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Robert D Larter is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom and is primarily engaged in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans numerous subfields including Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas associated with geology, climate, and polar environments. Key topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Frequent collaborators in Larter's work include:

  • Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
  • Kelly Hogan
  • David A Hodell
  • Alastair G C Graham
  • James D. Kirkham

Publications are often found in venues such as:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Science Advances

Among the recent significant papers by Robert D Larter are:

  • "Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth", 2020, Nature
  • "The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2", 2022, Scientific Data
  • "Pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica", 2021, Science Advances
  • "Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era", 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing", 2020, The Cryosphere

The collected data suggests a focus on polar and cryospheric research, particularly concerning the Antarctic region and its geological and environmental changes over time. Their publications reflect a multidimensional approach involving climate history, ice sheet dynamics, and sea-floor morphology as related to glacial processes.

Best Publications

  • Effects of ridge crest-trench interaction on Antarctic-Phoenix Spreading: Forces on a young subducting plate

    Robert D. Larter;Peter F. Barker

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • On the origin of Antarctic marine benthic community structure.

    Sven Thatje;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Rob Larter

  • The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography

    Alex D. Rogers;Paul A. Tyler;Douglas P. Connelly;Jonathan T. Copley

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Ice sheet retreat from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf

    C.J. Pudsey;P.F. Barker;R.D. Larter

  • Antarctic topography at the Eocene–Oligocene boundary

    Douglas S. Wilson;Stewart S.R. Jamieson;Peter J. Barrett;German Leitchenkov

  • Bathymetry of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf: Implications for geology, oceanography, and glaciology

    F. O. Nitsche;S. Jacobs;R. D. Larter;Karsten Gohl

  • LIFE HUNG BY A THREAD: ENDURANCE OF ANTARCTIC FAUNA IN GLACIAL PERIODS

    Sven Thatje;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Andreas Mackensen;Robert Larter

  • Giant sediment drifts on the continental rise west of the Antarctic Peninsula

    Michele Rebesco;Robert D. Larter;Angelo Camerlenghi;Peter F. Barker

  • Seismic stratigraphy of the Antarctic Peninsula Pacific margin: A record of Pliocene-Pleistocene ice volume and paleoclimate

    R. D. Larter;P. F. Barker

  • Bedform signature of a West Antarctic palaeo-ice stream reveals a multi-temporal record of flow and substrate control

    Alastair G.C. Graham;Robert D. Larter;Karsten Gohl;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • Magma genesis and mantle flow at a subducting slab edge: the South Sandwich arc-basin system

    P. T. Leat;Julian A. Pearce;P. F. Barker;I. L. Millar

  • West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

    Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;James A. Smith;David A. Hodell;Mervyn Greaves

  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

  • Intra-Oceanic Subduction Systems: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes

    R. D. Larter;P. T. Leat

  • High-resolution animated tectonic reconstruction of the South Pacific and West Antarctic Margin

    Graeme Eagles;Karsten Gohl;Robert D. Larter

  • The History of Sedimentation on the Continental Rise West of the Antarctic Peninsula

    Michele Rebesco;Robert D. Larter;Peter F. Barker;Angelo Camerlenghi

  • Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica 1. Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions

    Robert D. Larter;Alex P. Cunningham;Peter F. Barker;Karsten Gohl

  • Forearc tectonic evolution of the South Shetland Margin, Antarctic Peninsula

    A. Maldonado;R. D. Larter;F. Aldaya

  • Relict subglacial deltas on the Antarctic Peninsula outer shelf

    R. D. Larter;L. E. Vanneste

Frequent Co-Authors

Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Karsten Gohl
Karsten Gohl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Steven Grahame Moreton
Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council
Werner Ehrmann
Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University
Matthias Forwick
Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Barbara A. Maher
Barbara A. Maher Lancaster University

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