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Julian B. Murton is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Paleontology.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to geological and environmental dynamics, with a principal focus on climate change and permafrost. Other main topics include geology and paleoclimatology research, cryospheric studies and observations, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geological formations and processes, geological studies and exploration, and landslides and related hazards.

Murton has contributed a considerable number of publications to several scientific venues, frequently publishing in the journals Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Quaternary Research, and Geology. Other publication venues include Nature Communications and Environmental DNA.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Murton include:

  • A multimethod dating study of ancient permafrost, Batagay megaslump, east Siberia, 2021, Quaternary Research
  • What and where are periglacial landscapes?, 2021, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • Batagay megaslump: A review of the permafrost deposits, Quaternary environmental history, and recent development, 2023, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

They have also collaborated on research involving ancient DNA analyses from permafrost sediments, as seen in the paper titled Pleistocene glacial and interglacial ecosystems inferred from ancient DNA analyses of permafrost sediments from Batagay megaslump, East Siberia published in 2022 within Environmental DNA.

Frequent coauthors in Murton's work include Thomas Opel, Juan Pedro Rodríguez-López, John Barlow, Grigoriy Savvinov, and Petr Danilov.

  • Thomas Opel
  • Juan Pedro Rodríguez-López
  • John Barlow
  • Grigoriy Savvinov
  • Petr Danilov

Murton's research contributions notably address the interactions between climate change and permafrost environments, along with detailed studies on periglacial landscapes and geological formations. Their investigations contribute to understanding environmental processes in cold regions and provide insights into Earth's recent geological history through the analysis of permafrost deposits and ancient ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

    Charles Harris;Lukas U. Arenson;Hanne H. Christiansen;Bernd Etzelmüller

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • The configuration of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets through the Quaternary.

    Christine L. Batchelor;Martin Margold;Mario Krapp;Della K. Murton

  • Bedrock fracture by ice segregation in cold regions

    Julian B. Murton;Rorik Peterson;Jean-Claude Ozouf

  • Frost weathering: recent advances and future directions

    Norikazu Matsuoka;Julian Murton

  • 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 Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications

    Antony G. Brown;Stephen Tooth;Joanna E. Bullard;David S. G. Thomas

  • The influence of vegetation and soil characteristics on active‐layer thickness of permafrost soils in boreal forest

    James P. Fisher;Cristian Estop‐Aragonés;Aaron Thierry;Dan J. Charman

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

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

  • Cryostructures in permafrost, Tuktoyaktuk coastlands, western arctic Canada

    Julian B. Murton;Hugh M. French

  • Sand veins and wedges in cold aeolian environments

    Julian B. Murton;Peter Worsley;Peter Worsley;Jan Gozdzik

  • Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of Yedoma Silt (Ice Complex) Deposition as Cold‐Climate Loess, Duvanny Yar, Northeast Siberia

    J.B. Murton;T. Goslar;M.E. Edwards;M.E. Edwards;Bateman

  • Thermokarst‐lake‐basin sediments, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western arctic Canada

    Julian B. Murton

  • Thermokarst sediments and sedimentary structures, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

    Julian B Murton

  • Physical modelling of bedrock brecciation by ice segregation in permafrost

    J. B. Murton;J.-P. Coutard;J.-P. Lautridou;J.-C. Ozouf

  • Ice-wedge casts as indicators of palaeotemperatures: precise proxy or wishful thinking?

    Julian B. Murton;Else Kolstrup

  • Basal ice facies and supraglacial melt-out till of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

    J.B. Murton;C.A. Whiteman;R.I. Waller;W.H. Pollard

  • Glacier–permafrost interactions: Processes, products and glaciological implications

    Richard I. Waller;Julian B. Murton;Lene Kristensen

  • Limited contribution of permafrost carbon to methane release from thawing peatlands

    Mark D.A. Cooper;Cristian Estop-Aragonés;Cristian Estop-Aragonés;James P. Fisher;Aaron Thierry

  • Near‐surface brecciation of chalk, isle of thanet, south‐east England: a comparison with ice‐rich brecciated bedrocks in Canada and Spitsbergen

    Julian B. Murton

  • Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers And Permafrost

    C Harris;Julian B Murton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Bateman
Mark D. Bateman University of Sheffield
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Gareth K. Phoenix
Gareth K. Phoenix University of Sheffield
Dan J. Charman
Dan J. Charman University of Exeter
Charles Harris
Charles Harris Cardiff University
Mathew Williams
Mathew Williams University of Edinburgh
Stephen A. Wolfe
Stephen A. Wolfe Geological Survey of Canada
Michael Krautblatter
Michael Krautblatter Technical University of Munich
Sebastian Wetterich
Sebastian Wetterich Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hugh M. French
Hugh M. French University of Ottawa

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