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Matthias Forwick is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research contributions primarily lie within Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on Environmental Science.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their research addresses topics related to Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Climate Change and Permafrost, and broader Geological and Geophysical Studies as well as Geological Formations and Processes.

Recent publications by Matthias Forwick cover a range of subject matter linked to glacial and environmental studies in Arctic regions. Notable papers include:

  • Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Late Quaternary glacier and sea-ice history of northern Wijdefjorden, Svalbard (2020, Boreas)
  • Fossil organic carbon utilization in marine Arctic fjord sediments by subsurface micro-organisms (2023, Nature Geoscience)
  • Glacial history of the Åsgardfonna Ice Cap, NE Spitsbergen, since the last glaciation (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Environmental variability off NE Greenland (western Fram Strait) during the past 10,600 years (2020, The Holocene)

Their research appears regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) affiliated with Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Chemical Geology, Nature Geoscience, and Boreas.

Matthias Forwick has frequently collaborated with scholars including Seung-Il Nam, Joseph S. Stoner, Alan C Mix, Juliane Müller, and Oscar E Romero, each appearing as repeated coauthors in their publications.

Best Publications

  • Holocene paleoceanography and glacial history of the West Spitsbergen area, Euro-Arctic margin

    Morten Hald;Hanne Ebbesen;Matthias Forwick;Fred Godtliebsen

  • Submarine landforms characteristic of glacier surges in two Spitsbergen fjords

    D. Ottesen;J.A. Dowdeswell;D.I. Benn;L. Kristensen

  • Fjord systems and archives: a review

    John A. Howe;William E. N. Austin;Matthias Forwick;Matthias Paetzel

  • Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and ice rafting in Isfjorden, Spitsbergen

    Matthias Forwick;Tore O. Vorren

  • Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean

    Ruediger Stein;Kirsten Fahl;Michael Schreck;Gregor Knorr

  • Sedimentary ancient DNA from Lake Skartjørna, Svalbard: Assessing the resilience of arctic flora to Holocene climate change

    Inger Greve Alsos;Per Sjögren;Mary E Edwards;Mary E Edwards;Jon Y Landvik

  • Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment

    James A. Smith;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Gerhard Kuhn;Robert D. Larter

  • Grounding-line retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from inner Pine Island Bay

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Gerhard Kuhn;James A. Smith;Karsten Gohl

  • Spatial and temporal influence of glaciers and rivers on the sedimentary environment in Sassenfjorden and Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen

    Matthias Forwick;Tore O. Vorren;Morten Hald;Sergei Korsun

  • Mid-Pleistocene climate transition drives net mass loss from rapidly uplifting St. Elias Mountains, Alaska

    Sean P. S. Gulick;John M. Jaeger;Alan C. Mix;Hirofumi Asahi

  • Reconstruction of inflow of Atlantic Water to Isfjorden, Svalbard during the Holocene: Correlation to climate and seasonality

    Tine Lander Rasmussen;Matthias Forwick;Andreas Mackensen

  • Variability in transport of terrigenous material on the shelves and the deep Arctic Ocean during the Holocene

    Carolyn Wegner;Katrina E. Bennett;Anne de Vernal;Matthias Forwick

  • Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary environments and glacial activity in Billefjorden, Svalbard

    Nicole J. Baeten;Matthias Forwick;Christoph Vogt;Tore O. Vorren

  • Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges

    Wesley Randall Farnsworth;Wesley Randall Farnsworth;Lis Allaart;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Helena Alexanderson

  • Seismic architecture and sedimentology of a major grounding zone system deposited by the Bjørnøyrenna Ice Stream during Late Weichselian deglaciation

    Denise Christina Rüther;Rune Mattingsdal;Karin Andreassen;Matthias Forwick

  • Integrated acoustic and coring investigation of glacigenic deposits in Spitsbergen fjords

    Liv Plassen;Tore O. Vorren;Matthias Forwick

  • Holocene climate variations at the entrance to a warm Arctic fjord: evidence from Kongsfjorden trough, Svalbard

    Kari Skirbekk;Dorthe Klitgaard Kristensen;Tine L. Rasmussen;Nalan Koç;Nalan Koç

  • Origin of shallow submarine mass movements and their glide planes—Sedimentological and geotechnical analyses from the continental slope off northern Norway

    Nicole J. Baeten;Jan Sverre Laberg;Maarten Vanneste;Carl Fredrik Forsberg

  • Pockmarks in Spitsbergen fjords

    M. Forwick;N. J. Baeten;T. O. Vorren

  • Late Weichselian and Holocene sedimentary palaeoenvironment and glacial activity in the high-arctic van Keulenfjorden, Spitsbergen

    Philipp Kempf;Philipp Kempf;Matthias Forwick;Jan Sverre Laberg;Tore O Vorren;Tore O Vorren

  • Holocene mass-transport activity and climate in outer Isfjorden, Spitsbergen: marine and subsurface evidence:

    Matthias Forwick;Tore O. Vorren

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University
Steven Grahame Moreton
Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council
Werner Ehrmann
Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University
Jan Sverre Laberg
Jan Sverre Laberg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Tore O. Vorren
Tore O. Vorren University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Jens Matthiessen
Jens Matthiessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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