Robert Mulvaney
Science Programme Coordinator
BAS Science strategy team, Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate te
University of British Antarctic Survey
United Kingdom
Biography
I am the Science Leader of the Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate team at BAS. I have been responsible for many years for the BAS ice core analytical programme and the development of the continuous flow analysis system for rapid analysis of ice cores. I have many seasons experience in the field in Antarctica, Greenland and the Arctic, either taking part in multinational ice drilling projects or leading the UK ice drilling projects. Major successes include leading the ice core drilling projects to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and Fletcher Promontory plus numerous other shallow and medium depth ice core projects.
Research Interest
Data as art – sonic form and surface in glass Weddell Sea ice sheet and climate RAID: Rapid Access Isotope Drill Dating and modelling fast ice-sheet grounding-line retreat in Antarctica Antarctic Climate over the last millennia Improving estimates of Antarctica’s contribution to sea level ISOL-ICE iStar-D The contribution to sea-level rise from the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica
Publications
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Arienzo, M.M., McConnell, J.R., Murphy, L.N., Chellman, N., Das, S., Kipfstuhl, S., Mulvaney, R.. (2017) Holocene black carbon in Antarctica paralleled Southern Hemisphere climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122. 6713-6728. 10.1002/2017JD026599
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Massam, A., Sneed, S.B., Lee, G.P., Tuckwell, R.R., Mulvaney, R., Mayewski, P.A., Whitehouse, P.L.. (2017) A comparison of annual layer thickness model estimates with observational measurements using the Berkner Island ice core, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 29. 382-393. doi:10.1017/S0954102017000025
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McConnell, Joseph R., Burke, Andrea, Dunbar, Nelia W., Köhler, Peter, Thomas, Jennie L., Arienzo, Monica M., Chellman, Nathan J., Maselli, Olivia J., Sigl, Michael, Adkins, Jess F., Baggenstos, Daniel, Burkhart, John F., Brook, Edward J., Buizert, Christo, Cole-Dai, Jihong, Fudge, T. J., Knorr, Gregor, Graf, Hans-F., Grieman, Mackenzie M., Iverson, Nels, McGwire, Kenneth C., Mulvaney, Robert, Paris, Guillaume, Rhodes, Rachael H., Saltzman, Eric S., Severinghaus, Jeffrey P., Steffensen, Jørgen Peder, Taylor, Kendrick C., Winckler, Gisela. (2017) Synchronous volcanic eruptions and abrupt climate change ∼17.7 ka plausibly linked by stratospheric ozone depletion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073/pnas.1705595114
