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Dr Timothy Lane

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Dr Timothy Lane is a Reader in Physical Geography at Liverpool John Moores University, and Programme leader for the BSc Geography.

My research primarily focuses upon glacial geomorphology, environmental change, and landscape development in formerly glaciated regions. In particular I am interested in the behaviour of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Greenlandic ice caps during the last glacial cycle. I use a combination of field and laboratory techniques including: geomorphology, sedimentology, lake core analysis, and surface exposure (cosmogenic nuclide) dating.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Geography at Durham University and an MSc in Quaternary Science at Royal Holloway and UCL. Following this I undertook a PhD at Durham University, investigating the Uummannaq Ice Stream in Central West Greenland. This focused on the long-term landscape evolution, ice sheet evolution, and the deglacial history of a large ice stream during the last glacial cycle.

I am module leader for : 6301NATSCI: Dissertation, and 6315NATSCI: Cold Environments: Processes and Change. I contribute to a number of other modules including Methods in Geography, Climate Change, Environmental Change, and Environmental Modelling.

Degrees

2013, Durham University, United Kingdom, PhD in Physical Geography
2009, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom, MSc in Quaternary Science
2008, Durham University, United Kingdom, BSc in Physical Geography

Academic appointments

Post-doctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), 2013 - 2014

Highlighted publications

Plummer TW, Oliver JS, Finestone EM, Ditchfield PW, Bishop L, Blumenthal SA, Lemorini C, Caricola I, Bailey SE, Herries AIR, Parkinson JA, Whitfield E, Hertel F, Kinyanjui RN, Vincent TH, Li Y, Louys J, Frost SR, Braun DR, Reeves JS, Early EDG, Onyango B, Lamela-Lopez R, Forrest FL, He H, Lane TP, Frouin M, Nomade S, Wilson EP, Bartilol SK, Rotich NK, Potts R. 2023. Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus Science, 379 :561-566 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lane T, Darvill C, Rea B, Bentley M, Smith J, Jamieson S, O Cofaigh C, Roberts D. 2023. "Geomorphological record of a former ice stream to ice shelf lateral transition zone in Northeast Greenland Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Journal article

Finestone EM, Plummer TW, Vincent TH, Blumenthal SA, Ditchfield PW, Bishop L, Oliver JS, Herries AIR, Palfery CV, Lane TP, McGuire E, Reeves JS, Rodes A, Whitfield E, Braun DR, Bartilol SK, Rotich NK, Parkinson JA, Lemorini C, Caricola I, Kinjanjui RN, Potts R. 2024. New Oldowan locality Sare-Abururu (ca. 1.7 Ma) provides evidence of diverse hominin behaviors on the Homa Peninsula, Kenya Journal of Human Evolution, 190 :1-24 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lloyd-Jones T, Dick J, Lane TP, Cunningham E, Kiriakoulakis K. 2023. Occurrence and sources of microplastics on Arctic beaches: Svalbard Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bentley M, Smith J, Jamieson S, Lindeman M, Rea B, Humbert A, Lane T, Darvill C, Lloyd J, Straneo F, Helm V, Roberts D. 2023. Direct measurement of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water close to the grounding line of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79N) Glacier, North-east Greenland" The Cryosphere, 17 :1821-1837 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Smith JA, Callard L, Bentley MJ, Jamieson SSR, Sánchez-Montes ML, Lane TP, Lloyd JM, Mcclymont EL, Darvill CM, Rea BR, O'cofaigh C, Gulliver P, Ehrmann W, Jones RS, Roberts DH. 2023. Holocene history of the 79°N ice shelf reconstructed from epishelf lake and uplifted glaciomarine sediments Cryosphere, 17 :1247-1270 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Plummer TW, Oliver JS, Finestone EM, Ditchfield PW, Bishop L, Blumenthal SA, Lemorini C, Caricola I, Bailey SE, Herries AIR, Parkinson JA, Whitfield E, Hertel F, Kinyanjui RN, Vincent TH, Li Y, Louys J, Frost SR, Braun DR, Reeves JS, Early EDG, Onyango B, Lamela-Lopez R, Forrest FL, He H, Lane TP, Frouin M, Nomade S, Wilson EP, Bartilol SK, Rotich NK, Potts R. 2023. Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus Science, 379 :561-566 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lane T, Darvill C, Rea B, Bentley M, Smith J, Jamieson S, O Cofaigh C, Roberts D. 2023. "Geomorphological record of a former ice stream to ice shelf lateral transition zone in Northeast Greenland Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Adamson K, Lane TP, Carney M, Delaney C, Howden A. 2022. The imprint of catchment processes on Greenlandic ice cap (GIC) proglacial lake records: analytical approaches and palaeoenvironmental significance Journal of Quaternary Science, :1-19 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Garcia-Oteyza Ciria JN, Olivia M, Fernández-Fernández JM, Palacios D, Schimmelpfennig I, Andrés N, Antoniades D, Christiansen HH, Humlum O, Léanni L, Jomelli V, Ruiz-Fernández J, ASTER Team , Rinterknecht V, Lane TP, Adamson K. 2022. Late Glacial deglaciation of the Zackenberg area, NE Greenland Geomorphology, 401 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Adamson K, Lane TP, De Meyer K, Carney M, Oppenheim L, Panitz S, Price H, Smith E, Watson G. 2021. Enhancing Physical Geography schools outreach: insights from co-production and storytelling narratives Progress in Physical Geography, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Bilt WVD, Barr I, Berben S, Hennekam R, Lane T, Adamson K, Bakke J. 2021. Late Holocene canyon-carving floods in northern Iceland were smaller than previously reported Communications Earth & Environment, 2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Matthews T, Perry LB, Lane T, Elmore A, Khadka A, Aryal D, Shrestha D, Tuladhar S, Baidya S, Gajurel A, Potocki M, Mayewski P. 2020. Into Thick(er) Air? Oxygen Availability at Humans’ Physiological Frontier on Mount Everest iScience, 23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Biette M, Jomelli V, Chenet M, Rinterknecht V, Braucher R, Lane TP, Aumaitre G, Boules D, Keddadouche K. 2020. Mountain glacier fluctuations during the Lateglacial and Holocene on Clavering Island (northeastern Greenland) from 10Be moraine dating Boreas: an international journal of quaternary research, 49 :873-885 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lane TP, Paasche Ø, Kvisvik B, Adamson K, Rodés Á, Patton H, Gomez N, Gheorghiu D, Bakke J, Hubbard A. 2020. Elevation changes of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet interior during the last deglaciation Geophysical Research Letters, 47 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Cross M, Lane TP, Germond-Duret C. 2020. World War ‘V’: Emissions change if Birmingham became vegetarian and contemporary attitudes towards vegetarianism. Routes: The Journal for Student Geographers, 1 :198-225 Publisher Url Public Url

Hamilton CA, Kirby JR, Lane TP, Plater AJ, Waller MP. 2019. Sediment supply and barrier dynamics as driving mechanisms of Holocene coastal change for the southern North Sea basin Quaternary International, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Adamson K, Lane TP, Carney M, Bishop T, Delaney C. 2018. High-resolution proglacial lake records of pre-Little Ice Age glacier advance, northeast Greenland Boreas, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Jaskolski M, Pawlowski Ł, Strzelecki M, Zagorski P, Lane TP. 2018. Trash on Arctic beach: Coastal pollution along Calypsostranda, Bellsund, Svalbard Polish Polar Research, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Jomelli V, Lane TP, Favier V, Masson-Delmotte V, Swingedouw D, Rinterknecht V, Schimmelpfennig I, Schimmelpfennig D, Verfaillie D, Adamson K, Leanni L, Mokadem F, ASTER Team . 2016. Paradoxical cold conditions during the medieval climate anomaly in the Western Arctic Scientific Reports, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lane TP, Roberts DH, Rea BR, Ó Cofaigh C, Vieli A. 2015. Glacial landscape evolution in the Uummannaq region, West Greenland Boreas, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lane TP, Roberts DH, Ó Cofaigh C, Vieli A, Moreton S. 2015. The glacial history of the southern Svartenhuk Halvø, West Greenland Arktos, :1-28 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lane TP, Roberts DH, O Cofaigh C, Rea BR, Vieli A. 2014. Controls on bedrock bedform development beneath the Uummannaq Ice Stream onset zone, West Greenland Geomorphology, 231 :301-313 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lane TP, Roberts DH, Rea BR, Ó Cofaigh C, Vieli A, Rodés A. 2013. Controls upon the Last Glacial Maximum deglaciation of the northern Uummannaq Ice Stream System, West Greenland Quaternary Science Reviews, 92 :324-344 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Roberts DH, Rea BR, Lane TP, Schnabel C, Rodés A. 2013. New constraints on Greenland ice sheet dynamics during the last glacial cycle: Evidence from the Uummannaq ice stream system Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118 :519-541 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Other

Dick J, Lloyd-Jones T, Galata S, Lane T, Cunningham E, Kiriakoulakis K. 2024. The occurrence and sources of microplastics to Arctic and sub-Arctic beaches: human influence on local microplastic hotspots DOI Publisher Url

Lane T, Darvill C, Rea B, Bentley M, Smith J, Jamieson S, Ó Cofaigh C, Roberts D. 2024. Geomorphological record of a former ice stream to ice shelf lateral transition zone in Northeast Greenland DOI Publisher Url

Chapters

Barr ID, Adamson K, Lane T, Nebel K, van der Bilt WGM. 2023. Using Drones to Map and Visualise Glacial Landscapes 3D Imaging of the Environment: Mapping and Monitoring :45-55 9781032108957 DOI Publisher Url

Adamson K, Lane T. 2016. Sediment and Meltwater Dynamics in Glacially-Influenced Areas of Arctic Permafrost INTERACT Arctic Research Special Publication

Internet publication

Lane T, Kirby J. 2022. Sea level: a view from the past Publisher Url

preprint

Smith JA, Callard L, Bentley MJ, Jamieson SSR, Sánchez-Montes ML, Lane TP, Lloyd JM, McClymont EL, Darvill CM, Rea BR, O'Cofaigh C, Gulliver P, Ehrmann W, Jones RS, Roberts DH. 2022. Holocene history of 79° N ice shelf reconstructed from epishelf lake and uplifted glacimarine sediments Copernicus GmbH DOI Publisher Url

Conference publication

Nebel K, Lane T, Adamson K, Barr I, van der Bilt W, Kirby J, Hennekam R. 2020. Late Holocene glacier and climate reconstruction from proglacial records in Vatnsdalur, northern Iceland. DOI Publisher Url

Research Grants Awarded:

NERC Radiocarbon Facility, Establishing Last Glacial Maximum deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Pennsylvania, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 4,016 equivalent. 2018

National Geographic, ICEMELTS: Improving ClimatE Monitoring to Enhance Ladakh’s waTer Security, Tom Matthews (Loughborough University), Grant value (£): 22,500. 2018

NERC Radiocarbon Facility, Mesoscale barrier estuary behaviour in response to sea-level rise, storms and sediment supply, Jason Kirby and Christine Hamilton (Liverpool John Moores University), Grant value (£): 4,000 equivalent. 2018

LJMU Early Career Fellowship, Understanding the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in Pennsylvania and New York, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Matthew Finkenbinder (Wilkes-Barre Univeristy), Grant value (£): 3,500. 2017

EU-INTERACT, Carbon transfer in a glaciated catchment., Villum Research Station, Station Nord, North-East Greenland, Kostas Kiriakoulakis (Liverpool John Moores University), Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 9,000. 2017

NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility, Timing of Scandinavian Ice Sheet thinning during the last deglaciation, Øyvind Paasche and Jostein Bakke (University of Bergen), and Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 43,395 equivalent. 2017

Natural Environment Research Council, Climate Explorers, Kathryn Adamson, Manchester Metropolitan University, Grant value (£): 38750, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2016

LJMU Early Career Fellowship, Establishing the timing of Scandinavian Ice Sheet thinning during the last deglaciation, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 3,600. 2016

NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility, Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Homa Peninsula, Western Kenya, Laura Bishop and Liz Whitfield (Liverpoool John Moores University), Grant value (£): 11,664 equivalent. 2016

LJMU Early Career Fellowship, Glacier behaviour and palaeoenvironmental change in Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 5,000. 2015

Manchester Metropolitan University - Research Accelerator Grant, Ice cap dynamics in Northeast Greenland, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 10,000. 2015

EU-INTERACT, Geomorphological controls on Arctic ice cap sensitivity, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 11,000. 2014

EU-INTERACT, Quaternary ice cap dynamics in Northeast Greenland, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 11,000. 2014

EU-INTERACT, Sediment dynamics in a region of glaciated permafrost, Kathryn Adamson (Manchester Metropolitan University), Grant value (£): 9,000. 2012

NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility, Ice free enclaves in West Greenland during the last glacial cycle?, Dr David Roberts (Durham University), Grant value (£): 11,940 equivalent. 2012

NERC Radiocarbon Facility, Late-Pleistocene glacial history of Svartenhuk, West Greenland, David Roberts (Durham University), Grant value (£): 4,060 equivalent. 2012

Quaternary Research Association, Late-Pleistocene glacial history of Svartenhuk, West Greenland, David Roberts (Durham University), Grant value (£): 3,000 equivalent. 2012

NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility, Ice stream control on landscape evolution in Uummannaq Fjord, NW Greenland., Dr David Roberts (Durham University), Grant value (£): 13,000 equivalent. 2011

Public engagement:

Other: Please specify in text box below, Wider public, 4 day long interactive showcase, Participant, Edinburgh, NERC - Unearthed. 2017

Other: Please specify in text box below, School Teachers, Workshop, Invited Speaker, Royal Geographical Society, London, Festival of Geography. 2017

Other: Please specify in text box below, Wider public, Practical demonstrations in a museum, ., Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, Platform for Investigation: Ice and Glaciers, http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/whatson/piiceandglaciers#.Viu_rQbAE2k.twitter. 2015

Public talk or lecture, 6th Form Geography students from the south Manchester area, Invited speaker, Altringham Grammar School, Altringham, Manchester, Climate Change: From Mammoths to Models. 2015

Other: Please specify in text box below, Wider public visiting Manchester Museum, Museum-wide practical demonstrations, ., Manchester Museum, Climate Week 2015: Climate Science Challenge, http://climatica.org.uk/climate-week-2015-climate-science-challenge. 2015

Media Coverage:

Climate Week 2015: Climate Science Challenge at Manchester Museum
www.ljmu.ac.uk
climatica.org.uk

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