James Kirkham
Assistant Marine Geophysicist
Biography
I am a PhD student working in the Palaeo Environments, Ice Sheets and Climate Change team at BAS, and at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. My current research uses marine geophysical techniques to reconstruct the movement of water beneath the late Quaternary ice sheets. I also have an active interest in high-altitude snow dynamics and the water cycle of the Himalayas.
Kirkham, J.D., Rosser, N.J., Wainwright, J., Jones, E.C.V., Dunning, S.A., Lane, V.S., Hawthorn, D.E., Strzelecki, M.C. and Szczuciński, W. (2017). Drift-dependent changes in iceberg size‑frequency distributions. Scientific reports, 7(1), 15991. 10.1038/s41598-017-14863-2
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2022
Gurung, T.R., Kayastha, R.B., Fujita, K., Joshi, S.P., Sinisalo, A., Kirkham, J.D. ORCID record for J.D. Kirkham. (2022) A long-term mass-balance reconstruction (1974–2021) and a decadal in situ mass-balance record (2011–2021) of Rikha Samba Glacier, central Himalaya. Journal of Glaciology. 14 pp. 10.1017/jog.2022.93
Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Arnold, Neil S., Ely, Jeremy C., Clark, Chris D., Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2022) Tunnel valley formation beneath deglaciating mid-latitude ice sheets: Observations and modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews. 22 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107680 (In Press)
Hogan, K.A. ORCID record for K.A. Hogan, Arnold, N.S., Larter, R.D. ORCID record for R.D. Larter, Kirkham, J.D. ORCID record for J.D. Kirkham, Noormets, R., Ó Cofaigh, C., Golledge, N., Dowdeswell, J.A.. (2022) Subglacial water flow over an Antarctic palaeo-ice stream bed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127. 20 pp. 10.1029/2021JF006442
2021
Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Self, Ed, Games, Ken, Huuse, Mads, Stewart, Margaret A., Ottesen, Dag, Arnold, Neil S., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2021) Tunnel valley infill and genesis revealed by high-resolution 3-D seismic data. Geology, 49. 5 pp. 10.1130/G49048.1
Stigter, Emmy E., Steiner, Jakob F., Koch, Inka, Saloranta, Tuomo, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Immerzeel, Walter W.. (2021) Energy and mass balance dynamics of the seasonal snowpack at two high-altitude sites in the Himalaya. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 183. 14 pp. 10.1016/j.coldregions.2021.103233
2020
Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Arnold, Neil S., Nitsche, Frank O., Kuhn, Gerhard, Gohl, Karsten, Anderson, John B., Dowdeswell, Julian A.. (2020) Morphometry of bedrock meltwater channels on Antarctic inner continental shelves. Geomorphology, 370. 22 pp. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107369
Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Graham, Alastair G.C., Arthern, Robert ORCID record for Robert Arthern, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Totten Minzoni, Rebecca, Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Clark, Rachel, Fitzgerald, Victoria, Wåhlin, Anna K., Anderson, John B., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Nitsche, Frank O., Simkins, Lauren, Smith, James ORCID record for James Smith, Gohl, Karsten, Arndt, Jan Erik, Hong, Jongkuk, Wellner, Julia. (2020) Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing. The Cryosphere, 14. 26 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2883-2020
2019
Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Arnold, Neil S., Nitsche, Frank O., Golledge, Nicholas R., Dowdeswell, Julian A. (2019) Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 13. 1959-1981. 10.5194/tc-13-1959-2019
Kirkham, James ORCID record for James Kirkham, Koch, Inka, Saloranta, Tuomo M., Litt, Maxime, Stigter, Emmy E., Møen, Knut, Thapa, Amrit, Melvold, Kjetil, Immerzeel, Walter W.. (2019) Near real-time measurement of snow water equivalent in the Nepal Himalayas.. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7. 10.3389/feart.2019.00177
Larter, Robert D. ORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith, Batchelor, Christine L., Cartigny, Matthieu, Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Roseby, Zoë A. ORCID record for Zoë A. Roseby, Kuhn, Gerhard, Graham, Alastair G.C., Dowdeswell, Julian A. (2019) Subglacial hydrological control on flow of an Antarctic Peninsula palaeo-ice stream. The Cryosphere, 13. 1583-1596. 10.5194/tc-13-1583-2019
Saloranta, Tuomo, Thapa, Amrit, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Koch, Inka, Melvold, Kjetil, Stigter, Emmy, Litt, Maxime, Møen, Knut. (2019) A model setup for mapping snow conditions in high-mountain Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7. 10.3389/feart.2019.00129
2022
Ice age valleys give clues to future ice sheet change
News 5 October, 2022
2021
‘MRI’ scan reveals spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea
News 9 September, 2021