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Stephen A. Wolfe is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. Additional areas of study include Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Stephen A. Wolfe has published in multiple scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Aeolian Research
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Arctic Science
  • Quaternary Research
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Frequent co-authors include:

  • P D Morse
  • H B O'Neill
  • Duane Froese
  • Olav B. Lian
  • Brian S. Carl

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen A. Wolfe:

  • "The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven mapping collaborative toward understanding the effects of permafrost thaw," 2023, Arctic Science
  • "The Canadian Water Resource Vulnerability Index to Permafrost Thaw (CWRVIPT)," 2020, Arctic Science
  • "Oriented-lake development in the context of late Quaternary landscape evolution, McKinley Bay Coastal Plain, western Arctic Canada," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Distribution and morphometry of pingos, western Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories, Canada," 2023, Geomorphology
  • "Developments in Permafrost Science and Engineering in Response to Climate Warming in Circumpolar and High Mountain Regions, 2019-2024," 2024, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Best Publications

  • The protective role of sparse vegetation in wind erosion

    Stephen A. Wolfe;William G. Nickling

  • 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

  • The morphology and origin of Nabkhas, Region of Mopti, Mali, West Africa

    W.G. Nickling;S.A. Wolfe

  • Biogeomorphic model of dunefield activation and stabilization on the northern Great Plains

    C.H. Hugenholtz;S.A. Wolfe

  • Recent stabilization of active sand dunes on the Canadian prairies and relation to recent climate variations

    Chris H. Hugenholtz;Stephen A. Wolfe

  • SHEAR STRESS PARTITIONING IN SPARSELY VEGETATED DESERT CANOPIES

    S. A. Wolfe;W. G. Nickling

  • 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

  • Late 18th century drought-induced sand dune activity, Great Sand Hills, Saskatchewan

    S.A. Wolfe;D.J. Huntley;P.P. David;J. Ollerhead

  • Active‐layer characteristics and summer climatic indices, Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada

    Sharon L. Smith;Stephen A. Wolfe;Daniel W. Riseborough;F. Mark Nixon

  • Barchan dunes stabilized under recent climate warming on the northern Great Plains

    Stephen A. Wolfe;Christopher H. Hugenholtz

  • The INQUA Dunes Atlas chronologic database

    Nicholas Lancaster;Stephen Wolfe;David Thomas;Charlie Bristow

  • Chronology and geochemistry of late Holocene eolian deposits in the Brandon Sand Hills, Manitoba, Canada

    Stephen A. Wolfe;Daniel R. Muhs;Peter P. David;John P. McGeehin

  • Relict Late Wisconsinan Dune Fields of the Northern Great Plains, Canada

    Stephen A. Wolfe;David J. Huntley;Jeff Ollerhead

  • 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

  • Impact of increased aridity on sand dune activity in the Canadian Prairies

    S.A Wolfe

  • Influence of ground ice and permafrost on coastal evolution, Richards Island, Beaufort Sea coast, N.W.T.

    Scott R. Dallimore;Stephen A. Wolfe;Steven M. Solomon

  • Sand dunes of the northern Great Plains of Canada and the United States

    D.R. Muhs;S.A. Wolfe

  • New ground ice maps for Canada using a paleogeographic modelling approach

    H. Brendan O'Neill;Stephen A. Wolfe;Caroline Duchesne

  • Morphodynamics and climate controls of two aeolian blowouts on the northern Great Plains, Canada

    C. H. Hugenholtz;S. A. Wolfe

  • Distribution and activity of ice wedges across the forest-tundra transition, western Arctic Canada

    S. V. Kokelj;S. V. Kokelj;T. C. Lantz;S. A. Wolfe;S. A. Wolfe;J. C. Kanigan

  • Lithalsa distribution, morphology and landscape associations in the Great Slave Lowland, Northwest Territories, Canada

    Stephen A. Wolfe;Stephen A. Wolfe;Christopher W. Stevens;Adrian J. Gaanderse;Greg A. Oldenborger

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris H. Hugenholtz
Chris H. Hugenholtz University of Calgary
David J. Huntley
David J. Huntley Simon Fraser University
Jeff Ollerhead
Jeff Ollerhead Mount Allison University
Julian B. Murton
Julian B. Murton University of Sussex
Nicholas Lancaster
Nicholas Lancaster Desert Research Institute
Robert H. Fraser
Robert H. Fraser Natural Resources Canada
Christopher R. Burn
Christopher R. Burn Carleton University
Stephan Gruber
Stephan Gruber Carleton University
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Dan J. Charman
Dan J. Charman University of Exeter

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