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James T. Teller

James T. Teller

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
9435
World Ranking
4381
National Ranking
200

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

James T. Teller is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Archeology, and Earth-Surface Processes. Their research primarily addresses Geology and Paleoclimatology, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Cryospheric studies, Climate change and permafrost, Planetary Science, and Maritime and Coastal Archaeology.

They have contributed to numerous scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Reconstruction of isostatically adjusted paleo-strandlines along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Great Lakes, Lake Agassiz, and Champlain Sea basins, 2021, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Age of Gimli beach of Lake Agassiz based on new OSL dating, 2020, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • A multi-proxy study of changing environmental conditions in a Younger Dryas sequence in southwestern Manitoba, Canada: Response to comments by Breslawski et al., 2020, Quaternary Research
  • Comments on "Assessing the ages of the Moorhead and Emerson phases of glacial Lake Agassiz and their temporal connection to the Younger Dryas cold reversal", 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators in James T. Teller's research include:

  • Andy Breckenridge
  • April S. Dalton
  • Martin Margold
  • Chris R. Stokes
  • Lev Tarasov

Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Quaternary Research

James T. Teller's research engages extensively with topics related to Pleistocene ice sheets, deglaciation chronologies, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, and geochronological dating methods. Their publications investigate lake formations and strandlines in glacial landscapes, as well as multi-proxy environmental studies addressing critical periods such as the Younger Dryas.

Their academic track record includes recognition as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Routing of meltwater from the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Younger Dryas cold episode

    Wallace S. Broecker;James P. Kennett;Benjamin P. Flower;James T. Teller

  • Freshwater outbursts to the oceans from glacial Lake Agassiz and their role in climate change during the last deglaciation

    James T. Teller;David W. Leverington;Jason D. Mann

  • Freshwater Forcing of Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Glaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Shawn J. Marshall;Garry K. C. Clarke;Steven W. Hostetler

  • Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200 BP cold event

    Garry K.C. Clarke;David W. Leverington;James T. Teller;Arthur S. Dyke

  • An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex

    April S. Dalton;April S. Dalton;Martin Margold;Chris R. Stokes;Lev Tarasov

  • Identification of Younger Dryas outburst flood path from Lake Agassiz to the Arctic Ocean

    Julian B. Murton;Mark D. Bateman;Scott R. Dallimore;James T. Teller

  • The late Quaternary vegetational and climatic history of Easter Island

    J. R. Flenley;A. Sarah M. King;Joan Jackson;C. Chew

  • Glacial Lake Agassiz: A 5000 yr history of change and its relationship to the δ18O record of Greenland

    James T. Teller;David W. Leverington

  • Surging of the southwestern part of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

    Lee Clayton;James T. Teller;John W. Attig

  • Freshwater Routing by the Laurentide Ice Sheet During the Last Deglaciation

    Joseph M. Licciardi;James T. Teller;Peter U. Clark

  • Changes in the Bathymetry and Volume of Glacial Lake Agassiz Between 11,000 and 9300 14C yr B.P.

    David W. Leverington;Jason D. Mann;James T. Teller

  • The Lake Agassiz-Lake Superior connection.

    J. T. Teller;L. H. Thorleifson

  • On the reconstruction of palaeo-ice sheets: Recent advances and future challenges

    Chris R. Stokes;Lev Tarasov;Robin Blomdin;Robin Blomdin;Thomas M. Cronin

  • Volume and routing of late-glacial runoff from the southern Laurentide Ice Sheet

    James T. Teller

  • Superlakes, Megafloods, and Abrupt Climate Change

    Garry Clarke;David Leverington;James Teller;Arthur Dyke

  • Glacial Lake Agassiz

    James T. Teller;Lee Clayton

  • Proglacial lakes and the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

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  • Testing the Lake Agassiz meltwater trigger for the Younger Dryas

    Thomas Lowell;Nicholas Waterson;Timothy Fisher;Henry Loope

  • Freshwater outburst from lake superior as a trigger for the cold event 9300 years ago

    Shi Yong Yu;Shi Yong Yu;Steven M. Colman;Thomas V. Lowell;Glenn A. Milne

  • Alternative routing of Lake Agassiz overflow during the Younger Dryas: new dates, paleotopography, and a re-evaluation

    James T. Teller;Matthew Boyd;Zhirong Yang;Phillip S.G. Kor

  • Quaternary Stratigraphy and History In the Southern Part of the Lake Agassiz Basin

    Mark M Fenton;S. R. Moran;James T. Teller;Lee Clayton

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Lancaster
Nicholas Lancaster Desert Research Institute
Ashok K. Singhvi
Ashok K. Singhvi Physical Research Laboratory
Thomas V. Lowell
Thomas V. Lowell University of Cincinnati
Garry K. C. Clarke
Garry K. C. Clarke University of British Columbia
Arthur S. Dyke
Arthur S. Dyke McGill University
Wallace S. Broecker
Wallace S. Broecker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Anders E. Carlson
Anders E. Carlson Oregon State University
Shawn J. Marshall
Shawn J. Marshall University of Calgary
Lev Tarasov
Lev Tarasov Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brigitta Ammann
Brigitta Ammann University of Bern

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