George H. Denton
Professor
PhD, Yale, Quaternary and glacial geology
Address:
5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center
Room: 230
Tel: (207) 581 2193
Fax: (207) 581 2202
Research Interests:
My primary interest is the geological history of large ice sheets and smaller mountain glaciers. A particular concern is the role of these ice sheets in Quaternary and late-Tertiary ice ages. Another interest is abrupt ocean-atmosphere reorganizations in glacial cycles. On going projects deal with the alpine glacier history of the Chilean Andes and the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
Publications:
Denton, G.H., Lowell, T.V., Heusser, C.J., Moreno, P.I., Andersen, B.G., Heusser, L.E., Schlüchter, C., and Marchant, D.R., 1999. Interhemispheric linkage of paleoclimate during the last glaciation. Geografiska Annaler 81A, 107-153.
Denton, G.H., Heusser, C.J., Lowell, T.V., Schlüchter, C., Andersen, B.G., Heusser, L.E., Moreno, P.I., and Marchant, D.R., 1999. Geomorphology, stratigraphy, and radiocarbon chronology of Llanquihue drift in the area of the southern Lake District, Seno Reloncavi, and Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile. Geografiska Annaler 81A, 167-229.
Denton, G.H., and Hughes, T.J., 2000. Reconstruction of the Ross ice drainage system, Antarctica, at the last glacial maximum. Geografiska Annaler 82A, 2/3, 143-166.
Denton, G.H., and Marchant, D.R., 2000. The geologic basis for a reconstruction of a grounded ice sheet in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, at the last glacial maximum. Geografiska Annaler 82A, 2/3, 167-212.
Denton, G.H. and Hughes, T.J., 2002, Reconstructing the Antarctic Ice Sheet at the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 193-202.
Denton, G.H. and Sugden, D.A., 2005, Meltwater features suggesting Miocene overriding of the Transantarctic,Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Geografiska Annaler 87A, 1-19.
Denton, G.H., Alley, R.B., Comer, G., and Broecker, W.S., 2005. The role of seasonality in abrupt climate change. Quaternary Science Reviews 24, 1159-1182.
Denton, G.H., Broecker, W.S., and Alley, R. B., 2006. The Mystery Interval 17.5 to 14.5 kyrs ago. Pages News 14, 14-16.
Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., et al., 2006. Near-synchronous interhemispheric termination of the last glacial maximum in mid-latitudes. Science 312, 1510-1513.
