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  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Colin K. Ballantyne is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial contributions in Environmental Science. The main subfields of their work include Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Soil Science, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research spans several topics within geological and environmental studies. These topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Ballantyne has contributed to various peer-reviewed papers published across notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Talus rock glaciers in the Cairngorm Mountains" (2024), Scottish Geographical Journal
  • "Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction" (2022), Boreas
  • "Timing and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation" (2021), Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "Exploring controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet" (2021), Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "The deglaciation of the western sector of the Irish Ice Sheet from the inner continental shelf to its terrestrial margin" (2020), Boreas

The frequent publication venues in which Ballantyne's research appears include:

  • Scottish Geographical Journal
  • Boreas
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  • Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography

Frequent co-authors collaborating on Ballantyne's work are:

  • Chris D. Clark
  • Derek Fabel
  • Colm Ó Cofaigh
  • Richard C. Chiverrell
  • S. Louise Callard

In addition to journal articles, Ballantyne has contributed to book publications. One notable book is Landscapes and Landforms of Scotland, published in 2021 by Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Ballantyne was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Periglaciation of Great Britain

    C. K. Ballantyne;Charles Harris

  • A general model of paraglacial landscape response

    Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Reconstructing the transport history of glacigenic sediments: a new approach based on the co-variance of clast form indices

    Douglas I. Benn;Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Paraglacial Slope Adjustment and Resedimentation Following Recent Glacier Retreat, Fabergstolsdalen, Norway

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Douglas I. Benn

  • The description and representation of particle shape

    Douglas I. Benn;Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Rock-slope failure following Late Pleistocene deglaciation on tectonically stable mountainous terrain

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Graeme F. Sandeman;John O. Stone;Peter Wilson

  • The Loch Lomond Readvance on the Isle of Mull, Scotland: glacier reconstruction and palaeoclimatic implications

    Colin K. Ballantyne

  • THE LAST ICE SHEET IN NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND: RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPLICATIONS

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Danny McCARROLL;Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Extent and deglacial chronology of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet: implications of exposure dating using cosmogenic isotopes

    Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Exposure dating and validation of periglacial weathering limits, northwest Scotland

    John O. Stone;Colin K. Ballantyne;L. Keith Fifield

  • Palaeoclimatic reconstruction from Loch Lomond Readvance glaciers in the West Drumochter Hills, Scotland†

    Douglas I. Benn;Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction

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  • The Loch Lomond readvance on the Island of Skye, Scotland : Glacier reconstruction and paleoclimatic implications.

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  • Trimlines, blockfields, mountain-top erratics and the vertical dimensions of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet in NW Scotland

    Derek Fabel;Colin K. Ballantyne;Sheng Xu

  • Timing and periodicity of paraglacial rock-slope failures in the Scottish Highlands

    Colin K. Ballantyne;John O. Stone

  • Bayesian modelling the retreat of the Irish Sea Ice Stream

    Richard C. Chiverrell;Ian M. Thrasher;Geoffrey S. P. Thomas;Andreas Lang

  • Did large ice caps persist on low ground in north‐west Scotland during the Lateglacial Interstade?

    Colin K. Ballantyne;John O. Stone

  • The characteristics and significance of some lateglacial protalus ramparts in upland Britain

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Martin P. Kirkbride

  • Age and significance of mountain‐top detritus

    Colin K. Ballantyne

  • The Late Devensian periglaciation of upland Scotland

    C.K. Ballantyne

  • The Beinn Alligin rock avalanche, NW Scotland: cosmogenic 10Be dating, interpretation and significance

    Colin K. Ballantyne;J. O. Stone

  • Book Review: Advances in periglacial geomorphology. edited by M.J. Clark, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 1988, ISBN 0-471-90981-5, £55.00, 481 pp

    Colin K. Ballantyne

  • Extent and deglaciation chronology of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet: implications of exposure dating using cosmogenic isotopes

    Colin K. Ballantyne

Frequent Co-Authors

John O. Stone
John O. Stone University of Washington
Danny McCarroll
Danny McCarroll Swansea University
Douglas I. Benn
Douglas I. Benn University of St Andrews
Derek Fabel
Derek Fabel Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Richard C. Chiverrell
Richard C. Chiverrell University of Liverpool
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Sheng Xu
Sheng Xu Tianjin University
Svein Olaf Dahl
Svein Olaf Dahl University of Bergen
Atle Nesje
Atle Nesje University of Bergen
Colm Ó Cofaigh
Colm Ó Cofaigh Durham University

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