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Dr. Jane Willenbring

Institut für Mineralogie Universität Hannover
Callinstraße 3
D-30167 Hannover

Fon +49 (0)511 762-5998
Fax +49 (0)511 762-2110

j.willenbring(at)mineralogie.uni-hannover.de

Raum-Nr.: 226b

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Forschung & Projekte, Curriculum Vitae, Veröffentlichungen, Links & Downloads

Forschung & Projekte

Aktuelle Projekte:

• Developments for new applications of Meteoric Beryllium-10 with Prof. Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (University of Hannover) and Prof. Peter Kubik (ETH, Zurich)

• Decadal to Centennial Variability of Erosion Rates with Brandon McElroy (University of Texas, Austin)

• Erosion-driven Environmental Degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands with Dr. Nikki Strong (National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics), Prof. Valery Terwilliger (University of Kansas - Lawrence), Dr. Zewdu Eshetu (Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research) and Dr. Jan Nyssen (Ghent University)

• Guatemalan River Capture with Dr. Gilles Brocard (University of Lausanne) and Prof. Christian Teyssier (University of Lausanne)

• Northern California River Incision with Dr. Ben Crosby (University of Idaho) and Dr. Kenneth Lepper (North Dakota State University)

• The Effect of Land-use on Cosmogenic Isotope Concentrations in River Sand with Dr. Lesley Perg (University of Minnesota), Ted Fuller (University of Minnesota) and Prof. Bill Dietrich (University of California, Berkeley)

• Arctic Cosmogenic Isotope Techniques and Ice Sheet Modeling in Baffin Island, Canada with Prof. Jim Fastook (University of Maine - Orono), Dr. Ted Little (Geological Survey of Canada), Dan Utting (Canada-Nunavut Geosciences Office) and Dr. John Gosse (Dalhousie University)

• Antarctic glacier modeling and cosmogenic isotope techniques in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica with Dr. Jesse Johnson (University of Montana), Dr. Adam Lewis (Byrd Polar Research Center), Prof. Allan Ashworth (North Dakota State University) and Prof. David Marchant (Boston University)

• Gravel Mobility and Floodplain Interaction with Dr. Wes Lauer (Seattle University) and Prof. Gary Parker (University of Illinois)

• Laurentide Ice Sheet Southern Margin Chronology with Dr. Michael Newbrey (North Dakota State University)

Curriculum Vitae

• since 2008 : Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

• 2005-2007 : National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

• 2001-2006 : Ph.D. in Earth Science, Dalhousie University, Thesis: "Glacial Erosion in Arctic and Atlantic Canada Determined by Terrestrial in situ Cosmogenic Nuclides and Ice Sheet Modelling"

• 1999-2001 : M.A. in Earth Sciences, Boston University, Thesis: "Glacial History of Vernier Valley, Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Implications for Climate and East Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability"

Veröffentlichungen

Publikationen:

• Johnson, J. V., and Willenbring, J.K.* 2007. Modeling long-term stability of the Ferrar Glacier, East Antarctica: Implications for interpreting cosmogenic nuclide inheritance, Journal of Geophysical Research- Earth Surface 112: F03S30, doi: 10.1029/2006JF000599.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Gosse, J., Toracinta, R., Oglesby, B., Fastook, J. and Johnson, J. V. 2007. Atmospheric scaling of cosmogenic nuclide production: Climate effect. Journal of Geophysical Research- Solid Earth 112: B02205, doi:10.1029/2005JB003811.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Gosse, J.C., Little, E.C., Utting, D.J., Finkel, R., Johnson, J.V., Fastook, J. 2006. Glacial Erosion and Sediment Dispersion from Detrital Cosmogenic Nuclide Analyses of Till. Quaternary Geochronology 1(1): 29-42.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Marchant, D.R., Oberholzer, P., Schaefer, J.M., Johnson, J.V., Lewis, A.R., Swanger, K.M. 2006. Plio-Pleistocene history of Ferrar Glacier, Antarctica: Implications for climate and ice sheet stability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 243(3-4): 489-503.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Gosse, J.C., Johnson, J., Fastook, J., Gray, J.T., Stockli, D.F., Stockli, L., Finkel, R. 2005. Relief generation by polythermal glacier ice. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: 30(9) 1145-1159.

• Ashworth, A.C. and Willenbring, J.K. 1998. Fossil Beetles and Climate Change at Sixmile Creek, Ithaca, New York. American Paleontologist: 6(1) 2-5.

*Originally published under the name Jane K. Willenbring Staiger

Abstracts:

• McElroy, B., Willenbring, J.W., Mohrig, D. 2007. Decadal to centennial variability of erosion rates in a rapidly degrading network. American Geophysical Union Fall 2007 Abstracts with Programs.

• Crosby, B.T., Willenbring, J.K.* 2007. Evaluating the Crustal Conveyor: An Analysis of Terraces and Channel Profiles along the South Fork Eel River, Northern California. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 94-6.

• McElroy, B., Willenbring, J.K.* 2007. Continental erosion at millennial timescales. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 190-6.

• Fuller, T., Willenbring, J.K.*, Perg, L., Lepper, K.. 2007. The influence of sediment supply on the strath cycle as determined by cosmogenic radionuclides. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 88-11.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, McElroy, B. Perg, L.A. 2007. Continental erosion averaged over space and time Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15): A965.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Perg, L.A., Fuller, T. 2006 Sampling depositional time capsules for cosmogenic nuclide-derived erosion rates from the pre-anthropogenic past. American Geophysical Union Fall 2006 Abstracts with Programs.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Perg, L.A., Fuller, T. 2006. Tracing the Anthropogenic Cosmogenic Nuclide Signal in River Sediment Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(7): 440.

• Utting, D.J., Little, E.C., Young, M., McCurdy, M., Coulthard, R., Gosse, J., Willenbring, J.K.*, Brown, O. 2006. Surficial Geology, Prospecting and a New Technique to Quantify Glacial Erosion, North Baffin Island. 23rd Annual Mineral Exploration Roundup.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Marchant, D.R., Schaefer, J.M., Johnson, J.V., Oberholzer, P. 2005. Late Miocene-Pleistocene Stability of upper Ferrar Glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, American Geophysical Union Winter 2005 Abstracts with Programs.

• Utting, D.J., Little, E.C., Young, M., McCurdy, M., Coulthard, R., Gosse, J., Willenbring, J.K.*, Brown, O. 2005. Surficial Geology, Quaternary History and Prospecting, North Baffin Project, Yellowknife Geoscience Forum.

• Gosse, J.C., Willenbring, J.K.*, Fastook, J., Johnson, J.V., Little, E., Utting, D. 2005. Tagging glacial erosion and till production for drift prospecting. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(7): 398.

• Gray, J., Marquette, G., Gosse, J., Willenbring, J.K.*, Henault-Tessier, M. 2005. The extent, origins and age of felsenmeer surfaces of the Torngat, Kaumajet and Kiglapait Mountains of Northern Québec-Labrador, Eastern Canada. Sixth International Conference on Geomorphology, Zaragoza, Spain. Sept. 7-11.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Gosse, J. 2005. Glacial Erosion and Till Dispersion using the Source and the Sink: a New Cosmogenic Nuclide Application. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement 69(10): A163.

• Willenbring, J.K.*, Gosse, J., Johnson, J., Fastook, J., Gray, J., Little, E., Hilchey, A., Finkel, R. 2004. Long-term (10^5-10^6 yr) differential glacial erosion beneath polythermal glacier ice in the Atlantic and Arctic Canadian highlands. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs #80810.

• Gray, J., Marquette, G., Gosse, J., Henault, M., Willenbring, J.K.* 2004. The nature, thickness, complex origins and age of mountain-top felsenmeer on the coastal highlands of Eastern Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Hugh French Symposium: 38.

• Willenbring, J.K., Gosse, J.C., Toracinta, R., Oglesby, R., Johnson, J., Fastook, J. 2003. Climate influence on atmospheric scaling of cosmogenic nuclide production in rocks. Geological Society of America - Northeast Section Abstracts with Programs #50515.

• Gosse, J.C., Willenbring, J.K. 2002. Glacier Erosion Factory: Using 26Al/10Be, soils and geomorphology to study relief development. Goldschmidt Conference Proceedings A287.

• Oberholzer, P., Baur, H. Denton, G.H., Willenbring, J.K., Marchant, D.R., Schäfer, J.M., Schlüchter, C., Wieler, R. 2001. New evidence for stable Pliocene climate in Antarctica from in-situ cosmogenic noble gases. EUG X1 2001 Meeting.

• Willenbring, J.K., Marchant, D.R., Oberholzer, P., Schäfer, J.M., and Lewis, A.R. 2001. Plio-Pleistocene history of Ferrar Glacier, Antarctica: implications for climate and ice-sheet stability. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs #28129.

• Patrick, L., Willenbring, J.K., Lewis, A.R., Marchant, D.R. 2001. Using till textures to determine thermal zones at the margin of East Antarctic outlet glaciers. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs #28644. *Originally published under the name J. K. Willenbring Staiger

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