meteorological records from Scotland reveal complex weather patterns following the 1783–84 fissure eruption of the Laki volcano, Iceland. Four diarists in eastern and northern Scotland describe the near-simultaneous occurrence of discrete groups of days characterised by ‘foggy’, ‘gloomy’ and ‘hazy’ conditions during June and July 1783. The weather records suggest that an ash-rich portion of the initial plume may have arr…
Reconstruction and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary glaciers in the Tararua Range, North Island, New Zealand
Late-Holocene and Younger Dryas glaciers in the northern Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
We present 17 cosmogenic 10 Be ages of glacial deposits in Coire an Lochain (Cairngorm Mountains), which demonstrate that glacial and nival deposits cover a longer timescale than previously recognised. Five ages provide the first evidence of a late-Holocene glacier in the British Isles. A previously unidentified moraine ridge was deposited after c. 2.8 kyr and defines a small slab-like glacier with an equilibrium line altitude (ELA) at c. 1047 m.…
Two millennia of glacier advances from southern Iceland dated by tephrochronology
Two glaciers at Eyjafjallajökull, south Iceland, provide a record of multiple episodes of glacier advance since the Sub-Atlantic period, ca. 2000 yr ago. A combination of tephrochronology and lichenometry was applied to date ice-marginal moraines, tills and meltwater deposits. Two glacier advances occurred before the 3rd century AD, others in the 9th and 12th centuries bracketing the Medieval Warm Period, and five groups of advances occurred betw…
Radiocarbon dating of mid-Holocene megaflood deposits in the Jokulsa a Fjollum, north Iceland
Two megafloods in the canyon of the Jokulsi i Fjóllum, the major northern routeway for glaciovolcanic floods from Vatnajókull, have been closely dated by 14C AMS dates from Betula macrofossils within peat immediately below beds of flood-deposited sand. Ages of c. 4415 and c. 4065 yr BP (5020 and 4610 cal. yr BP) are consistent with the presence of the Hekla 4 tephra (c. 3830 yr BP) resting on the upper surface of the younger flood sand. These sed…
Icelandic Climate and Glacier Fluctuations Through the Termination of the “Little Ice Age”
Twentieth-century fluctuations of Icelandic glaciers reflect the climatic transition from the cool climate of the late "Little Ice Age" into the warm climate of the modern era. Changes in the length of six glaciers are compared to instrumental records of seasonal temperature, precipitation, and to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index. The results indicate that shifts in the location and intensity of the Icelandic Low are associated with the…
The temporal significance of transitions from melting to calving termini at glaciers in the central Southern Alps of New Zealand
Termini of valley glaciers in the central Southern Alps are undergoing a three-phase sequence of retreat that began in the 1950s. An initial phase of melting and slow downwasting under thickening supraglacial debris mantles is associated with stationary or slowly retreating termini. This is followed by a transitional phase of disruption of insulating debris mantles allowing the rapid growth of shallow thermokarst lakes, the shape and location of …
Rockfall Activity in Upland Britain during the Loch Lomond Stadial
Late-Holocene and Younger Dryas glaciers in the northern Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
We present 17 cosmogenic 10 Be ages of glacial deposits in Coire an Lochain (Cairngorm Mountains), which demonstrate that glacial and nival deposits cover a longer timescale than previously recognised. Five ages provide the first evidence of a late-Holocene glacier in the British Isles. A previously unidentified moraine ridge was deposited after c. 2.8 kyr and defines a small slab-like glacier with an equilibrium line altitude (ELA) at c. 1047 m.…
Rockfall Activity in Upland Britain during the Loch Lomond Stadial
Atmospheric effects in Scotland of the AD 1783–84 Laki eruption in Iceland
Daily weather diaries and meteorological records from Scotland reveal complex weather patterns following the 1783–84 fissure eruption of the Laki volcano, Iceland. Four diarists in eastern and northern Scotland describe the near-simultaneous occurrence of discrete groups of days characterised by ‘foggy’, ‘gloomy’ and ‘hazy’ conditions during June and July 1783. The weather records suggest that an ash-rich portion of the initial plume may have arr…
Radiocarbon dating of mid-Holocene megaflood deposits in the Jokulsa a Fjollum, north Iceland
Two megafloods in the canyon of the Jokulsi i Fjóllum, the major northern routeway for glaciovolcanic floods from Vatnajókull, have been closely dated by 14C AMS dates from Betula macrofossils within peat immediately below beds of flood-deposited sand. Ages of c. 4415 and c. 4065 yr BP (5020 and 4610 cal. yr BP) are consistent with the presence of the Hekla 4 tephra (c. 3830 yr BP) resting on the upper surface of the younger flood sand. These sed…
The temporal significance of transitions from melting to calving termini at glaciers in the central Southern Alps of New Zealand
Termini of valley glaciers in the central Southern Alps are undergoing a three-phase sequence of retreat that began in the 1950s. An initial phase of melting and slow downwasting under thickening supraglacial debris mantles is associated with stationary or slowly retreating termini. This is followed by a transitional phase of disruption of insulating debris mantles allowing the rapid growth of shallow thermokarst lakes, the shape and location of …
Rockfall Activity in Upland Britain during the Loch Lomond Stadial
The temporal significance of transitions from melting to calving termini at glaciers in the central Southern Alps of New Zealand
Termini of valley glaciers in the central Southern Alps are undergoing a three-phase sequence of retreat that began in the 1950s. An initial phase of melting and slow downwasting under thickening supraglacial debris mantles is associated with stationary or slowly retreating termini. This is followed by a transitional phase of disruption of insulating debris mantles allowing the rapid growth of shallow thermokarst lakes, the shape and location of …
Icelandic Climate and Glacier Fluctuations Through the Termination of the “Little Ice Age”
Twentieth-century fluctuations of Icelandic glaciers reflect the climatic transition from the cool climate of the late "Little Ice Age" into the warm climate of the modern era. Changes in the length of six glaciers are compared to instrumental records of seasonal temperature, precipitation, and to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index. The results indicate that shifts in the location and intensity of the Icelandic Low are associated with the…
Radiocarbon dating of mid-Holocene megaflood deposits in the Jokulsa a Fjollum, north Iceland
Two megafloods in the canyon of the Jokulsi i Fjóllum, the major northern routeway for glaciovolcanic floods from Vatnajókull, have been closely dated by 14C AMS dates from Betula macrofossils within peat immediately below beds of flood-deposited sand. Ages of c. 4415 and c. 4065 yr BP (5020 and 4610 cal. yr BP) are consistent with the presence of the Hekla 4 tephra (c. 3830 yr BP) resting on the upper surface of the younger flood sand. These sed…
Two millennia of glacier advances from southern Iceland dated by tephrochronology
Two glaciers at Eyjafjallajökull, south Iceland, provide a record of multiple episodes of glacier advance since the Sub-Atlantic period, ca. 2000 yr ago. A combination of tephrochronology and lichenometry was applied to date ice-marginal moraines, tills and meltwater deposits. Two glacier advances occurred before the 3rd century AD, others in the 9th and 12th centuries bracketing the Medieval Warm Period, and five groups of advances occurred betw…
Late-Holocene and Younger Dryas glaciers in the northern Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
We present 17 cosmogenic 10 Be ages of glacial deposits in Coire an Lochain (Cairngorm Mountains), which demonstrate that glacial and nival deposits cover a longer timescale than previously recognised. Five ages provide the first evidence of a late-Holocene glacier in the British Isles. A previously unidentified moraine ridge was deposited after c. 2.8 kyr and defines a small slab-like glacier with an equilibrium line altitude (ELA) at c. 1047 m.…
Reconstruction and paleoclimatic significance of late Quaternary glaciers in the Tararua Range, North Island, New Zealand
Intense rainfall and debris flows in the Lomond Hills, Fife, 11–12 August 2020
Over the night of 11–12th August 2020, unusually intense convective rainfall triggered several debris flows along the Lomond Hills escarpment. Rainfall intensities locally exceeded an estimated 0.33% annual exceedance probability. Each debris flow had a different magnitude and physical character depending on the availability of water and sediment and the effectiveness of the vegetation buffer, such that similar-looking micro-catchments responded …
Atmospheric effects in Scotland of the AD 1783–84 Laki eruption in Iceland
Daily weather diaries and meteorological records from Scotland reveal complex weather patterns following the 1783–84 fissure eruption of the Laki volcano, Iceland. Four diarists in eastern and northern Scotland describe the near-simultaneous occurrence of discrete groups of days characterised by ‘foggy’, ‘gloomy’ and ‘hazy’ conditions during June and July 1783. The weather records suggest that an ash-rich portion of the initial plume may have arr…
La traversée alpine de Turner en 1836 et le petit âge glaciaire dépeints dans le Val Veny et le Val Ferret (massif du Mont-Blanc)
L’artiste anglais J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) a réalisé sa deuxième visite dans le haut Val d’Aoste en 1836. Elle lui inspira plusieurs tableaux importants. Ici, nous localisons avec précision deux de ces œuvres et les relions à l’environnement climatique et géomorphologique de l’époque. Nous combinons des analyses géomorphologiques et géographiques culturelles pour proposer une évaluation plus holistique des motivations artistiques et des méthodes…
Turner’s 1836 Alpine Crossing and the Little Ice Age Portrayed in Val Veny and Val Ferret; a Geography of the Sublime
The English artist J.M.W. Turner made his second visit to upper Val d’Aosta in 1836, after which he produced several significant paintings. Here, we accurately locate two of these works and relate them to the climatic and geomorphological environment of the time. We combine critical geomorphological and cultural geographic analyses to derive a more holistic appraisal of Turner’s artistic motivations and methods in his Alpine works. The first is a…
In Memoriam
Alastair Dawson was a physical geographer and interdisciplinary Earth scientist who made outstanding contributions to understanding the development of the Scottish landscape and to Quaternary environmental change. His thoughtful and innovative research has had a lasting influence, particularly on glacial and periglacial geomorphology, interactions between ice-sheets, palaeoclimate and sea-level change, and the recognition and interpretation of Ho…
Geography (10 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 works) · Physical geography (9 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (8 works) · Geology (8 works) · Glacier (6 works) · Climatology (5 works) · Geomorphology (5 works) · Oceanography (5 works) · Cirque glacier (4 works)