MRes publications

Our MRes programme offers an excellent opportunity to conduct high-quality research with the potential for publication in leading international peer-reviewed journals. Below are some recent and notable examples of MRes student publication success:

• Benjamin, J., Rosser, N.J., Dunning, S.A., Hardy, R.J., Kelfoun, K. and Szczuciński, W., 2018. Transferability of a calibrated numerical model of rock avalanche run-out: Application to 20 rock avalanches on the Nuussuaq Peninsula, West Greenland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43, pp.3057–3073. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4469
• Carter, C.M., Bentley, M.J., Jamieson, S.S.R., Paxman, G.J.G., Jordan, T.A., Bodart, J.A., Ross, N. and Napoleoni, F., 2024. Extensive palaeo-surfaces beneath the Evans–Rutford region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet control modern and past ice flow. The Cryosphere, 18, pp.2277–2296. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2277-2024
• Chang, M., Jamieson, S.S.R., Bentley, M.J. and Stokes, C.R., 2015. The surficial and subglacial geomorphology of Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2015.1097289
• Chen, J., Hodge, R.A., Jamieson, S.S.R. and Stokes, C.R., 2025. Distribution and morphometry of supraglacial channel networks on Antarctic ice shelves. Journal of Glaciology. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.99 
• Engelhart, S.E., Horton, B.P., Roberts, D.H., Bryant, C.L. and Corbett, D.R., 2007. Mangrove pollen of Indonesia and its suitability as a sea-level indicator. Marine Geology, 242(1–3), pp.65–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.020
• Francis, J., Wakefield, E., Jamieson, S.S.R., Phillips, R.A., Hodgson, D.A., Southwell, C., Emmerson, L., Fretwell, P., Bentley, M.J. and McClymont, E.L., 2025. A circumpolar review of the breeding distribution and habitat use of the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the world’s most southerly breeding vertebrate. Polar Biology, 48(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03336-8
• Horton, B.P., Culver, S.J., Hardbattle, M.I.J., Larcombe, P., Milne, G.A., Morigi, C., Whittaker, J.E. and Woodroffe, S.A., 2007. Reconstructing Holocene sea-level change for the central Great Barrier Reef (Australia) using subtidal foraminifera. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 37(4), pp.327–343. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.37.4.327
• Langley, E.S., Leeson, A.A., Stokes, C.R. and Jamieson, S.S.R., 2016. Seasonal evolution of supraglacial lakes on an East Antarctic outlet glacier. Geophysical Research Letters, 43. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069511
• Lea, E.J., Jamieson, S.S.R. and Bentley, M.J., 2024. Alpine topography of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, Antarctica, mapped from ice sheet surface morphology. The Cryosphere, 18, pp.1733–1751. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1733-2024
• Lovell, A.M., Stokes, C.R. and Jamieson, S.S.R., 2017. Sub-decadal variations in outlet glacier terminus positions in Victoria Land, Oates Land and George V Land, East Antarctica (1972–2013). Antarctic Science, 29(5), pp.468–483. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102017000074
• Lovell, H., Stokes, C.R. and Bentley, M.J., 2011. A glacial geomorphological map of the Seno Skyring–Seno Otway–Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia. Journal of Maps, 2011, pp.340–352. https://doi.org/10.4113/jom.2011.1156
• Lovell, H., Stokes, C.R., Bentley, M.J. and Benn, D.I., 2012. Evidence for rapid ice flow and proglacial lake evolution around the central Strait of Magellan region, southernmost Patagonia. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27(6), pp.625–638. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2555
• Marochov, M., Stokes, C.R. and Carbonneau, P., 2021. Image classification of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in Greenland using deep learning methods. The Cryosphere, pp.5041–5059. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5041-2021
• Miles, B.W.J., Stokes, C.R., Vieli, A. and Cox, N.J., 2013. Rapid, climate-driven changes in outlet glaciers on the Pacific coast of East Antarctica. Nature, 500, pp.563–566. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12382
• Parker, R., Densmore, A., Rosser, N.J., de Michele, M., Li, Y., Huang, R., Whadcoat, S. and Petley, D.N., 2011. Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth. Nature Geoscience, 4, pp.449–452. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1154
• Picton, H.J., Stokes, C.R., Jamieson, S.S.R., Floricioiu, D. and Krieger, L., 2023. Extensive and anomalous grounding line retreat at Vanderford Glacier, Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 17, pp.3593–3616. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3593-2023
• Wytiahlowsky, H.E., Stokes, C.R. and Evans, D.J.A., 2023. Remote sensing of glacier change (1965–2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic. Journal of Glaciology, 69(278), pp.1764–1784. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.60