Publications
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Peer Reviewed Publications (* denotes undergraduate student, + denotes graduate student)
Published
Longhi, A.+, D. Morgan, and M. Guglielmin (2024). Reconstruction of rock avalanche history in Val Viola, (Upper Valtellina, Italian Central Alps) through 10Be exposure ages, Schmidt Hammer R values, and surface roughness. Landslides, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02210-2.
Bergelin, M. J. Putkonen, G. Balco, D. Morgan, L. B. Corbett, and P. R. Bierman (2022). Cosmogenic nuclide dating of two stacked ice masses: Ong Valley, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 16, 2793–2817, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2793-2022, 2022.
Doane, T. H.*, Furbish, D. J., Roering, J. J., Schumer, R., & Morgan, D. J. (2018). Nonlocal sediment transport on steep lateral moraines, eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123. doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004325.
Bibby, T, J. Putkonen, D. Morgan, G. Balco, and D. Shuster (2016). Million year old ice found under meter-thick debris layer in Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 6995-7001, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069889.
Putkonen, J., D. Morgan, and G. Balco (2014). Boulder weathering in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geomorphology, Volume 219: 192-199, ISSN 0169-555X, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.05.012.
O’Neal, M. A., N. Legg, B. Hanson, D. J. Morgan, and A. Rothgeb* (2013). Lichenometric dating of rock surfaces in the northern Cascade Range, USA. Geografiska Annaler, Volume 95, Issue 3, pages 241-248, September 2013, DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12012.
Putkonen, J., D. J. Morgan, and G. Balco (2012). Regolith transport quantified by braking block, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geomorphology, 155–156: 80–87, ISSN 0169-555X, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.12.010.
Morgan, D. J., J. Putkonen, G. Balco, and J. Stone (2011). Degradation of glacial deposits quantified with cosmogenic nuclides, Quartermain Mountains, Antarctica. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36: 217-228, doi:10.1002/esp.2039.
Morgan, D., J. Putkonen, G. Balco, and J. Stone (2010). Quantifying regolith erosion rates with cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 26Al in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, F03037, 17 PP., doi:201010.1029/2009JF001443.
Putkonen, J. Balco, G.B., and D. J. Morgan (2008). Slow regolith degradation without creep determined by cosmogenic nuclide measurements in Arena Valley, Antarctica. Quaternary Research, 69, 242–249, doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2007.12.004.
In Review
Longhi, A.+, D. Monticelli, D. Morgan, and M. Guglielmin. Assessing Alternative Absolute Dating Methods for Deglaciation in the Central Italian Alps. Submitted to Catena, fall 2023.
Magazine Articles
Morgan, D., “200 years of exploring Antarctica – the world’s coldest, most forbidding and most peaceful continent,” The Conversation, 24 January 2020, 8:37 am EST, Environment & Energy, https://theconversation.com/200-years-of-exploring-antarctica-the-worlds-coldest-most-forbidding-and-most-peaceful-continent-129607.
Reports
Putkonen, J., M. Rosales*, N. Turpen*, D. Morgan, G. Balco, and M. Donaldson* (2007). Regolith transport in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, in Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World – Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al., USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 103.
Morgan, D. J., Born, B., Cook, R., Radenovic, H., and S. Renzi, (2007). Seattle Food System Enhancement Project: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study. University of Washington, Program on the Environment Certificate in Environmental Management Keystone Project, 2006-2007. City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods. Final_GHG_Report
Cook, R., Morgan, D. J., Radenovic, H., Renzi, S., and B. Born, (2007). Seattle Food System Enhancement Project. University of Washington, Program on the Environment Certificate in Environmental Management Keystone Project, 2006-2007. City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods. Final_Food_Report
Abstracts (* denotes undergraduate student, + denotes graduate student, and # denotes a high school student). The most recent 5 years are shown. A full list is available upon request.
Chen, M.*, Breitzmann P.*, McGlynn N.*, Megerian, C.E*, Cribb, J.W., and Morgan D.J. (2023). Understanding past glacier flow patterns in Arena Valley, Antarctica using the provenance of glacial tills. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2023, PP23D-1408.
Morgan, D., (2023). The rates and dates of past glacier change help predict the future of ice. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 November – 12 December, 2023, Cryosphere Pavilion.
McGlynn, N.*, Morgan, D., Megerian, C.E*, Breitzmann P.*, and Chen M.* (2023). Characterizing Meserve Glacier flow patterns through the provenance of moraine tills. 42nd Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists, Washington, DC, September 27-30, 2023. ^Nadia received an award for the 1st place student poster at this conference.
Morgan, D.J., R. Stanton, P. Breitzmann*, M. Chen*, N. McGlynn*, C. Megerian*, and J. W. Cribb (2023). Deepening the glacial history of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica by fingerprinting glacial tills with provenance tools. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative, University of Minnesota, Cloquet Forestry Center, September 25-28, 2023.
Morgan D.J., Megerian C.E.*, Breitzmann P.*, Chen M.*, and McGlynn N.* (2023). Preliminary Data on the Provenance of Glacial Till in Vernier Valley, Antarctica. US Antarctic Science Meeting, Online, June 20-23, 2023.
Headley, Rachel M., Megerian, C. E.*, and Morgan, D. (2023). Spatial variation in glacial erosion and moraine deposition of the Muldrow Glacier through the Holocene warming. 2023 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 5, 2023, doi: 10.1130/abs/2023RM-388034.
Megerian, C.E*, Breitzmann P.*, Chen M.*, McGlynn N.*, and Morgan D.J. (2023). The flow of the Ferrar Glacier constrained by the provenance of glacial till in Vernier Valley, Antarctica. 2023 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 5, 2023, doi: 10.1130/abs/2023RM-388056.
Morgan D.J., Megerian C.E.*, Scarpitti, E.A.+, McGlynn N.*, Chen M.*, and Breitzmann P.* (2023). Designing a glacial geology field and lab course-based undergraduate research experience in the Sawatch Range, CO. 2023 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 5, 2023, doi: 10.1130/abs/2023RM-388058.
Morgan, D.J., G. Johnson#, E. Miller*, J. Raff+, E. Rimmer*, A. Grant*, E. Miranda*, G. Balco, J.W. Cribb, M. Bergelin+, and J. Putkonen (2022). Glacial history, soil development, and rates of geomorphic activity in Ong Valley, Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 10th Open Science Conference, Abstract No. 662.
Wang, S.*, D. J. Morgan, E. Miller*, C. Megerian*, A. Grunow, and J. W. Cribb (2021). Changes in Glacial Flow Patterns and Provenance of the Mid-Miocene in the Friis Hills and Olympus Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Submitted to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021.
Miller, E.*, D. J. Morgan, S. Wang*, C. Megerian*, J. L. Raff+, D. M. Harwood, A. Grunow, and J. W. Cribb (2021). Provenance of the Sirius Till from Tillite Spur in the Reedy Glacier area, Antarctica, determined by LA-ICP-MS of detrital zircon. Submitted to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021.
Megerian, C.*, D. J. Morgan, S. Wang*, E. Miller*, J. L. Raff+, J. W. Cribb, and G. Balco (2021). The Provenance of Glacial Till and Beach Sand in the Cape Cod Area. Submitted to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021.
Bergelin, M.+, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, D. J. Morgan, R. Matheney, L. B. Corbett, and P. R. Bierman (2021). Core from Buried Ice Mass Dated to Late Pliocene, Ong Valley, Transantarctic Mountains. Submitted to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021.
Bergelin, M.+, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, D. J. Morgan, L. B. Corbett, and P. R. Bierman (2021). Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating of Buried Ice Mass Using Englacial Debris; Ong Valley, Antarctica. Submitted to the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021.
Morgan, D., E. Miller*, E. Miranda*, K. Edwards*, J. Liu*, W. Cribb, M. Bergelin*, J. Putkonen, and G. Balco (2020). Consistent flow patterns of the Argosy Glacier determined from the provenance of glacial till in Ong Valley, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52, No. 6, 2020, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-359310.
Bergelin, M.+, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, D. Morgan, and R.K. Matheney (2020). Million-year-old ice found burined underneath thin layer of dirt; Ong Valley, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52, No. 6, 2020, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-359283.
Morgan D., E. Rimmer*, E. Miller*, E. Miranda*, A. Grant*, G. Balco, W. Cribb W, M. Bergelin+, and J. Putkonen (2020). Exposure age, provenance, and weathering of glacial tills Ong Valley, Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2020.
Bergelin, M.+, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, D. Morgan, and R.K. Matheney (2020). Million-Year-Old Ice Found Near Surface; Ong Valley, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2020.
Putkonen, J., M. Bergelin+, G. Balco, D.J. Morgan, and R. Matheney (2019). Ancient Ice Preserved Under a Meter-Thick Layer of Debris; Ong Valley, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019. Abstract #617219.
Bergelin, M.+, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, and D. J. Morgan (2019). Constraints on the Age of Million-Year-Old Buried Ice Mass in Ong Valley, Antarctica Obtained from Cosmogenic Nuclide Measurements. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019. Abstract #612954.
Matheney, R., N. Stene*, M. Bergelin*, J. Putkonen, G. Balco, and D. J. Morgan (2019). Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes Hint at Two Ancient, Stacked Ice Bodies, Ong Valley, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019. Abstract #609436.
Morgan, D.J., M. Guglielmin, A. Longhi+, and G. Balco (2019). Bedrock erosion rates and the development of weathering features in Antarctica. XIII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Larrinaga, R.*, D. Morgan, G. Balco, T. Merrick, M. Salvatore, M. Guglielmin, A. Longhi+ (2018). Comparing spectral reflectance patterns to the concentration of cosmogenic Ne-21 to link weathering and erosion rates for bedrock in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. 2018 Annual GSA Meeting in Indianapolis, IN. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 50, No. 6, 172-19, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324216.
Grant, A.*, D. Morgan, J. Putkonen, G. Balco (2018). Application of aerosol salt accumulation in soil chronologies in Ong Valley, Antarctica. 2018 Annual GSA Meeting in Indianapolis, IN. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 50, No. 6, 207-5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-323380.