Shaun Eaves
Research Fellow
Geology
Antarctic Research Centre
New Zealand
Biography
My research aims to increase our understanding of the drivers and mechanisms of Quaternary climate change. I am particularly interested in the global transition from the Last Glacial Maximum (20,000 years ago) to the present. My main expertise lies in the palaeoclimatic reconstruction using mountain glaciers, which are sensitive recorders of climatic change. I use a combination of geological investigation, geochronological techniques (cosmogenic surface exposure dating, radiocarbon dating, tephrochronology), and numerical glacier modelling in order to reconstruct past glacier advance/retreat and infer past climatic change.
Research Interest
Physical Geography,Quaternary Science
Publications
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Eaves, S.R., Winckler, G., Schaefer, J.M., Vandergoes, M.J., Mackintosh, A., Townsend, D., Alloway, B., Ryan, M., and Li, X. (2015). A test of the global cosmogenic 3He production rate in the South West Pacific region (39°S). Journal of Quaternary Science 30(1): 79-87.
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S.R., Anderson, B.M., Mackintosh, A.N., (2016). Glacier-based climate reconstructions for the last glacial-interglacial transition: Arthur’s Pass, New Zealand (43 °S). Journal of Quaternary Science.
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Conway, C.E., Leonard, G.S., Townsend, D.B., Calvert, A.T., Wilson, C.J., Gamble, J.A., Eaves, S.R., (2016). A high-resolution 40 Ar/39 Ar lava chronology and edifice construction history for Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 327: 152-179.
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ones, R.S., Lowe, J.J., Palmer, A.P., Eaves, S.R., Golledge, N.R., (2017). Dynamics and palaeoclimatic significance of a Loch Lomond Stadial glacier: Coire Ardair, Creag Meagaidh, western Highlands, Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 128(1): 54-66.
