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Steven V. Kokelj

Steven V. Kokelj

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
9399
World Ranking
4285
National Ranking
177

Overview

Steven V. Kokelj is affiliated with Carleton University in Canada and has made significant contributions within Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing largely on Atmospheric Science. Their research predominantly addresses climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, and geology and paleoclimatology. Additional topics of interest include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, indigenous studies and ecology, and landslides and related hazards.

Their publication record includes work featured mainly in the following venues:

  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • The Cryosphere
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Arctic Science
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven V. Kokelj include:

  • Jurjen van der Sluijs
  • Suzanne E. Tank
  • Scott Zolkos
  • Trevor C. Lantz
  • Duane Froese

Selected recent papers reflecting the scope of their work are:

  • "Thaw-driven mass wasting couples slopes with downstream systems, and effects propagate through Arctic drainage networks" (2021, The Cryosphere)
  • "Particulate dominance of organic carbon mobilization from thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, NT: Quantification and implications for stream systems and permafrost carbon release" (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "Permafrost-derived dissolved organic matter composition varies across permafrost end-members in the western Canadian Arctic" (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • "The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven mapping collaborative toward understanding the effects of permafrost thaw" (2023, Arctic Science)
  • "Permafrost thaw and northern development" (2020, Nature Climate Change)

Their research addresses complex processes related to permafrost thaw and its environmental impacts, engaging with both regional and broader Arctic systems. This includes the mobilization of organic carbon, geomorphological changes such as thermokarst features, and interactions between permafrost and downstream aquatic ecosystems.

Steven V. Kokelj's body of work is framed within interdisciplinary aspects of environmental science, incorporating chemistry, policy, and geology alongside physical geography and atmospheric examinations.

Best Publications

  • Advances in Thermokarst Research

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  • Increasing rates of retrogressive thaw slump activity in the Mackenzie Delta region, N.W.T., Canada

    Trevor C. Lantz;Steven V. Kokelj

  • The environment and permafrost of the Mackenzie Delta area

    Christopher R. Burn;S.V. Kokelj

  • Climate Change Drives Widespread and Rapid Thermokarst Development in Very Cold Permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic

    Louise M. Farquharson;Vladimir E. Romanovsky;William L. Cable;Donald A. Walker

  • Increased precipitation drives mega slump development and destabilization of ice-rich permafrost terrain, northwestern Canada

    S.V. Kokelj;J. Tunnicliffe;D. Lacelle;T.C. Lantz

  • Thawing of massive ground ice in mega slumps drives increases in stream sediment and solute flux across a range of watershed scales

    S. V. Kokelj;D. Lacelle;T. C. Lantz;J. Tunnicliffe

  • Climate-driven thaw of permafrost preserved glacial landscapes, northwestern Canada

    Steven V. Kokelj;Trevor C. Lantz;Jon Tunnicliffe;Rebecca Segal

  • Relative impacts of disturbance and temperature: persistent changes in microenvironment and vegetation in retrogressive thaw slumps

    Trevor C. Lantz;Steven V. Kokelj;Sarah E. Gergel;Greg H. R. Henry

  • Warming-Induced Shrub Expansion and Lichen Decline in the Western Canadian Arctic

    Robert H. Fraser;Trevor C. Lantz;Ian Olthof;Steven V. Kokelj

  • Origin and polycyclic behaviour of tundra thaw slumps, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S. V. Kokelj;T. C. Lantz;J. Kanigan;S. L. Smith

  • The influence of thermokarst disturbance on the water quality of small upland lakes, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S.V. Kokelj;R.E. Jenkins;D. Milburn;Christopher Burn

  • Multi-decadal increases in dissolved organic carbon and alkalinity flux from the Mackenzie drainage basin to the Arctic Ocean

    Suzanne E Tank;Robert G Striegl;James W McClelland;Steven V Kokelj

  • Acceleration of thaw slump activity in glaciated landscapes of the Western Canadian Arctic

    Rebecca A Segal;Trevor C Lantz;Steven V Kokelj

  • Distribution and growth of thaw slumps in the Richardson Mountains-Peel Plateau region, northwestern Canada

    Denis Lacelle;Alex Brooker;Robert H. Fraser;Steve V. Kokelj

  • Recent Shrub Proliferation in the Mackenzie Delta Uplands and Microclimatic Implications

    Trevor C. Lantz;Philip Marsh;Steven V. Kokelj

  • The impacts of thawing permafrost on the chemistry of lakes across the subarctic boreal‐tundra transition, Mackenzie Delta region, Canada

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  • Geochemistry of the active layer and near-surface permafrost, Mackenzie delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S.V. Kokelj;C.R. Burn

  • Ground ice and soluble cations in near‐surface permafrost, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S. V. Kokelj;C. R. Burn

  • Spatial Heterogeneity in the Shrub Tundra Ecotone in the Mackenzie Delta Region, Northwest Territories: Implications for Arctic Environmental Change

    Trevor C. Lantz;Sarah E. Gergel;Steven V. Kokelj

  • Dissolved organic carbon thresholds affect mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic lakes.

    Todd D. French;Adam J. Houben;Jean-Pierre W. Desforges;Linda E. Kimpe

  • Biological responses to permafrost thaw slumping in Canadian Arctic lakes

    Joshua R. Thienpont;Kathleen M. Rühland;Michael F. J. Pisaric;Steven V. Kokelj

  • Permafrost Terrain Dynamics and Infrastructure Impacts Revealed by UAV Photogrammetry and Thermal Imaging

    Jurjen Van der Sluijs;Steven V. Kokelj;Robert H. Fraser;Jon Tunnicliffe

  • Arctic climate warming and sea ice declines lead to increased storm surge activity

    Jesse C. Vermaire;Michael F. J. Pisaric;Michael F. J. Pisaric;Joshua R. Thienpont;Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi

  • Impacts of hillslope thaw slumps on the geochemistry of permafrost catchments (Stony Creek watershed, NWT, Canada)

    Laura Malone;Denis Lacelle;Steve Kokelj;Ian D. Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Gruber
Stephan Gruber Carleton University

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