Terence J Hughes

Biographic Data

ID5592123
NAMETerence J Hughes
GIVEN NAMESTerence J
FAMILY NAMEHughes
SIGNATUREHUGHES T J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Maine
ORCID0000-0002-8863-9743
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX0

  • Impossible Journey

    Open AccessTerence J HughesARTICLEARCTIC2012

  • Is the East Antarctic ice sheet stable?

    Open AccessKatherine Pingree, Katherine A Pingree et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2011

    The Greenland and East and West Antarctic ice sheets are assessed as being the source of ice that produced an Eemian sea level 6 m higher than present sea level. The most probable source is total collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet accompanied by partial collapse of the adjacent sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in direct contact with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This conclusion is reached by applying a simple formula relating the “flo…

  • The case for an ice shelf in the pleistocene Arctic Ocean

    Mikhail G Grosswald, Terence J HughesARTICLEPolar Geography2008

    During Pleistocene glacial maxima, including the last glacial maximum, a thick floating ice shelf covered all or most of the deep Arctic Ocean. This conclusion is based on a preponderance of results from field and modeling studies. Of special importance are recent discoveries in the Arctic Ocean: the deep ice plowmarks on the submarine Yermak Plateau and Chukchi Borderland, and the evidence for sediment erosion and overconsolidation on the top of…

  • The calving constraints on inception of Quaternary ice sheets

    Open AccessJames P Kenneally, Terence J HughesARTICLEQuaternary International2002

  • The case for an ice shelf in the pleistocene Arctic Ocean

    Mikhail G Grosswald, Terence J HughesARTICLEPolar Geography1999

    During Pleistocene glacial maxima, including the last glacial maximum, a thick floating ice shelf covered all or most of the deep Arctic Ocean. This conclusion is based on a preponderance of results from field and modeling studies. Of special importance are recent discoveries in the Arctic Ocean: the deep ice plowmarks on the submarine Yermak Plateau and Chukchi Borderland, and the evidence for sediment erosion and overconsolidation on the top of…

  • Oriented lake-and-ridge assemblages of the Arctic coastal plains

    Open AccessMikhail G Grosswald, Terence J Hughes et al.ARTICLEPolar Record1999References: 24

    Oriented assemblages of parallel ridges and elongated lakes are widespread on the coastal lowlands of northeast Eurasia and Arctic North America, in particular, in Alaska, Arctic Canada, and northeast Siberia. So far, only the oriented lakes have been of much scientific interest. They are believed to be formed by thermokarst in perennially frozen ice-rich sediments, while their orientation is accounted for either by impact of modern winds blowing…

  • Global Ice-Sheet System Interlocked by Sea Level

    Open AccessGeorge H Denton, Terence J Hughes et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research1986

    Denton and Hughes (1983, Quaternary Research 20, 125–144) postulated that sea level linked a global ice-sheet system with both terrestrial and grounded marine components during late Quaternary ice ages. Summer temperature changes near Northern Hemisphere melting margins initiated sea-level fluctuations that controlled marine components in both polar hemispheres. It was further proposed that variations of this ice-sheet system amplified and transm…

  • The Last Interglacial Ocean

    Open AccessRose Marie L Cline, James D Hays et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research1984

    The final effort of the CLIMAP project was a study of the last interglaciation, a time of minimum ice volume some 122,000 yr ago coincident with the Substage 5e oxygen isotopic minimum. Based on detailed oxygen isotope analyses and biotic census counts in 52 cores across the world ocean, last interglacial sea-surface temperatures (SST) were compared with those today. There are small SST departures in the mid-latitude North Atlantic (warmer) and t…

  • Milankovitch Theory of Ice Ages

    Open AccessGeorge H Denton, Terence J HughesARTICLEQuaternary Research1983

    J. D. Hays, J. Imbrie, and N. J. Shackleton (1976, Science 194, 1121–1132) showed that the astronomical theory explained many features of late Quaternary ice-age climates, but they did not specify the physical mechanisms involved. Here it is proposed that interlocked variations of ice-sheet heat sinks in both polar hemispheres amplified and transmitted Milankovitch summer half-year insolation changes (a version of the astronomical theory) between…

  • The Last great ice sheets

    Terence J HughesBOOKThe Last great ice sheets1981

    Presents a global view of the last ice age. Includes ice sheet reconstruction as input for numerical modeling experiments.