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Stephen J. Livingstone

Stephen J. Livingstone

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
3960
World Ranking
6654
National Ranking
692

Overview

Stephen J. Livingstone is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science as a primary subfield. Their work is also related to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The research topics frequently addressed by Livingstone include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes

Livingstone has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate, 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction, 2022, published in Boreas
  • A model for interaction between conduits and surrounding hydraulically connected distributed drainage based on geomorphological evidence from Keewatin, Canada, 2020, published in The Cryosphere
  • Subglacial meltwater routes of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet, 2022, published in Journal of Maps
  • Dynamics of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet's southernmost sector revealed by the pattern of ice streams, 2021, published in Boreas

Frequent publication venues for Stephen J. Livingstone include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Boreas
  • Journal of Maps

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Livingstone are:

  • Andrew Sole
  • Chris D. Clark
  • Robert D. Storrar
  • Felix Ng
  • Jeremy C. Ely

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Antarctic palaeo-ice streams

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Chris R. Stokes;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

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

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

  • Ice-stream stability on a reverse bed slope

    Stewart S. R. Jamieson;Andreas Vieli;Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh

  • 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

  • Potential subglacial lake locations and meltwater drainage pathways beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

    Stephen Livingstone;Chris Clark;John Woodward;J. Kingslake

  • Rapid accelerations of Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers driven by surface melt

    Peter A. Tuckett;Jeremy C. Ely;Andrew J. Sole;Stephen J. Livingstone

  • The influence of hydrology on the dynamics of land-terminating sectors of the Greenland ice sheet

    Benjamin Joseph Davison;Andrew John Sole;Stephen John Livingstone;Tom R. Cowton

  • Distribution and dynamics of Greenland subglacial lakes.

    Jade Bowling;Jade Bowling;Stephen Livingstone;Andrew Sole;Winnie Chu

  • Glaciodynamics of the central sector of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet in Northern England

    Stephen J. Livingstone;David J.A. Evans;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies

  • The palaeoglaciology of the central sector of the British and Irish Ice Sheet: reconciling glacial geomorphology and preliminary ice sheet modelling

    David J.A. Evans;Stephen J. Livingstone;Andreas Vieli;Colm Ó Cofaigh

  • Glacial geomorphology of the central sector of the last British-Irish ice sheet.

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh;David J. A. Evans

  • Morphological properties of tunnel valleys of the southern sector of theLaurentide Ice Sheet and implications for their formation

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Chris D. Clark

  • Distribution and characteristics of overdeepenings beneath the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets: Implications for overdeepening origin and evolution

    Henry Patton;Henry Patton;D.A. Swift;C.D. Clark;Stephen J. Livingstone

  • Ice margin oscillations during deglaciation of the northern Irish Sea basin

    R. C. Chiverrell;Rachel Smedley;D. Small;C. K. Ballantyne

  • A model for interaction between conduits and surrounding hydraulically connected distributed drainage based on geomorphological evidence from Keewatin, Canada

    Emma L. M. Lewington;Stephen J. Livingstone;Chris D. Clark;Andrew J. Sole

  • Modelling North American palaeo-subglacial lakes and their meltwater drainage pathways

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Chris D. Clark;Lev Tarasov

  • Northeast sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet to undergo the greatest inland expansion of supraglacial lakes during the 21st century

    Adam Igneczi;Andrew J. Sole;Stephen J. Livingstone;Amber Alexandra Leeson

  • Glacial geomorphology of Marguerite Bay Palaeo-Ice stream, western Antarctic Peninsula

    Stephen J. Livingstone;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Chris R. Stokes;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • The Brampton kame belt and Pennine escarpment meltwater channel system (Cumbria, UK): Morphology, sedimentology and formation

    Stephen J. Livingstone;David J.A. Evans;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Jonathan Hopkins

  • Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Topography and Drainage Structure Controlled by the Transfer of Basal Variability

    Ádám Ignéczi;Andrew John Sole;Stephen John Livingstone;Felix S. L. Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Ó Cofaigh
Colm Ó Cofaigh Durham University
Andrew Sole
Andrew Sole University of Sheffield
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Chris R. Stokes
Chris R. Stokes Durham University
Andreas Vieli
Andreas Vieli University of Zurich
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Stewart S. R. Jamieson
Stewart S. R. Jamieson Durham University
David J.A. Evans
David J.A. Evans Durham University
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Richard C. Chiverrell
Richard C. Chiverrell University of Liverpool

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