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Jennings, Anne Research Associate

Positions

Research Associate, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Research interests include; 1) Holocene paleoceanography and sea-ice history of Greenland, Iceland, and Labrador shelves 2) glacial-marine sedimentation: stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, and glacial history on high latitude shelves (East Greenland, West Greenland, Iceland, Labrador) and in Baffin Bay; and 3) Modern foraminiferal distributions and ecology on high latitude shelves (West Greenland, East Greenland, Iceland) and sub ice shelf environments (Petermann Glacier Fjord and ice shelf, NW Greenland).

keywords

Greenland Ice Sheet history, Paleoceanography of high latitude continental shelves, Role of ocean warming in past ice sheet behavior, foraminiferal analyses, ice berg rafting, ice sheet ocean interactions, sub ice-shelf environment

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- History of sea ice in the Arctic. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Program and Subcommittee on Global Change Research. 358-420. 2009
- Past rates of climate change in the Arctic. 247-302. 2009
- Middle and late Quaternary glacial limits in Greenland. 425-430. 2004
- Hudson Strait Quaternary sediments and late glacial and deglaciation history: A discussion and summary. 181-192. 2001
- Late Holocene (~5 cal ka) trends and century-scale variability of N. Iceland marine records: measures of surface hydrography, productivity, and land/ocean interactions. 69-81. 2001
- Abrupt changes in marine conditions, Sunneshine fiord, eastern Baffin island, NWT during the last deglacial transition: Younger Dryas and H-O events. Geological Society Special Publications. 11-27. 1996
- Heinrich Events: Chronology and Processes, East-Central Laurentide Ice Sheet and NW Labrador Sea. 167-186. 1993
conference proceeding
- Modern foraminiferal assemblages in the Petermann Fjord, NW Greenland. 95-95. 2017
- An XRF Geochemical investigation of the deglaciation of Hall Basin, Nares Strait 2017
- PP13A-2046: A 1700 Year Record of Oceanic Influence on Jakobshavn Isbræ calving Activity Based on Marine Sediment Cores from Disko Bay 2016
- The Petermann Glacier Experiment, NW Greenland 2016
- Retreat of the Smith Sound Ice Stream in the Early Holocene 2016
- Was there a Baffin Bay Ice Shelf in the interval of LGM and HS1? 2016
- North Atlantic-Fennoscandian Holocene climate trends and mechanisms. Quaternary Science Reviews. 365-378. 2014
journal article
- A 2000-year record of ocean influence on Jakobshavn Isbr AE calving activity, based on marine sediment cores. Holocene. 1731-1744. 2018
- Baffin Bay paleoenvironments in the LGM and HS1: Resolving the ice-shelf question. Marine Geology. 5-16. 2018
- The role of meltwater in high-latitude trough-mouth fan development: The Disko Trough-Mouth Fan, West Greenland. Marine Geology. 17-32. 2018
- The Holocene retreat dynamics and stability of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland. Nature Communications. 2018
- 50 years of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2018
- Sea ice, ice-rafting, and ocean climate across Denmark Strait during rapid deglaciation (similar to 16-12 cal ka BP) of the Iceland and East Greenland shelves. Journal of Quaternary Science. 112-130. 2018
- Holocene cyclic records of ice-rafted debris and sea ice variations on the East Greenland and Northwest Iceland margins. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 649-672. 2017
- Mg/Ca-temperature calibration for the benthic foraminifera Melonis barleeanum and Melonis pompilioides. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 365-383. 2017
- Ocean forcing of Ice Sheet retreat in central west Greenland from LGM to the early Holocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1-13. 2017
- Seafloor geomorphology and glacimarine sedimentation associated with fast-flowing ice sheet outlet glaciers in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. 206-230. 2017
- Holocene Mg/Ca, alkenones, and light stable isotope measurements on the outer North Iceland shelf (MD99-2269): A comparison with other multi-proxy data and sub-division of the Holocene. Holocene. 52-62. 2017
- Deglaciation of a major palaeo-ice stream in Disko Trough, West Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. 5-26. 2016
- Holocene climate change in Arctic Canada and Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. 340-364. 2016
- Ice stream retreat following the LGM and onset of the west Greenland current in Uummannaq Trough, west Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. 27-46. 2016
- Variability in drift ice export from the Arctic Ocean to the North Icelandic Shelf over the last 8000 years: A multi-proxy evaluation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 99-115. 2016
- Interaction between warm Atlantic-sourced waters and the East Greenland Current in northern Denmark Strait (68°N) during the last 10 600 cal a BP. Journal of Quaternary Science. 472-483. 2016
- Ice stream retreat following the LGM and onset of the west Greenland current in Uummannaq Trough, west Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. 27-46. 2016
- North Atlantic-Fennoscandian Holocene climate trends and mechanisms. Quaternary Science Reviews. 365-378. 2016
- Exceptional ocean surface conditions on the SE Greenland shelf during the Medieval Climate Anomaly. Paleoceanography. 1657-1674. 2015
- Heinrich 0 on the east Canadian margin: Source, distribution, and timing. Paleoceanography. 1613-1624. 2015
- Significant differences in late Quaternary bedrock erosion and transport: East versus West Greenland similar to 70 degrees N - evidence from the mineralogy of offshore glacial marine sediments. Journal of Quaternary Science. 452-463. 2015
- Detrital carbonate peaks on the Labrador shelf, a 13-7 ka template for freshwater forcing from the Hudson Strait outlet of the Laurentide Ice Sheet into the subpolar gyre. Quaternary Science Reviews. 62-80. 2015
- Arctic Ocean glacial history. Quaternary Science Reviews. 40-67. 2014
- Arctic Holocene proxy climate database - new approaches to assessing geochronological accuracy and encoding climate variables. Climate of the Past. 1605-1631. 2014
- Holocene tephra from Iceland and Alaska in SE Greenland Shelf Sediments. Geological Society Special Publications. 157-193. 2014
- Multidecadal to millennial marine climate oscillations across the Denmark Strait (similar to 66 degrees N) over the last 2000 cal yr BP. Climate of the Past. 325-343. 2014
- Paleoenvironments during Younger Dryas-Early Holocene retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet from outer Disko Trough, central west Greenland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 27-40. 2014
- Variations in the provenance of sediment from ice sheets surrounding Baffin Bay during MIS 2 and 3 and export to the Labrador Shelf Sea: site HU2008029-0008 Davis Strait. Journal of Quaternary Science. 3-13. 2014
- Holocene palaeoceanographic evolution off West Greenland. Holocene. 374-387. 2013
- An extensive and dynamic ice sheet on the West Greenland shelf during the last glacial cycle. Geology. 219-222. 2013
- Mid- to late-Holocene oceanographic variability on the Southeast Greenland shelf. Holocene. 167-178. 2013
- A quantitative x-ray diffraction inventory of volcaniclastic inputs into the marine sediment archives off Iceland: a contribution to the Volcanoes in the Arctic System programme. Polar Research. 2013
- Glacimarine lithofacies, provenance and depositional processes on a West Greenland trough-mouth fan. Journal of Quaternary Science. 13-26. 2013
- Cooling and freshening at 8.2 ka on the NW Iceland Shelf recorded in paired delta O-18 and Mg/Ca measurements of the benthic foraminifer Cibicides lobatulus. Quaternary Research. 528-539. 2012
- Varying sediment sources (Hudson Strait, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Bay) to the NW Labrador Sea slope between and during Heinrich events 0 to 4. Journal of Quaternary Science. 475-484. 2012
- THE HOLOCENE HISTORY OF NARES STRAIT: Transition from Glacial Bay to Arctic-Atlantic Throughflow. Oceanography. 26-41. 2011
- Holocene environmental evolution of the SE Greenland Shelf North and South of the Denmark Strait: Irminger and East Greenland current interactions. Quaternary Science Reviews. 980-998. 2011
- Holocene variability of the North Atlantic Irminger current on the south- and northwest shelf of Iceland. Marine Micropaleontology. 101-118. 2010
- Reconstructing Holocene palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography in Isafjaroardjup, northwest Iceland, from two fjord records overprinted by relative sea-level and local hydrographic changes. Journal of Quaternary Science. 1144-1159. 2010
- Holocene variations in mineral and grain-size composition along the East Greenland glaciated margin (ca 67 degrees-70 degrees N): Local versus long-distance sediment transport. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2619-2632. 2010
- History of sea ice in the Arctic. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1757-1778. 2010
- Past rates of climate change in the Arctic. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1716-1727. 2010
- A robust, multisite Holocene history of drift ice off northern Iceland: implications for North Atlantic climate. Holocene. 71-77. 2009
- Evolution of the Irminger and East Icelandic Current systems through the Holocene, revealed by diatom-based sea surface temperature reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1571-1582. 2008
- Time-slice reconstructions of ocean circulation changes on the continental shelf in the Nordic and Barents Seas during the last 16,000 cal yr BP. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1476-1492. 2008
- Great-earthquake paleogeodesy and tsunamis of the past 2000 years at Alsea Bay, central Oregon coast, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews. 747-768. 2008
- New spatial Mg/Ca-temperature calibrations for three Arctic, benthic foraminifera and reconstruction of north Iceland shelf temperature for the past 4000 years. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2007
- A paleomagnetic approach toward refining Holocene radiocarbon-based chronologies: Paleoceanographic records from the north Iceland (MD99-2269) and east Greenland (MD99-2322) margins. Paleoceanography. 2007
- Geochemistry of Holocene cryptotephras from the north Iceland shelf (MD99-2269): intercalibration with radiocarbon and palaeomagnetic chronostratigraphies. Holocene. 155-176. 2007
- Freshwater forcing from the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Younger Dryas: evidence from southeastern Greenland shelf cores. Quaternary Science Reviews. 282-298. 2006
- Glacial-marine or subglacial origin of diamicton units from the southwest and North Iceland shelf: Implications for the glacial history of Iceland. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 968-983. 2005
- Temperature reconstructions for SW and N Iceland waters over the last 10cal ka based on delta O-18 records from planktic and benthic Foraminifera. Quaternary Science Reviews. 1723-1740. 2005
- Timing and mechanisms of surface and intermediate water circulation changes in the Nordic Seas over the last 10,000 cal years: a view from the North Iceland shelf. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2127-2139. 2004
- Modern foraminiferal faunas of the southwestern to northern Iceland shelf: Oceanographic and environmental controls. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 180-207. 2004
- Nonuniform response of the major surface currents in the Nordic Seas to insolation forcing: Implications for the Holocene climate variability. Paleoceanography. 2004
- Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180 degrees W). Quaternary Science Reviews. 529-560. 2004
- High-resolution study of Icelandic tephras in the Kangerlussuaq Trough, southeast Greenland, during the last deglaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science. 747-757. 2002
- Accumulation in East Greenland fjords and on the continental shelves adjacent to the Denmark strait over the last century based on Pb-210 geochronology. Arctic. 109-122. 2002
- Holocene sediment properties of the east Greenland and Iceland continental shelves bordering Denmark Strait (64-68 degrees N), North Atlantic. Sedimentology. 5-24. 2002
- A mid-Holocene shift in Arctic sea-ice variability on the East Greenland Shelf. Holocene. 49-58. 2002
- Multicentury-scale records of carbonate (hydrographic ?) variability on the northern Iceland margin over the last 5000 years. Quaternary Research. 199-206. 2001
- Light delta C-13 events during deglaciation of the East Greenland continental shelf attributed to methane release from gas hydrates. Geophysical Research Letters. 2217-2220. 2001
- Oceanographic change and terrestrial human impacts in a post AD 1400 sediment record from the southwest Iceland shelf. Climatic Change. 83-100. 2001
- Chronology and paleoenvironments during the late Weichselian deglaciation of the southwest Iceland shelf. Boreas. 167-183. 2000
- An origin for laminated glacimarine sediments through sea-ice build-up and suppressed iceberg rafting. Sedimentology. 557-576. 2000
- Ar-40/Ar-39 and Pb-Pb study of individual hornblende and feldspar grains from southeastern Baffin Island glacial sediments: implications for the provenance of the Heinrich layers. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 879-890. 2000
- The N and W Iceland Shelf: insights into Last Glacial Maximum ice extent and deglaciation based on acoustic stratigraphy and basal radiocarbon AMS dates. Quaternary Science Reviews. 619-631. 2000
- North Atlantic climate c.ad 1000: Millennial reflections on the Viking discoveries of Iceland, Greenland and North America. Weather. 34-45. 2000
- Late quaternary sediments and chronology of the northeast Labrador Shelf (Karlsefni Trough, Saglek Bank): Links to glacial history. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 1700-1713. 1999
- Problems and possible solutions concerning radiocarbon dating of surface marine sediments, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Quaternary Research. 206-216. 1999
- Abrupt deglaciation events and holocene palaeoceanography from high-resolution cores, Cartwright Saddle, Labrador Shelf, Canada. Journal of Quaternary Science. 383-397. 1999
- Forcing of the cold event of 8,200 years ago by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide lakes. Nature: New biology. 344-348. 1999
- Late Pleistocene-Holocene marine conditions in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: evidence from the diatom record. Holocene. 129-139. 1999
- High-resolution seismic evidence for multiple glaciation across the southwest Iceland shelf. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 50-57. 1999
- Distinguishing subglacial till and glacial marine diamictons in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica: Implications for a last glacial maximum grounding line. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 91-103. 1999
- High-resolution seismic evidence for multiple glaciation across the southwest Iceland shelf. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 50-57. 1999
- Establishing chronologies from acid-insoluble organic (14)C dates on Antarctic (Ross Sea) and arctic (North Atlantic) marine sediments. Polar Research. 203-216. 1998
- Late Quaternary iceberg-rafted detritus events on the Denmark Strait Southeast Greenland continental slope (similar to 65 degrees N): Related to north Atlantic Heinrich events?. Marine Geology. 211-228. 1998
- Late quaternary stratigraphy, chronology, and depositional processes on the slope of SE Baffin Island, Detrital Carbonate and Heinrich events: Implications for onshore glacial history. Géographie physique et Quaternaire. 91-105. 1998
- Marine evidence for the last glacial advance across eastern Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic. Journal of Quaternary Science. 501-514. 1998
- Arctic environmental change of the last four centuries. Science. 1251-1256. 1997
- Numerical modeling of late Glacial Laurentide advance of ice across Hudson Strait: Insights into terrestrial and marine geology, mass balance, and calving flux. Paleoceanography. 97-110. 1997
- Spatial and temporal patterns of iceberg rafting (IRD) along the East Greenland margin, ca 68 degrees N, over the last 14 cal ka. Journal of Quaternary Science. 1-13. 1997
- Chronology of late Wisconsin ice retreat from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geology. 223-226. 1996
- An earthquake history derived from stratigraphic and microfossil evidence of relative sea-level change at Coos Bay, southern coastal Oregon. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 141-154. 1996
- Environmental change in eastern Greenland during the last 1300 years: Evidence from foraminifera and lithofacies in Nansen Fjord, 68 degrees N. Holocene. 179-191. 1996
- Late Quaternary sedimentation along a fjord to shelf (trough) transect, East Greenland ( c. 68° N). Geological Society Special Publications. 153-166. 1996
- Shelf erosion and glacial ice proximity in the Labrador Sea during and after Heinrich events (H-3 or 4 to H-0) as shown by foraminifera. Geological Society Special Publications. 29-49. 1996
- A HEINRICH-LIKE EVENT, H-0 (DC-0) - SOURCE(S) FOR DETRITAL CARBONATE IN THE NORTH-ATLANTIC DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS CHRONOZONE. Paleoceanography. 943-952. 1995
- Final stages in the collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Hudson Strait, Canada, NWT: C-14 AMS dates, seismic stratigraphy, and magnetic susceptibility logs. Quaternary Science Reviews. 983-1004. 1995
- MARSH FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE VALDIVIA ESTUARY, SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE, RELATIVE TO VASCULAR PLANTS AND SEA-LEVEL. Journal of Coastal Research. 107-123. 1995
- THE EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC AT CA.6 KA BP - A TIME OF TRANSITION. Géographie physique et Quaternaire. 13-27. 1995
- SEDIMENT THICKNESSES AND HOLOCENE GLACIAL MARINE SEDIMENTATION-RATES IN 3 EAST GREENLAND FJORDS (CA 68-DEGREES-N). Journal of Geology. 669-683. 1994
- FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE FJORDS AND SHELF OF EASTERN GREENLAND. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 123-144. 1994
- Late glacial and Holocene history of the western Ross Sea: An initial survey of available cores. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 91-93. 1993
- THE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND SOUND, SOUTHEASTERN BAFFIN-ISLAND - THE MARINE EVIDENCE. Géographie physique et Quaternaire. 21-42. 1993
- FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGE ZONES IN OREGON TIDAL MARSHES - RELATION TO MARSH FLORAL ZONES AND SEA-LEVEL. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 13-29. 1992
- THERMOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES OF A DEGLACIAL MARINE SEQUENCE FROM CUMBERLAND SOUND, ARCTIC CANADA - SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS. Marine Geology. 111-123. 1992
- THE SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE CANADIAN EASTERN ARCTIC AND POLAR CONTINENTAL SHELVES. Continental Shelf Research. 791-819. 1991
- GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATIONS (INCLINATION) OF HIGH-LATITUDE FJORD CORES - EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC. Polar Research. 245-259. 1990
- LATE QUATERNARY SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN CLAY-SIZE AND SILT-SIZE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES OF FIORD AND SHELF CORES, WESTERN BAFFIN-BAY, NORTHWEST NORTH-ATLANTIC. Continental Shelf Research. 445-463. 1989
- INFLUENCE OF SEDIMENT SOURCE AND TYPE ON THE MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FJORD AND SHELF DEPOSITS, BAFFIN-ISLAND AND BAFFIN-BAY, NWT. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 1386-1401. 1987

Teaching

courses taught

GEOL 5840 - Independent Study-Quaternary Geology May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. (Fall 2018 UC Boulder)

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http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3176-2916