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John Inge Svendsen is affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Norway. Their work spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

They have contributed extensively to research themes such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes

Svendsen's frequent co-authors include Jan Mangerud, Carl Regnéll, Haflidi Haflidason, Dmitry Nazarov, and Philip D. Hughes. This collaboration network reflects active engagement with researchers specializing in Quaternary and climate-related studies.

The primary venues for Svendsen's publications are:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Boreas
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Norwegian Journal of Geology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Svendsen include:

  • A 24,000-year ancient DNA and pollen record from the Polar Urals reveals temporal dynamics of arctic and boreal plant communities, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Climate, glacial and vegetation history of the polar Ural Mountains since c. 27 cal ka bp, inferred from a 54 m long sediment core from Lake Bolshoye Shchuchye, 2021, Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Did the Eurasian ice sheets melt completely in early Marine Isotope Stage 3? New evidence from Norway and a synthesis for Eurasia, 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Rapid retreat of a Scandinavian marine outlet glacier in response to warming at the last glacial termination, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Northward Shifts in the Polar Front Preceded Bølling and Holocene Warming in Southwestern Scandinavia, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Late quaternary ice sheet history of northern Eurasia

    John Inge Svendsen;Helena Alexanderson;Valery I Astakhov;Igor Demidov

  • The last Eurasian ice sheets - a chronological database and time-slice reconstruction, DATED-1

    Anna L.C. Hughes;Richard Gyllencreutz;Øystein Strand Lohne;Jan Mangerud

  • Ice-dammed lakes and rerouting of the drainage of northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation.

    Jan Mangerud;Martin Jakobsson;Helena Alexanderson;Valery Astakhov

  • THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM OF SVALBARD AND THE BARENTS SEA AREA: ICE SHEET EXTENT AND CONFIGURATION

    Jon Y. Landvik;Stein Bondevik;Anders Elverhøi;Willy Fjeldskaar

  • Maximum extent of the Eurasian ice sheets in the Barents and Kara Sea region during the Weichselian

    John Inge Svendsen;Valery I. Astakhov;Dimitri Yu. Bolshiyanov;Igor Demidov

  • The Storegga Slide tsunami—comparing field observations with numerical simulations

    Stein Bondevik;Finn Løvholt;Carl Harbitz;Jan Mangerud

  • Tsunami sedimentary facies deposited by the Storegga tsunami in shallow marine basins and coastal lakes, western Norway

    Stein Bondevik;John Inge Svendsen;Jan Mangerud

  • Holocene glacial and climatic variations on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

    John Inge Svendsen;Jan Mangerud

  • FLUCTUATIONS OF THE SVALBARD–BARENTS SEA ICE SHEET DURING THE LAST 150 000 YEARS

    Jan Mangerud;Trond Dokken;Dierk Hebbeln;Beathe Heggen

  • The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation

    Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten;Andrei A. Andreev;Valery I. Astakhov;Igor Demidov

  • The Storegga tsunami along the Norwegian coast, its age and run up

    Stein Bondevik;John Inge Svendsen;Geir Johnsen;Jan Mangerud

  • A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80 000 years

    Evan J. Gowan;Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Sara Khosravi;Alessio Rovere

  • Late Weichselian and holocene sea-level history for a cross-section of western Norway

    John Inge Svendsen;Jan Mangerud

  • Age and extent of the Barents and Kara ice sheets in Northern Russia

    Jan Mangerud;John Inge Svendsen;Valery I. Astakhov

  • Human presence in the European Arctic nearly 40,000 years ago

    Pavel Pavlov;John Inge Svendsen;Svein Indrelid

  • The Growth and Decay of the Late Weichselian Ice Sheet in Western Svalbard and Adjacent Areas Based on Provenance Studies of Marine Sediments

    Anders Elverhøi;Espen S. Andersen;Trond Dokken;Dierk Hebbeln

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Modelling the Eurasian Ice Sheet through a full Weichselian glacial cycle

    Martin J. Siegert;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Morten Hald;John-Inge Svendsen

  • The Last Glacial Maximum on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

    Jan Mangerud;Magne Bolstad;Anne Elgersma;Dag Helliksen

  • Testing the accuracy of quartz OSL dating using a known-age Eemian site on the river Sula, northern Russia

    A.S. Murray;J.I. Svendsen;J. Mangerud;V.I. Astakhov

  • Glacial history of Norway

    Jan Mangerud;Richard Gyllencreutz;Öystein Lohne;John Inge Svendsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Mangerud
Jan Mangerud University of Bergen
Anders Elverhøi
Anders Elverhøi University of Oslo
Haflidi Haflidason
Haflidi Haflidason Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Andrew S. Murray
Andrew S. Murray Technical University of Denmark
Jason P. Briner
Jason P. Briner University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Kerim H. Nisancioglu
Kerim H. Nisancioglu University of Bergen
Per Möller
Per Möller Lund University

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