Robert Larter

Dep Science Leader of Palaeo Environments IMP 3

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Robert Larter

Dep Science Leader of Palaeo Environments IMP 3

Biography

Marine geophysicist working at British Antarctic Survey since 1987. Main research focus since 2004 has been on late Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology and glacial/glacial-marine processes. Also has continuing interest in tectonic and palaeoenvironmental history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through the Cenozoic era. Technical specialisms include acquisition, processing and interpretation of seismic reflection, marine magnetic, swath bathymetry and sidescan sonar data. Scope of theoretical knowledge and coding experience includes forward and inverse seismic modelling and tectonic plate fitting/rotation calculations.

Employment

2023- Interim Science Leader, Palaeoenvironment, Ice Sheets and Climate Change (PICC)

2022- UK Science Lead in Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC)

2015- Deputy Science Leader, Palaeoenvironments, Ice sheets and Climate Change (PICC)

2009-2015 Workpackage Manager, Palaeo-Ice Sheets, a component of the British Antarctic Survey’s Ice Sheets programme.

2005-2009 Project Leader, Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations (QWAD), a component project of the British Antarctic Survey’s Glacial Retreat in Antarctica and Deglaciation of the Earth System (GRADES) programme

1995-2002 Project Leader, Oceanic Active Plate Margins, which included the Sandwich Lithospheric and Crustal Experiment (SLICE) and was a component project of the British Antarctic Survey’s Active Plate Margins programme

1995-2000 Programme Manager, Active Plate Margins Programme

1992-1995 Project Leader, Antarctic Peninsula Cenozoic Subduction

1987-present Marine Geophysicist, British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge)

1983-1987 Research Associate, Antarctic Marine Group (University of Birmingham)

Degrees

1991 PhD Marine Geophysics, University of Birmingham

1984 MSc Petroleum Exploration Studies, University of Aberdeen

1982 BSc Geology, University of Durham

NERC and external appointments

• Member of Review Panel German Research Vessels (Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe) 2018-

• Member of Council of Geological Society of London 2016-2019

• Member of Steering Committee of SCAR Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics programme 2013-2018

• Member of Geological Society of London Working Group on Climate Change 2010-2013 and 2019-2020

• Technical Adviser (Science) to NERC New Polar Research Vessel Programme 2014-2020

• Member of NERC New Polar Research Vessel Associated Projects Working Group 2015-2017

Research interests

Application of marine geology and geophysics to understanding the tectonic and palaeoenvironmental history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, with main focus on Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology and glacial/glacial-marine processes.

At present I am working mainly on geological and geophysical data from the southernmost Pacific Ocean, the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea.

I have also carried out geophysical investigations in the Scotia Sea. I have participated in 22 Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research cruises and been Chief Scientist on eight cruises of RRS James Clark Ross and one cruise of RV Nathaniel B Palmer..

Recent research cruises

RV Nathaniel B Palmer NBP20-02, January-March 2020. UK PI for Thwaites Offshore Research Project (THOR) leading marine geophysics work. Second research cruise of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC), involving work for two ITGC projects, of which THOR was the one to which most time was allocated. The cruise also involved work for two other NSF-funded physical oceanography projects and recovery and redeployment of oceanographic moorings.

RV Nathaniel B Palmer NBP19-02, January-March 2019. Chief Scientist and PI for Thwaites Offshore Research Project (THOR). First research cruise of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC), involving work for three ITGC projects, of which THOR was one, and recovery and redeployment of oceanographic moorings. THOR participants from BAS, University of Houston, University of Alabama, University of South Florida and Rice University. Other cruise participants from University of East Anglia, University of St Andrews, University of Gothenburg and University of Maine. Cruise report from Rolling Deck to Repository

RRS Discovery DY087, January-March 2018. Co-I leading marine geophysics work. NERC UK-IODP Programme Site Survey Investigation cruise to underpin development of a full IODP proposal for drilling on Maurice Ewing bank and Northeast Georgia Rise aimed at improving knowledge of South Atlantic Paleogene palaeoceanography. Collaboration between University of Southampton and BAS.

RV Polarstern PS104, January-March 2017. UK PI on German-UK collaborative project to conduct sea-floor drilling in the Amundsen Sea Embayment to investigate history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Project involves Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, MARUM, University of Bremen, BAS, Imperial College London and University of Southampton, with UK funding contributions from BAS and UK IODP. Cruise report from Alfred Wegener Institute EPIC database

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise JR298, January-March 2015. Chief Scientist. NERC UK-IODP Programme Site Survey Investigation cruise in support of International Ocean Discovery Program proposal 732-Full2 “Sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica”. Project involves Co-Investigators at University of Cambridge and University of Exeter, and Project Partners at University of Florida, Royal Holloway University of London, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany) and Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (Trieste, Italy). Further collaborations with research groups at University of Cambridge and University of Durham are funded by the NERC Collaborative Gearing Scheme, and a further collaboration with a researcher at University of Florida is funded by an Antarctic Science Bursary. Cruise summary report from BODC
Cruise blog by Carys Cook, University of Florida

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise JR284, January 2014. Chief Scientist. BAS IceSheets Programme short cruise with aim of “Improving constraints on the deglacial history of the Antarctic Peninsula”. Involved collaborators from National Oceanography Centre (Southampton), Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge) and Alfred Wegener Institite for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany). Cruise summary report from BODC

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise JR244, January-March 2011. Chief Scientist. BAS IceSheets Programme and Chemistry and Past Climate Programme cruise to investigate the late Quaternary glacial and palaeoceanographic history of the southern Weddell Sea. Cruise summary and final cruise report from BODC

Collaborations

Most recent publications

Most cited publications

Publications information from the NERC Open Research Archive (NORA)

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Larter, Robert , Scambos, Ted, Davis, Peter , Karplus, Marianne. (2025) Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier and sea-level rise – Results from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) [Environment Audit Committee call for evidence]. Online, UK Parliament, 5 pp. (Environment Audit Committee call for evidence.)

Siegert, M., Buzzard, S., Sevestre, H., Bentley, M., Fricker, H.A., Henley, S., Larter, Robert . (2025) Protecting Antarctica from dangerous geoengineering [Environment Audit Committee call for evidence]. Online, UK Parliament, 3 pp. (Environment Audit Committee call for evidence.)

2024

Hoem, Frida S., van den Broek, Karlijn, López-Quirós, Adrián, van de Lagemaat, Suzanna H.A., Bohaty, Steve M., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert D. , van Peer, Tim E., Brinkhuis, Henk, Sangiorgi, Francesca, Bijl, Peter K.. (2024) Stepwise Oligocene–Miocene breakdown of subpolar gyres and strengthening of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Micropaleontology, 43 (). pp. 10.5194/jm-43-497-2024

Lowe, Maximilian , Jordan, Tom , Ebbing, Jörg, Koglin, Nikola, Ruppel, Antonia, Moorkamp, Max, Läufer, Andreas, Green, Chris, Liebsch, Jonas, Ginga, Mikhail, Larter, Robert . (2024) Comparing geophysical inversion and petrophysical measurements for northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Geophysical Journal International, 239 (). pp. 10.1093/gji/ggae272

Lowe, Maximilian , Jordan, Tom , Moorkamp, Max, Ebbing, Jörg, Green, Chris, Lösing, Mareen, Riley, Teal , Larter, Robert . (2024) The 3D Crustal Structure of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica, Using Variation of Information Joint Inversion of Gravity and Magnetic Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129 (). 24 pp. 10.1029/2023JB027794

Wåhlin, Anna, Alley, Karen E., Begeman, Carolyn, Hegrenæs, Øyvind, Yuan, Xiaohan, Graham, Alastair G.C., Hogan, Kelly , Davis, Peter E.D. , Dotto, Tiago S., Eayrs, Clare, Hall, Robert A., Holland, David M., Kim, Tae Wan, Larter, Robert D. , Ling, Li, Muto, Atsuhiro, Pettit, Erin C., Schmidt, Britney E., Snow, Tasha, Stedt, Filip, Washam, Peter M., Wahlgren, Stina, Wild, Christian, Wellner, Julia, Zheng, Yixi, Heywood, Karen J.. (2024) Swirls and scoops: Ice base melt revealed by multibeam imagery of an Antarctic ice shelf. Science Advances, 10 (). 14 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.adn9188

Klages, J.P., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Bohaty, S.M., Salzmann, U., Bickert, T., Lohmann, G., Knahl, H.S., Gierz, P., Niu, L., Titschack, J., Kuhn, G., Frederichs, T., Müller, J., Bauersachs, T., Larter, R.D. , Hochmuth, K., Ehrmann, W., Nehrke, G., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., Schmiedl, G., Spezzaferri, S., Läufer, A., Lisker, F., van de Flierdt, T., Eisenhauer, A., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Esper, O., Smith, J.A. , Pälike, H., Spiegel, C., Dziadek, R., Ronge, T.A., Freudenthal, T., Gohl, K.. (2024) Ice sheet–free West Antarctica during peak early Oligocene glaciation. Science, 385 (). 13 pp. 10.1126/science.adj3931

Zundel, M., Spiegel, C., Mark, C., Millar, I.L., Chew, D., Klages, J.P., Gohl, K., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Najman, Y., Salzmann, U., Ehrmann, W., Titschack, J., Bauersachs, T., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Bickert, T., Müller, J., Larter, R. , Lisker, F., Bohaty, S.M., Kuhn, G.. (2024) A large-scale transcontinental river system crossed West Antarctica during the Eocene. Science Advances, 10 (). 16 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.adn6056

Clark, Rachel W., Wellner, Julia S., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Totten, Rebecca L., Smith, James A. , Miller, Lauren E., Larter, Robert D. , Hogan, Kelly , Graham, Alastair G.C., Nitsche, Frank O., Lehrmann, Asmara A., Lepp, Allison P., Kirkham, James D. , Fitzgerald, Victoria T., Garcia-Barrera, Georgina, Ehrmann, Werner, Wacker, Lukas. (2024) Synchronous retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers in response to external forcings in the presatellite era. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (). 10 pp. 10.1073/pnas.2211711120

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Arnold, Neil S., Ely, Jeremy C., Clark, Chris D., Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2024) Tunnel valley formation beneath deglaciating mid-latitude ice sheets: Observations and modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 323 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107680

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Le Heron, Daniel P., Lawrence, Alex, Kane, Ian, Arnold, Neil S., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2024) The infill of tunnel valleys in the central North Sea: Implications for sedimentary processes, geohazards, and ice-sheet dynamics. Marine Geology, 467 (). 24 pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2023.107185

2023

Hogan, Kelly A. , Warburton, Katarzyna L.P., Graham, Alastair G.C., Neufeld, Jerome A., Hewitt, Duncan R., Dowdeswell, Julian A., Larter, Robert D. . (2023) Towards modelling of corrugation ridges at ice-sheet grounding lines. The Cryosphere, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-17-2645-2023

Lowe, Maximilian , Mather, Ben, Green, Chris, Jordan, Tom A. , Ebbing, Jörg, Larter, Robert . (2023) Anomalously high heat flow regions beneath the Transantarctic Mountains and Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica inferred from Curie depth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128 (). 20 pp. 10.1029/2022JB025423

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Arnold, Neil S., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2023) Tunnel valleys as geohazards: new insights from high-resolution 3D seismic data. In: Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics 9th International Conference London, UK, 12-14 Sept 2023. Society for Underwater Technology.

2022

Huang, Xiaoxia, Steel, Ronald, Larter, Robert D. . (2022) Late Eocene signals of oncoming Icehouse conditions and changing ocean circulation, Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 600 (). 11 pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117885

Graham, Alastair G.C., Wåhlin, Anna, Hogan, Kelly A. , Nitsche, Frank O., Heywood, Karen J., Totten, Rebecca L., Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Simkins, Lauren M., Anderson, John B., Wellner, Julia S., Larter, Robert D. . (2022) Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era. Nature Geoscience, (). 10 pp. 10.1038/s41561-022-01019-9

Roseby, Zoë A. , Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Allen, Claire S. , Leventer, Amy, Hogan, Kelly , Cartigny, Matthieu J.B., Rosenheim, Brad E., Kuhn, Gerhard, Larter, Robert D. . (2022) History of the Anvers-Hugo Trough, western Antarctic Peninsula shelf, since the Last Glacial Maximum. Part II: Palaeo-productivity and palaeoceanographic changes during the Last Glacial Transition. Quaternary Science Reviews, 294 (). 18 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107503

Pérez, Lara F. , McKay, Robert M., De Santis, Laura, Larter, Robert D. , Levy, Richard H., Naish, Timothy R., Anderson, John B., Bart, Philip J., Busetti, Martina, Dunbar, Gavin, Sauli, Chiara, Sorlien, Christopher C., Speece, Marvin. (2022) Early to middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics in the westernmost Ross Sea (Antarctica): Regional correlations. Global and Planetary Change, 216 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103891

Roseby, Zoë A. , Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Cartigny, Matthieu J.B., Rosenheim, Brad E., Hogan, Kelly A. , Allen, Claire S. , Leventer, Amy, Kuhn, Gerhard, Ehrmann, Werner, Larter, Robert D. . (2022) History of Anvers-Hugo Trough, western Antarctic Peninsula shelf, since the Last Glacial Maximum. Part I: Deglacial history based on new sedimentological and chronological data. Quaternary Science Reviews, 291 (). 22 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107590

Dorschel, Boris, Hehemann, Laura, Viquerat, Sacha, Warnke, Fynn, Dreutter, Simon, Tenberge, Yvonne Schulze, Accetella, Daniela, An, Lu, Barrios, Felipe, Bazhenova, Evgenia, Black, Jenny, Bohoyo, Fernando, Davey, Craig, De Santis, Laura, Dotti, Carlota Escutia, Fremand, Alice C. , Fretwell, Peter T. , Gales, Jenny A., Gao, Jinyao, Gasperini, Luca, Greenbaum, Jamin S., Henderson Jencks, Jennifer, Hogan, Kelly , Hong, Jong Kuk, Jakobsson, Martin, Jensen, Laura, Kool, Johnathan, Larin, Sergei, Larter, Robert D. , Leitchenkov, German, Loubrieu, Benoît, Mackay, Kevin, Mayer, Larry, Millan, Romain, Morlighem, Mathieu, Navidad, Francisco, Nitsche, Frank O., Nogi, Yoshifumi, Pertuisot, Cécile, Post, Alexandra L., Pritchard, Hamish D. , Purser, Autun, Rebesco, Michele, Rignot, Eric, Roberts, Jason L., Rovere, Marzia, Ryzhov, Ivan, Sauli, Chiara, Schmitt, Thierry, Silvano, Alessandro, Smith, Jodie, Snaith, Helen, Tate, Alex J. , Tinto, Kirsty, Vandenbossche, Philippe, Weatherall, Pauline, Wintersteller, Paul, Yang, Chunguo, Zhang, Tao, Arndt, Jan Erik. (2022) The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2. Scientific Data, 9 (). 13 pp. 10.1038/s41597-022-01366-7

Rodrigues, Sara, Hernández-Molina, Francisco Javier, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Lucchi, Renata G., Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J., Rebesco, Michele, Larter, Robert D. . (2022) Recognizing key sedimentary facies and their distribution in mixed turbidite–contourite depositional systems: The case of the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula. Sedimentology, 69 (). pp. 10.1111/sed.12978

Lepp, A.P., Simkins, L.M., Anderson, J.B., Clark, R.W., Wellner, J.S., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Smith, J.A. , Lehrmann, A.A., Totten, R., Larter, R.D. , Hogan, K.A. , Nitsche, F.O., Graham, A.G.C., Wacker, L.. (2022) Sedimentary Signatures of Persistent Subglacial Meltwater Drainage From Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 (). 19 pp. 10.3389/feart.2022.863200

Rodrigues, S., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Larter, R.D. , Rebesco, M., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Lucchi, R.G., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J.. (2022) Sedimentary model for mixed depositional systems along the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: decoding the interplay of deep-water processes. Marine Geology, 445 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106754

Larter, Robert D. . (2022) Basal melting, roughness and structural integrity of ice shelves. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (). 5 pp. 10.1029/2021GL097421

Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Gohl, Karsten, Hochmuth, Katharina, Salzmann, Ulrich, Larter, Robert D. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Klages, Johann P., Expedition PS104, Science Team. (2022) Deep water inflow slowed offshore expansion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at the Eocene-Oligocene transition. Communications Earth & Environment, 3 (). 10 pp. 10.1038/s43247-022-00369-x

Hogan, K.A. , Arnold, N.S., Larter, R.D. , Kirkham, J.D. , Noormets, R., Ó Cofaigh, C., Golledge, N., Dowdeswell, J.A.. (2022) Subglacial water flow over an Antarctic palaeo-ice stream bed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127 (). 20 pp. 10.1029/2021JF006442

Yoon, Seung-Tae, Lee, Won Sang, Nam, SungHyun, Lee, Choon-Ki, Yun, Sukyoung, Heywood, Karen, Boehme, Lars, Zheng, Yixi, Lee, Inhee, Choi, Yeon, Jenkins, Adrian, Jin, Emilia Kyung, Larter, Robert , Wellner, Julia, Dutrieux, Pierre , Bradley, Alexander T. . (2022) Ice front retreat reconfigures meltwater-driven gyres modulating ocean heat delivery to an Antarctic ice shelf. Nature Communications, 13 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41467-022-27968-8

Pérez, Lara , De Santis, Laura, McKay, Robert M., Larter, Robert D. , Ash, Jeanine, Bart, Phil J., Böhm, Gualtiero, Brancatelli, Giuseppe, Browne, Imogen, Colleoni, Florence, Dodd, Justin P., Geletti, Riccardo, Harwood, David M., Kuhn, Gerhard, Laberg, Jan Sverre, Leckie, R. Mark, Levy, Richard H., Marschalek, James, Mateo, Zenon, Naish, Timothy R., Sangiorgi, Francesca, Shevenell, Amelia E., Sorlien, Christopher C., van de Flierdt, Tina, International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition, 374 Scientists. (2022) Early and middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics in the Ross Sea: Results from integrated core-log-seismic interpretation. GSA Bulletin, 123 (). pp. 10.1130/B35814.1

2021

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Arnold, Neil S., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2021) Tunnel valley infill and genesis revealed by high-resolution 3-D seismic data. Geology, 49 (). 5 pp. 10.1130/G49048.1

Colleoni, Florence, De Santis, Laura, Naish, Tim R., DeConto, Robert M., Escutia, Carlota, Stocchi, Paolo, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Hochmuth, Katharina, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , van de Flierdt, Tina, Perez, Lara F. , Leitchenkov, German, Sangiorgi, Francesca, Jamieson, Stewart, Bentley, Michael J., Wilson, David J., PAIS Community, inc., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Hindmarsh, Richard , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Larter, Robert D. . (2021) Past Antarctic ice sheet dynamics (PAIS) and implications for future sea-level change. In: Florindo, Fabio, Siegert, Martin, De Santis, Laura, Naish, Tim (eds.). Antarctic Climate Evolution 2nd edition, , Elsevier, pp. 10.1016/B978-0-12-819109-5.00010-4

McKay, Robert M., Escutia, Carlota, De Santis, Laura, Donda, Federica, Duncan, Bella, Gohl, Karsten, Gulick, Sean, Hernández-Molina, Javier, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hochmuth, Katharina, Kim, Sookwan, Kuhn, Gerhard, Larter, Robert , Leitchenkov, German, Levy, Richard H., Naish, Tim R., O’Brien, Phil, Perez, Lara F. , Shevenell, Amelia E., Williams, Trevor. (2021) Cenozoic history of Antarctic glaciation and climate from onshore and offshore studies. In: Florindo, Fabio, Siegert, Martin, De Santis, Laura, Naish, Tim (eds.). Antarctic Climate Evolution 2nd edition, , Elsevier, pp. 10.1016/B978-0-12-819109-5.00008-6

Wåhlin, A.K., Graham, A.G.C., Hogan, K.A. , Queste, B.Y., Boehme, L., Larter, R.D. , Pettit, E.C., Wellner, J., Heywood, K.J.. (2021) Pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica. Science Advances, 7 (). 10 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.abd7254

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Crowhurst, S.J., Williams, M., Hodell, D.A., McCave, I.N., Ehrmann, W., Xuan, C., Piotrowski, A.M., Hernández-Molina, F.J., Graham, A.G.C., Grobe, H., Williams, T.J., Horrocks, J.R., Allen, Claire , Larter, R.D. . (2021) New insights from multi-proxy data from the West Antarctic continental rise: Implications for dating and interpreting Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental records. Quaternary Science Reviews, 257 (). 25 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106842

. Florindo, Fabio, Siegert, Martin, De Santis, Laura, Naish, Tim (eds.). (2021) RRS Sir David Attenborough – November 2020 Science Users’ Workshop Report. , , pp. (.)

Lear, Caroline H., Anand, Pallavi, Blenkinsop, Tom, Foster, Gavin L., Gagen, Mary, Hoogakker, Babette, Larter, Robert D. , Lunt, Daniel J., McCave, I. Nicholas, McClymont, Erin, Pancost, Richard D., Rickaby, Rosalind E.M., Schultz, David M., Summerhayes, Colin, Williams, Charles J.R., Zalasiewicz, Jan. (2021) Perspective: Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: What the geological record tells us about our present and future climate. Journal of the Geological Society, 178 (). 13 pp. 10.1144/jgs2020-239

2020

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Arnold, Neil S., Nitsche, Frank O., Kuhn, Gerhard, Gohl, Karsten, Anderson, John B., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2020) Morphometry of bedrock meltwater channels on Antarctic inner continental shelves. Geomorphology, 370 (). 22 pp. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107369

Jordan, Tom A. , Porter, David, Tinto, Kirsty, Millan, Romain, Muto, Atsuhiro, Hogan, Kelly , Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Paden, John D.. (2020) New gravity-derived bathymetry for the Thwaites, Crosson and Dotson ice shelves revealing two ice shelf populations. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 14 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2869-2020

Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Arthern, Robert , Kirkham, James D. , Totten Minzoni, Rebecca, Jordan, Tom A. , Clark, Rachel, Fitzgerald, Victoria, Wåhlin, Anna K., Anderson, John B., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Nitsche, Frank O., Simkins, Lauren, Smith, James , Gohl, Karsten, Arndt, Jan Erik, Hong, Jongkuk, Wellner, Julia. (2020) Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 26 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2883-2020

Arndt, Jan Erik, Larter, Robert D. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Sørli, Simon H., Forwick, Matthias, Smith, James A. , Wacker, Lukas. (2020) Past ice sheet-seabed interactions in the northeastern Weddell Sea Embayment, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 21 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2115-2020

Klages, Johann P., Salzmann, Ulrich, Bickert, Torsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Gohl, Karsten, Kuhn, Gerhard, Bohaty, Steven M., Titschack, Jürgen, Müller, Juliane, Frederichs, Thomas, Bauersachs, Thorsten, Ehrmann, Werner, van de Flierdt, Tina, Pereira, Patric Simões, Larter, Robert D. , Lohmann, Gerrit, Niezgodzki, Igor, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Zundel, Maximilian, Spiegel, Cornelia, Mark, Chris, Chew, David, Francis, Jane E., Nehrke, Gernot, Schwarz, Florian, Smith, James A. , Freudenthal, Tim, Esper, Oliver, Pälike, Heiko, Ronge, Thomas A., Dziadek, Ricarda. (2020) Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth. Nature, 580 (). pp. 10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

2019

Linse, Katrin , Copley, Jonathan T., Connelly, Douglas P., Larter, Robert , Pearce, David A. , Polunin, Nick V.C., Rogers, Alex D., Chen, Chong, Clarke, Andrew , Glover, Adrian G., Graham, Alastair G.C., Huvenne, Veerle A.I. , Marsh, Leigh, Reid, William D.K., Roterman, C. Nikolai, Sweeting, Christopher J., Zwirglmaier, Katrin, Tyler, Paul A.. (2019) Fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica). Royal Society Open Science, 6 (). 28 pp. 10.1098/rsos.191501

Kirkham, James D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Arnold, Neil S., Nitsche, Frank O., Golledge, Nicholas R., Dowdeswell, Julian A. (2019) Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 13 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-13-1959-2019

Bohoyo, Fernando, Larter, Robert , Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesús, Leat, Philip, Maldonado, Andrés, Tate, Alexander , Flexas, Mar, Gowland, Elanor, Arndt, Jan, Dorschel, Boris, Yeadong, Kim, Jongkuk, Hong, López-Martinez, J., Maestro, Adolfo, Bermúdez, Óscar, Nitsche, Frank O., Livermore, Roy A., Riley, Teal R. . (2019) Morphological and geological features of Drake Passage, Antarctica, from a new digital bathymetric model. Journal of Maps, 15 (). pp. 10.1080/17445647.2018.1543618

Larter, Robert D. , Hogan, Kelly A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Batchelor, Christine L., Cartigny, Matthieu, Tate, Alex J. , Kirkham, James D. , Roseby, Zoë A. , Kuhn, Gerhard, Graham, Alastair G.C., Dowdeswell, Julian A. (2019) Subglacial hydrological control on flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream. The Cryosphere, 13 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-13-1583-2019

Batchelor, C.L., Dowdeswell, J.A., Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Parsons, E., West, O.. (2019) Processes and patterns of glacier-influenced sedimentation and recent tidewater glacier dynamics in Darbel Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 31 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102019000191

Channell, James, Xuan, Chuang, Hodell, David, Crowhurst, Simon, Larter, Robert . (2019) Relative paleointensity (RPI) and age control in Quaternary sediment drifts off the Antarctic Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 211 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.03.006

Gales, Jenny , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert , Laberg, Jan Sverre, Melles, Martin, Benetti, Sara, Passchier, Sandra. (2019) Processes influencing differences in Arctic and Antarctic trough mouth fan sedimentology. In: Le Heron, D.P., Hogan, Kelly A. , Phillips, E.R., Huuse, M., Busfield, M.E., Graham, A.G.C. (eds.). Glaciated margins: the sedimentary and geophysical archive, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society special publication, ). 10.1144/SP475.7

2018

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Hogan, Kelly , Smith, James M., Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Graham, Alistair G.C., Fretwell, Peter , Allen, Claire , Peck, Vicky , Arndt, Jan-Erik, Dorschel, Boris, Hübscher, Christian, Smith, Andy M. , Larter, Robert . (2018) Deglaciation and future stability of the Coats Land ice margin, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 12 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-12-2383-2018

Arndt, Jan Erik, Larter, Robert D. , Friedl, Peter, Gohl, Karsten, Höppner, Kathrin. (2018) Bathymetric controls on calving processes at Pine Island Glacier. The Cryosphere, 12 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-2017-262

Gunn, K.L., White, N.J., Larter, R.D. , Caulfield, C.P.. (2018) Calibrated seismic imaging of eddy-dominated warm-water transport across the Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123 (). pp. 10.1029/2018JC013833

Larter, Robert . (2018) Book Review: Exploring the Last Continent – An Introduction to Antarctica Edited by Daniela Liggett, Bryan Storey, Yvonne Cook and Veronika Meduna. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 93 (). pp. 10.1086/696740

2017

Gohl, K., Freudenthal, T., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Klages, J., Larter, Robert , Bickert, T., Bohaty, S., Ehrmann, W., Esper, O., Frederichs, T., Gebhardt, C., Küssner, K., Kuhn, G., Pälike, H., Ronge, T., Simões Pereira, P., Smith, James , Uenzelmann-Neben, G., van de Flierdt, C.. (2017) MeBo70 Seabed Drilling on a Polar Continental Shelf: Operational Report and Lessons From Drilling in the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18 (). pp. 10.1002/2017GC007081

Wise, Matthew G., Dowdeswell, Julian A., Jakobsson, Martin, Larter, Robert D. . (2017) Evidence of marine ice-cliff instability in Pine Island Bay from iceberg-keel plough marks. Nature, 550 (). pp. 10.1038/nature24458

Hernandez-Molina, F. Javier, Larter, Robert D. , Maldonado, Andres. (2017) Neogene to Quaternary stratigraphic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula, Pacific Margin offshore of Adelaide Island: transitions from a non-glacial, through glacially-influenced to a fully glacial state. Global and Planetary Change, 156 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.07.002

Spagnolo, Matteo, Bartholomaus, Timothy C., Clark, Chris D., Stokes, Chris R., Atkinson, Nigel, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Ely, Jeremy C., Graham, Alistair G.C., Hogan, Kelly A. , King, Edward C. , Larter, Robert D. , Livingstone, Stephen J., Pritchard, Hamish D. . (2017) The periodic topography of ice stream beds: insights from the Fourier spectra of mega-scale glacial lineations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122 (). pp. 10.1002/2016JF004154

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Hodell, David A., Greaves, Mervyn, Poole, Christopher R., Kender, Sev, Williams, Mark, Andersen, Thorbjorn Joest, Jernas, Patrycja E., Elderfield, Henry, Klages, Johann P., Roberts, Stephen , Gohl, Karsten, Larter, Robert D. , Kuhn, Gerhard. (2017) West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions. Nature, 547 (). pp. 10.1038/nature22995

2016

García, Marga, Dowdeswell, J.A., Noormets, R., Hogan, K.A. , Evans, J., Ó Cofaigh, C., Larter, R.D. . (2016) Geomorphic and shallow-acoustic investigation of an Antarctic Peninsula fjord system using high-resolution ROV and shipboard geophysical observations: Ice dynamics and behaviour since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 153 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.10.014

Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. , Tate, Alex J. , Larter, Robert D. , Martin, Tara J., Smellie, John L., Jokat, Wilfred, Bohrmann, Gerhard. (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands volcanic arc. Antarctic Science, 28 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102016000043

Gales, J.A. , Larter, R.A. , Leat, P.T.. (2016) Iceberg ploughmarks and associated sediment ridges on the southern Weddell Sea margin. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.11

Graham, A.G.C., Nitsche, F.O., Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K.. (2016) Submarine landform assemblage produced beneath the Dotson-Getz palaeo-ice stream, West Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.176

Klages, J.P., Kuhn, G. , Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Graham, A.G.C., Smith, J.A. , Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K.. (2016) A glacial landform assemblage from an inter-ice stream setting in the eastern Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary, ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.147

Bohoyo, F., Larter, R.D. , Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Leat, P.T., Maldonado, A., Tate, A.J. , Gowland, E.J.M., Arndt, J.E., Dorschel, B., Kim, Y.D., Hong, J.K., Flexas, M.M., Lopez-Martinez, J., Maestro, A., Bermudez, O., Nitsche, F.O., Livermore, R.A., Riley, T.R. . (2016) Bathymetry and geological setting of the Drake Passage. BAS GEOMAP 2 Series, . Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.

Gales, J.A. , Larter, R.D. , Leat, P.T.. (2016) Submarine gullies on the southern Weddell Sea slope, Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). doi:10.1144/M46.12

Gales, J.A. , Larter, R.D. , Leat, P.T., Jokat, W.. (2016) Components of an Antarctic trough-mouth fan: examples from the Crary Fan, Weddell Sea. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms : modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, UK, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). 10.1144/M46.82

Graham, A.G.C., Jakobsson, M., Nitsche, F.O., Larter, R.D. , Anderson, J.B., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Gohl, K., Klages, J.P., Smith, J.A. , Jenkins, A. . (2016) Submarine glacial landform distribution across the West Antarctic margin, from grounding line to slope: the Pine Island-Thwaites ice stream system. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.173

Hogan, K.A. , Dowdeswell, J.A., Larter, R.D. , O Cofaigh, C., Bartholemew, I.. (2016) Subglacial meltwater channels in Marguerite Trough, western Antarctic Peninsula. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K. (eds.). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.178

Jakobsson, M., Gyllencreutz, R., Mayer, L.A., Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. , Larter, R.D. . (2016) Mapping submarine glacial landforms using acoustic methods. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.182

Larter, R.D. , Hogan, K.A. , Dowdeswell, J.A.. (2016) Large sediment drifts on the upper continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.132

Nitsche, F.O., Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K., Graham, A.G.C., Kuhn, G.. (2016) Bedrock channels in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.1

Larter, R.D. , Hogan, K.A. , Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Benetti, S.. (2016) Debris-flow deposits on the West Antarctic continental slope. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, ). 10.1144/M46.155

Nitsche, F. O., Larter, R. D. , Gohl, K., Graham, A. G. C., Kuhn, G.. (2016) Crag-and-tail features on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, West Antarctica. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). Atlas of submarine glacial landforms: modern, Quaternary and ancient, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Memoir, 46). doi:10.1144/M46.2

Hernandez-Molina, F.J., Larter, R.D. , Thomas, E., Perez, L.F., Eagles, G., Bohoyo, F., Lodolo, E., Chuang Xuan, X., Dalziel, I.W.D., Stow, D.A.V., Escutia, C., Biddle, J., Sijp, W., Harwood, D., Tassone, D.A.. (2016) Onset and development of the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea gateways and its influence on global ocean circulation and climate (IODP proposal). Geotemas, 16 (). pp.

2015

Klages, J.P., Kuhn, G., Graham, A.G.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Smith, J.A. , Nitsche, F.O., Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K.. (2015) Palaeo-ice stream pathways and retreat style in the easternmost Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, revealed by combined multibeam bathymetric and seismic data. Geomorphology, 245 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.020

Lavoie, C, Domack, E.W., Pettit, E.C., Scambos, T.A., Larter, R.D. , Schenke, H.-W., Yoo, K.C., Gutt, J., Wellner, J., Canals, M., Anderson, J.B., Amblas, D.. (2015) Configuration of the northern Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet at LGM based on a new synthesis of seabed imagery. The Cryosphere, 9 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-9-613-2015

2014

Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Kuhn, Gerard, Klages, Johann Phillip, Graham, Alastair C.G., Larter, Robert D. , Ehrmann, Werner, Moreton, Steven G., Wiers, Steffen. (2014) New constraints on the timing of West Antarctic ice sheet retreat in the eastern Amundsen Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. Global and Planetary Change, 122 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.07.015

Bentley, Michael J., Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Anderson, John B., Conway, Howard, Davies, Bethan, Graham, Alastair G.C., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Larter, Robert D. , Mackintosh, Andrew, Smith, James A. , Verleyen, Elie, Ackert, Robert P., Bart, Philip J., Berg, Sonja, Brunstein, Daniel, Canals, Miquel, Colhoun, Eric A., Crosta, Xavier, Dickens, William A., Domack, Eugene, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Dunbar, Robert, Ehrmann, Werner, Evans, Jeffrey, Favier, Vincent, Fink, David, Fogwill, Christopher J., Glasser, Neil F., Gohl, Karsten, Golledge, Nicholas R., Goodwin, Ian, Gore, Damian B., Greenwood, Sarah L., Hall, Brenda L., Hall, Kevin, Hedding, David W., Hein, Andrew S., Hocking, Emma P., Jakobsson, Martin, Johnson, Joanne S. , Jomelli, Vincent, Jones, R. Selwyn, Klages, Johann P., Kristoffersen, Yngve, Kuhn, Gerhard, Leventer, Amy, Licht, Kathy, Lilly, Katherine, Lindow, Julia, Livingstone, Stephen J., Massé, Guillaume, McGlone, Matt S., McKay, Robert M., Melles, Martin, Miura, Hideki, Mulvaney, Robert , Nel, Werner, Nitsche, Frank O., O'Brien, Philip E., Post, Alexandra L., Roberts, Stephen J. , Saunders, Krystyna M., Selkirk, Patricia M., Simms, Alexander R., Spiegel, Cornelia, Stolldorf, Travis D., Sugden, David E., van der Putten, Nathalie, van Ommen, Tas, Verfaillie, Deborah, Vyverman, Wim, Wagner, Bernd, White, Duanne A., Witus, Alexandra E., Zwartz, Dan. (2014) A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.025

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Bentley, Michael J., Stolldorf, Travis D., Hein, Andrew S., Kuhn, Gerhard, Graham, Alastair G.C., Fogwill, Christopher J., Kristofferson, Yngve, Smith, James A. , Anderson, John B., Larter, Robert D. , Melles, Martin, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Mulvaney, Robert , Sugden, David E.. (2014) Reconstruction of changes in the Weddell Sea sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.020

Larter, Robert D. , Anderson, John B., Graham, Alastair G.C., Gohl, Karsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Jakobsson, Martin, Johnson, Joanne S. , Kuhn, Gerhard, Nitsche, Frank O., Smith, James A. , Witus, Alexandra E., Bentley, Michael J., Dowdeswell, Julian A., Ehrmann, Werner, Klages, Johann P., Lindow, Julia, Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Spiegel, Cornelia. (2014) Reconstruction of changes in the Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.016

Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Davies, Bethan J., Livingstone, Stephen J., Smith, James A. , Johnson, Joanne S. , Hocking, Emma P., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Anderson, John B., Bentley, Michael J., Canals, Miquel, Domack, Eugene, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Evans, Jeffrey, Glasser, Neil F., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert D. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Simms, Alexander R.. (2014) Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.023

Dickens, William A., Graham, Alastair G. C., Smith, James A. , Dowdeswell, Julian A., Larter, Robert D. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Trathan, Phil N. , Arndt, Jan Erik, Kuhn, Gerard. (2014) A new bathymetric compilation for the South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula (49°-39°W to 64°-59°S): insights into the glacial development of the continental shelf. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15 (). pp. 10.1002/2014GC005323

Klages, J.P., Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Graham, A.G.C., Smith, J.A. , Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K., Wacker, L.. (2014) Retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from the western Amundsen Sea shelf at a pre- or early LGM stage. Quaternary Science Reviews, 91 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.02.017

Johnson, J.S. , Bentley, M.J., Smith, J.A. , Finkel, R.C., Rood, D.H., Gohl, H., Balco, G., Larter, R.D. , Schaefer, J.M.. (2014) Rapid thinning of Pine Island Glacier in the early Holocene. Science, 343 (). pp. 10.1126/science.1247385

Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.T. , Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Graham, A.G.C., Mitchell, N.D., Tate, A.J. , Buys, G.B., Jokat, W.. (2014) Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica. Marine Geology, 348 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.002

Leat, Philip T., Fretwell, Peter T. , Tate, Alex J. , Larter, Robert D. , Martin, T.J., Smellie, J.K., Jokat, W., Bohrmann, G.. (2014) Bathymetry and geological setting of the South Sandwich Islands Volcanic Arc. BAS GEOMAP 2, . Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.

2013

Summerhayes, C.P, Cann, J.R., Wolff, E.W., Larter, R. , Lowe, J.J., McCave, I.N., Valdes, P.J., Cohen, A., Francis, J.E., Bilham, N.T.. Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (eds.). (2013) Addendum to the Geological Society’s “Statement on Climate Change: Evidence from the Geological Record”. , Geological Society of London, pp. (.)

Gohl, Karsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Larter, Robert D. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hochmuth, Katharina, Kalberg, Thomas, Weigelt, Estella, Davy, Bryan, Kuhn, Gerhard, Nitsche, Frank O.. (2013) Seismic stratigraphic record of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf from pre-glacial to recent times: Evidence for a dynamic West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Marine Geology, 344 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.011

Graham, Alastair G. C., Dutrieux, Pierre , Vaughan, David G. , Nitsche, Frank O., Gyllencreutz, Richard, Greenwood, Sarah L., Larter, Robert D. , Jenkins, Adrian . (2013) Sea-bed corrugations beneath an Antarctic ice shelf revealed by autonomous underwater vehicle survey: Origin and implications for the history of Pine Island Glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118 (). pp. doi:10.1002/jgrf.20087

Vautravers, Maryline J., Hodell, David A., Channell, James E. T., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hall, Mike, Smith, James , Larter, Robert D. . (2013) Palaeoenvironmental records from the West Antarctic Peninsula drift sediments over the last 75 ka. In: Hambrey, M.J., Barker, P.F., Barrett, P.J., Bowman, V., Davies, B., Smellie, J.L., Tranter, M. (eds.). Antarctic palaeoenvironments and earth-surface processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, 381). doi:10.1144/SP381.12

Gales, J.A., Forwick, M., Laberg, J.S., Vorren, T.O., Larter, R.D. , Graham, A.G.C., Baeten, N.J., Amundsen, H.B.. (2013) Arctic and Antarctic submarine gullies – a comparison of high latitude continental margins. Geomorphology, 201 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.07.018

Gales, Jennifer A., Larter, Robert D. , Mitchell, Neil C., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2013) Geomorphic signature of Antarctic submarine gullies: Implications for continental slope processes. Marine Geology, 337 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.02.003

Nitsche, F.O., Gohl, K., Larter, R.D. , Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Kuhn, G., Smith, J.A. , Jacobs, S., Anderson, J.B., Jakobsson, M.. (2013) Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 7 (). pp. doi:10.5194/tc-7-249-2013

Klages, J.P., Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Graham, A.G.C., Smith, J.A. , Larter, R.D. , Gohl, K.. (2013) First geomorphological record and glacial history of an inter-ice stream ridge on the West Antarctic continental shelf. Quaternary Science Reviews, 61 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.007

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Kuhn, Gerhard, Smith, James A. , Gohl, Karsten, Graham, Alastair G.C., Larter, Robert D. , Klages, Johann P., Downey, Rachel, Moreton, Steven G., Forwick, Matthias, Vaughan, David G. . (2013) Grounding-line retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from inner Pine Island Bay. Geology, 41 (). pp. doi:10.1130/G33469.1

Barker, P. F., Lawver, L. A., Larter, R. D. . (2013) Heat-flow determinations of basement age in small oceanic basins of the southern central Scotia Sea. In: Hambrey, M.J., Barker, P.F., Barrett, P.J., Bowman, V., Davies, B., Smellie, J.L., Tranter, M. (eds.). Antarctic palaeoenvironments and earth-surface processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society Special Publication, 381). doi:10.1144/SP381.3

2012

Gales, J.A., Larter, R.D. , Mitchell, N.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Østerhus, S., Shoosmith, D.R.. (2012) Southern Weddell Sea shelf edge geomorphology: Implications for gully formation by the overflow of high-salinity water. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (). 11 pp. doi:10.1029/2012JF002357

Bingham, Robert G., Ferraccioli, Fausto , King, Edward C. , Larter, Robert D. , Pritchard, Hamish D. , Smith, Andrew M. , Vaughan, David G. . (2012) Inland thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet steered along subglacial rifts. Nature, 487 (). pp. 10.1038/nature11292

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Melles, Martin, Kuhn, Gerard, Larter, Robert D. . (2012) Marine geological constraints for the grounding-line position of the Antarctic Ice Sheet on the southern Weddell Sea shelf at the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 32 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.017

Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Gales, Jennifer A.. (2012) Late Quaternary grounded ice extent in the Filchner Trough, Weddell Sea, Antarctica: new marine geophysical evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 53 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.006

Rogers, Alex D., Tyler, Paul A., Connelly, Douglas P., Copley, Jon T., James, Rachael, Larter, Robert D. , Linse, Katrin , Mills, Rachel A., Naveira Garabato, Alfredo, Pancost, Richard D., Pearce, David A. , Polunin, Nicholas V.C., German, Christopher R., Shank, Timothy, Boersch-Supan, Philip H., Alker, Belinda J., Aquilina, Alfred, Bennett, Sarah A., Clarke, Andrew , Dinley, Robert J.J., Graham, Alastair G.C., Green, Darryl R.H., Hawkes, Jeffrey A., Hepburn, Laura, Hilario, Ana, Huvenne, Veerle A.I. , Marsh, Leigh, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Reid, William D.K., Roterman, Christopher N., Sweeting, Christopher J., Thatje, Sven, Zwirglmaier, Katrin. (2012) The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography. PLoS Biology, 10 (). 17 pp. 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234

Weigelt, Estella, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Gohl, Karsten, Larter, Robert D. . (2012) Did massive glacial dewatering modify sedimentary structures on the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica?. Global and Planetary Change, 92-93 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.04.006

Wilson, Douglas S., Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Barrett, Peter J., Leitchenkov, German, Gohl, Karsten, Larter, Robert D. . (2012) Antarctic topography at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 335-336 (). pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.028

2011

Larter, Robert D. , Gohl, Karsten, Bentley, Michael J., Anderson, John B.. (2011) Workshop – Amundsen Sea Embayment Tectonic and Glacial History – Programme and Abstracts. In: Workshop - Amundsen Sea Embayment Tectonic and Glacial History - 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK, 16th July 2011. .

Graham, Alastair G.C., Nitsche, F.O., Larter, Robert D. . (2011) An improved bathymetry compilation for the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, to inform ice-sheet and ocean models. The Cryosphere, 5 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-5-95-2011

Reinardy, Benedict T.I., Hiemstra, John F., Murray, Tavi, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert D. . (2011) Till genesis at the bed of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream as indicated by micromorphological analysis. Boreas, 40 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00199.x

Reinardy, Benedict T.I., Larter, Robert D. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Murray, Tavi, Hiemstra, John F., Booth, Adam D.. (2011) Streaming flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream, both by basal sliding and deformation of substrate. Journal of Glaciology, 57 (). pp.

Smith, James A. , Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Kuhn, Gerhard, Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Ehrmann, Werner, Moreton, Steven G., Forwick, Matthias. (2011) Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.020

Watcham, E.P., Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A. , Roberts, Stephen , Fretwell, P.T. , Lloyd, J.M., Larter, R.D. , Whitehouse, P.L., Leng, M.J. , Monien, P., Moreton, S.G.. (2011) A new Holocene relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.021

2010

Graham, Alastair G.C., Larter, Robert D. , Gohl, Karsten, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Evans, Jeffrey, Kuhn, Gerhard, Deen, Tara. (2010) Flow and retreat of the Late Quaternary Pine Island-Thwaites palaeo-ice stream, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115 (). 12 pp. 10.1029/2009JF001482

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert D. , Dowdeswell, J.A., Ehrmann, W., Ó Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Graham, Alastair G.C., Grobe, H.. (2010) The sedimentary legacy of a palaeo-ice stream on the shelf of the southern Bellingshausen Sea: Clues to West Antarctic glacial history during the Late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.028

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James , Kuhn, Gerhard, Esper, Oliver, Gersonde, Rainer, Larter, Robert D. , Maher, Barbara, Moreton, Steven G., Shimmield, Tracy M., Korte, Monika. (2010) Age assignment of a diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment after the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25 (). pp. doi:10.1002/jqs.1308

Larter, Robert D. , Gohl, Karsten, Bentley, Michael J.. (2010) Improving constraints on paleo-ice sheets in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. Eos. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 91 (). pp. 10.1029/2010EO040006

O Cofaigh, Colm, Dowdeswell, Julian A., King, Edward C. , Anderson, John B., Clark, Chris D., Evans, David J.A., Evans, Jeffrey, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. , Larter, Robert D. , Stokes, Chris R.. (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 (). pp. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.036

2009

. (2009) FIRST ANTARCTIC CLIMATE EVOLUTION SYMPOSIUM Workshop on Amundsen Sea Embayment: Tectonic and Climatic Evolution Programme and Abstracts. In: Workshop on Amundsen Sea Embayment:: Tectonic and Climatic Evolution Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain, 9 September 2009. .

Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A. , Smith, J.A. , Cofaigh, C.O, Domack, E.W., Larter, R.D. , Roberts, S.J. , Brachfeld, S., Leventer, A., Hjort, C., Hillenbrand, C-D. , Evans, J.. (2009) Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The Holocene, 19 (). pp. 10.1177/0959683608096603

Cooper, A.K., Brancolini, G., Escutia, C., Kristoffersen, Y., Larter, Robert D. , Leitchenkov, G., O'Brien, P.E., Jokat, W.. (2009) Cenozoic climate history from seismic reflection and drilling studies on the Antarctic continental margin. In: Florindo, F., Siegert, M.J. (eds.). Antarctic climate evolution, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. (Developments in earth and environmental sciences, ). 10.1016/S1571-9197(08)00005-0

Eagles, Graeme, Gohl, Karsten, Larter, Robert D. . (2009) Animated tectonic reconstruction of the Southern Pacific and alkaline volcanism at its convergent margins since Eocene times. Tectonophysics, 464 (). pp. 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.10.005

Eagles, Graeme, Larter, Robert D. , Gohl, Karsten, Vaughan, Alan P.M.. (2009) West Antarctic Rift System in the Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 36 (). 4 pp. 10.1029/2009GL040721

Graham, Alastair G.C, Larter, Robert D. , Gohl, Karsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Kuhn, Gerhard. (2009) Bedform signature of a West Antarctic palaeo-ice stream reveals a multi-temporal record of flow and substrate control. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.003

Haywood, Alan M., Smellie, John L., Ashworth, A.C., Cantrill, D.J., Florindo, F., Hambrey, M.J., Hill, D., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hunter, S.J., Larter, Robert D. , Lear, C.H., Passchier, S., Van De Wal, R.S.W.. (2009) Middle Miocene to Pliocene history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. In: Florindo, F., Siegert, M.J. (eds.). Antarctic climate evolution, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. (Developments in earth and environmental sciences, ).

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Ehrmann, W., Larter, Robert D. , Benetti, S., Dowdeswell, J.A., Cofaigh, C.Ó., Graham, Alastair G.C., Grobe, H.. (2009) Clay mineral provenance of sediments in the southern Bellingshausen Sea reveals drainage changes of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Late Quaternary. Marine Geology, 265 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.009

Larter, R.D. , Graham, A.G.C., Gohl, K., Kuhn, G., Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Smith, J.A. , Deen, T.J., Livermore, R.A., Schenke, H.-W.. (2009) Subglacial bedforms reveal complex basal regime in a zone of paleo-ice stream convergence, Amundsen Sea embayment, West Antarctica. Geology, 37 (). pp. doi:10.1130/G25505A.1

Noormets, R., Dowdeswell, J.A., Larter, Robert D. , Ó Cofaigh, C., Evans, J.. (2009) Morphology of the upper continental slope in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas – implications for sedimentary processes at the shelf edge of West Antarctica. Marine Geology, 258 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.11.011

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