Oliver Marsh is a glaciologist responsible for the monitoring and assessment of glaciological change on the Brunt Ice Shelf and around Halley VI Research Station.  He has participated in ten field seasons in Antarctica with the US, NZ and British Antarctic Programs.

Employment:

• Sep 2018 – Present: Glaciologist, British Antarctic Survey
• Jul 2015 – Aug 2018: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Canterbury, NZ
• Jun 2014 – Jun 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA

Education:

• Feb 2010 – Jul 2013: PhD, University of Canterbury, NZ
• Sep 2008 – Jul 2009: MPhil, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
• Sep 2005 – Jul 2008: BSc in Physical Geography, Durham University

Research interests

• Ice-shelf ocean interaction
• Grounding line ice dynamics
• Satellite interferometry & altimetry
• Fracture mechanics & calving

• Wild, C.T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2019), Differential InSAR for tide modelling in Antarctic ice-shelf grounding zones, The Cryosphere, doi:10.5194/tc-2018-269
• Begeman, C.B., Tulaczyk, S., Marsh, O.J., Mikucki, J.A., Stanton, T.P., Hodson, T.O., Siegfried, M.R., Powell, R.D., Christianson, K. and King, M.A., (2018), Ocean stratification reduces melt rates at the grounding zone of the Ross Ice Shelf, Journal of Geophyscial Research – Oceans, 123 (10), 7438-7452
• Wild, C.T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2018), Unravelling InSAR observed Antarctic ice-shelf flexure using 2-D elastic and viscoelastic modelling, Frontiers in Earth Science, doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00028
• Bingham, R.G., King, E.C., Davies, D., Cornford, S.L., Smith, A.M., Arthern, R.J., Brisbourne, A.M., De Rydt, J., Graham, A.G.C., Spagnolo, M., Marsh, O.J., Shean, D.M., Joughin, I.R. and Vaughan, D.G., (2017), Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence rates of ice loss, Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y
• Rosier, S. H. R., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Gudmundsson, G.H., Wild, C.T. and Ryan, M., (2017), On the interpretation of ice shelf flexure measurements, Journal of Glaciology, 1-9, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.44
• Rack, W., King, M.A., Marsh, O.J., Wild, C.T. and Floricioiu, D., (2017), Analysis of ice shelf flexure and its InSAR representation in the grounding zone of the Southern McMurdo Ice Shelf, The Cryosphere, doi:10.5194/tc-2017-13
• Wild, C. T., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., (2017), Viscosity and elasticity: a model intercomparison of ice shelf bending in an Antarctic grounding zone, Journal of Glaciology, 15, 1-8, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.15
• Marsh, O.J., Fricker, H.A., Siegfried, M.R., Christianson, K., Nicholls, K.W., Corr, H.F.J. and Catania, G., (2016), High basal melting forming a channel at the grounding line of Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2015GL066612
• Golledge, N.R., Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Jones, R.S., (2014), Basal conditions of two Transantarctic Mountain outlet glaciers from observation-constrained diagnostic modeling, Journal of Glaciology, doi:10.3189/2014JoG13J131
• Marsh, O.J., Rack., W., Lawson, W., Golledge, N., Floricioiu, D., (2014), Grounding zone ice thickness from satellite: Inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending, Journal of Glaciology, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J033
• Marsh, O.J., Rack, W., Floricioiu, D., Golledge, N., Lawson, W., (2013), Tidally-induced velocity variations of the Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica, and their representation in satellite measurements of ice velocity, The Cryosphere, 7, 1761-1785, doi:10.5194/tcd-7-1761-2013.
• Price, D., Rack., W., Haas, C., Langhorne, P. and Marsh, O.J., (2013), Sea ice freeboard in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, derived by surface-validated ICESat laser altimeter data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1-17, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20266.
• Marsh, O.J., Rack., W., (2012), A method of calculating ice-shelf surface velocity using ICESat altimetry, Polar Record, 48, 25-30, doi:10.1017/S0032247411000362.
• Hibbins, R.E., Marsh, O.J., McDonald, A.J., Jarvis, M.J., (2010), A new perspective on the longitudinal variability of the semidiurnal tide, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L14804, doi:10.1029/2010GL044015.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

• Marsh, O., & De Rydt, J. (2025). GPS data relating to the growth of Halloween Crack, Brunt Ice Shelf from 2016 to 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6244cca4-8eaa-41a0-a9c1-d89167b02b85

• Marsh, O., & De Rydt, J. (2025). GPS and ApRES data relating to the growth of Chasm-1, Brunt Ice Shelf from 2016 to 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3d6fd5ae-e94d-4d0b-a5e9-5779ca84855e

• Marsh, O., Floricioiu, D., & Freer, B. (2024). Double-difference TerraSAR-X interferograms and derived grounding lines at the grounding line of the Kamb and Whillans Ice Streams, West Antarctica, 2012-2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e1d182b1-6aa6-434e-9390-f7956227cb82

• Marsh, O. (2023). GPS data from Brunt Ice Shelf close to the site of Halley VI Research Station from 2013 to August 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/76dec018-3ea8-4ecc-9b53-5dd915daf214

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