James Kirkham

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James Kirkham

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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. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for K.A. Hogan, Arnold, N.S., Larter, R.D. ORCIDORCID record for R.D. Larter, Kirkham, J.D. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCIDORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Graham, Alastair G.C., Arthern, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Arthern, Kirkham, James D. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Totten Minzoni, Rebecca, Jordan, Tom A. ORCIDORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, Clark, Rachel, Fitzgerald, Victoria, Wåhlin, Anna K., Anderson, John B., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCIDORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Nitsche, Frank O., Simkins, Lauren, Smith, James ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Larter, Robert D. ORCIDORCID 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 ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID record for Robert D. Larter, Hogan, Kelly A. ORCIDORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCIDORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Smith, James A. ORCIDORCID record for James A. Smith, Batchelor, Christine L., Cartigny, Matthieu, Tate, Alex J. ORCIDORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Kirkham, James D. ORCIDORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Roseby, Zoë A. ORCIDORCID 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. ORCIDORCID 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