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Overview

Timothy T. Barrows is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has focused research efforts in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work primarily addresses topics related to geological and paleoclimatological phenomena, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric science and Pleistocene-era environmental changes.

Barrows has contributed extensively to studies involving geological formations, climate change, and cryospheric processes. Key research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geological formations and processes

The scientist has authored and co-authored numerous papers, published in prominent venues such as Quaternary Research, Quaternary Science Reviews, Earth-Science Reviews, Royal Society Open Science, and Nature Human Behaviour. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Quaternary Research (4 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (2 publications)
  • Earth-Science Reviews (1 publication)
  • Royal Society Open Science (1 publication)
  • Nature Human Behaviour (1 publication)

Recent papers include:

  • "Late Pleistocene lake level history of Lake Mungo, Australia," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Low-altitude periglacial activity in southeastern Australia during the late Pleistocene," 2021, Quaternary Research
  • "A continental perspective on the timing of environmental change during the last glacial stage in Australia," 2021, Quaternary Research
  • "Climatic evolution in the Australian region over the last 94 ka - spanning human occupancy -, and unveiling the Last Glacial Maximum," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "An extended last glacial maximum in the Southern Hemisphere: A contribution to the SHeMax project," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

Collaboration plays a notable role in Barrows's scientific output, with frequent co-authorship involving:

  • Lynda Petherick
  • Jasper Knight
  • Eric A. Colhoun
  • Patrick De Deckker
  • Matthias Moros

Subfields of study reflected in Barrows's research include atmospheric science, ecology, anthropology, management-related monitoring and policy law, and earth-surface processes. This multidisciplinary approach integrates various scientific perspectives to explore environmental and climatic dynamics, particularly within the Australian and Southern Hemisphere contexts.

Best Publications

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures from assemblages of planktonic foraminifera: multi-technique approach based on geographically constrained calibration data sets and its application to glacial Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

    Michal Kucera;Mara Weinelt;Thorsten Kiefer;Uwe Pflaumann

  • Radiocarbon dating of old charcoal using a wet oxidation, stepped-combustion procedure

    Michael I Bird;L K Ayliffe;L K Fifield;Christian S M Turney

  • Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years: a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group

    Jessica M. Reeves;Helen C. Bostock;Linda K. Ayliffe;Timothy T. Barrows

  • Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in the Australian drylands

    Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Timothy J. Cohen;Paul P. Hesse;John Jansen

  • The timing of the Last Glacial Maximum in Australia.

    Timothy T Barrows;John O Stone;L.Keith Fifield;Richard G Cresswell

  • Late Pleistocene Glaciation of the Kosciuszko Massif, Snowy Mountains, Australia

    Timothy T. Barrows;John O. Stone;L. Keith Fifield;Richard G. Cresswell

  • Sea-surface temperatures around the Australian margin and Indian Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Timothy T. Barrows;Steve Juggins

  • Long-term sea surface temperature and climate change in the Australian–New Zealand region

    Timothy T. Barrows;Steve Juggins;Patrick de Deckker;Eva María Calvo

  • Absence of Cooling in New Zealand and the Adjacent Ocean During the Younger Dryas Chronozone

    Timothy T. Barrows;Scott J. Lehman;L. Keith Fifield;Patrick De Deckker

  • Glacial and deglacial climatic patterns in Australia and surrounding regions from 35 000 to 10 000 years ago reconstructed from terrestrial and near-shore proxy data

    Martin Williams;Ellyn Cook;Sander van der Kaars;Tim Barrows

  • Climate variability over the last 35,000 years recorded in marine and terrestrial archives in the Australian region: an OZ-INTIMATE compilation

    Jessica M. Reeves;Timothy T. Barrows;Timothy J. Cohen;Anthony S. Kiem

  • Climatic records over the past 30 ka from temperate Australia - a synthesis from the Oz-INTIMATE workgroup

    Lynda Petherick;Lynda Petherick;Helen Bostock;Tim J Cohen;Kathryn Fitzsimmons

  • The timing of linear dune activity in the Strzelecki and Tirari Deserts, Australia

    Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons;Edward J. Rhodes;John W. Magee;Timothy T. Barrows

  • Soil functions and ecosystem services research in the Chinese karst Critical Zone

    Sophie M. Green;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Jennifer A.J. Dungait;Chenglong Tu;Heather Buss

  • La Niña-like conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific and a stronger Choco jet in the northern Andes during the last glaciation

    Ignacio Martínez;Lloyd Keigwin;Timothy T. Barrows;Yusuke Yokoyama

  • A review of the Australian-New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 30ka (Aus-INTIMATE project)

    Helen C. Bostock;Timothy T. Barrows;L Carter;Zanna Chase

  • Late Quaternary floods and droughts in the Nile valley, Sudan: New evidence from optically stimulated luminescence and AMS radiocarbon dating

    M. A. J. Williams;F. M. Williams;G. A. T. Duller;R. N. Munro

  • Comparison of organic (UK'37, TEXH86, LDI) and faunal proxies (foraminiferal assemblages) for reconstruction of late Quaternary sea surface temperature variability from offshore southeastern Australia

    Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos;Michelle I. Spooner;Timothy T. Barrows;Patrick De Deckker

  • Sea-surface temperatures of the southwest Pacific Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum

    T. T. Barrows;S. Juggins;P. De Deckker;Jörn Thiede

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick De Deckker
Patrick De Deckker Australian National University
L. Keith Fifield
L. Keith Fifield Australian National University
L.K. Fifield
L.K. Fifield Australian National University
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons
Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons Max Planck Society
Min-Te Chen
Min-Te Chen National Taiwan Ocean University
Tim J Cohen
Tim J Cohen University of Wollongong
Steve Juggins
Steve Juggins Newcastle University
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Josette M Duprat
Josette M Duprat University of Bordeaux
Elsa Cortijo
Elsa Cortijo Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

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