EDUCATION

B.Sc. (1971) Geography, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

M.Sc. (1974) International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands

Ph.D. (1977) Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science, 2001-present
Professor, Dept. of Geography, U. of Lethbridge, 1990-present
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Geography, U. of Lethbridge, 1990-1994
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, U. of Lethbridge, 1985-1990
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, U. of Lethbridge, 1982-1985
Research Scientist, soils and irrigation, Agriculture Canada, 1981-1982
Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography, and Dept of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1976-1980

PARTIAL LIST OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE

-Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science (2001-present)
-Presidential appointment, University Budget Committee (1999-2001)
-Chair, Faculty of Arts and Science Curriculum Committee (1999-2000; Member 1997-2000)
-Chair, Ingrid Speaker Medal for Distinguished Research and Scholarship (1999-2000; Member 1997-2000)
-Member, University of Lethbridge Research Advisory Committee (2000 to present)
-Presidential appointment, Ad Hoc Budget Advisory Committee (2000-2001)
-Member, Presidential Search Committee (1998-1999)
-Member, Board of Governors of University of Lethbridge (1993-1996)
-Board Representative to Fund Raising Committee for New Library (1994)
-Member, Ad Hoc Budget Committee for Faculty of Arts and Science (1994)
 -President, Canadian National Committee for INQUA (National Research Council of Canada supported research) (1989-1991)
-Member, University of Lethbridge Budget Committee (1989-1990)
-Member, University of Lethbridge Planning Committee (1984-1987)
-Member, University of Lethbridge Senate (1985-1987)
-Member, University of Lethbridge General Faculties Council (1984-1987)
-Member, Board of Directors, University of Lethbridge Alumni Association (1984-1987)
-Member, Board of Directors, Southern Alberta Art Gallery (1983-1985).

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Late Cenozoic paleoenvironments and climate change: a global comparison of montane and continental records
Late Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy and proxy records of large-scale climate variability obtained from glacial/interglacial sequences in western Canada, the Arctic, and the midwestern USA.
Late Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of gold-bearing gravels: reconstruction of river terrace chronosequences, paleo flow, and sediment provenance 
Secular variation of earth's magnetic field during the past 5.0 Ma obtained from basalts at 50 to 65 degrees north latitude
Late Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of tills, loesses, paleosols, and tephras in the Yukon and Alaska
Remote sensing and mapping of Quaternary surficial geology, and soils

RESEARCH FUNDING
NSERC Research Grants (1984-present)
NSF Support through collaborative projects (1998-2004)

PUBLISH IN
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Quaternary Research
Quaternary International
Geoscience Canada
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Sedimentary Geology
Catena

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, Geological Association of Canada (GAC)
member, Canadian Geophysical Union(CGU)
member, American Geophysical Union(AGU)
member, Geological Society of American (G.S.A.)
member, International Union for Quaternary Research(INQUA)
founding member, Canadian Quaternary Association(CANQUA)
 
 
 

Research Projects Currently Underway

Project: Quaternary Paleoenvironments as Proxies in Global Change modelling

Funding Agency: NSERC Research Grant (1998-present); Field support provided by Geological Survey of Canada (1994-present)

Ongoing studies reveal complexities of Earth's climate system. Realities of global warming (and cooling) affect all people. Quality of life is strongly allied to economic productivity, environmental health, and population dynamics, and each are affected by or adapt to climate changes.

To develop more robust models of climate change, and to better predict amplitude and frequency of climatic changes, it is necessary to develop a better understanding of the Earth’s present past climate. Milankovitch cycles alone (changes in the Earth’s orbital parameters) are not sufficient to explain observed glacial/interglacial cycles. Instead, positive feedbacks in climate system (vegetation/albedo/CO2/sea ice, snow cover) can be considered as non linear amplifiers of the external forcing mechanism (Milankovitch cycles).

Glaciation and deglaciation of Canada rank amongst the most extreme and fundamental climatic events. Investigations of northern and western regions of Canada reveal extensive suites of sediments containing paleoclimatic proxies extending back 3.0 million years (late Neogene Period). Proxies are indirect temperature and precipitation records established from fossil pollen, plant, animal and soil materials contained in sediments, as well as from preserved records of physical processes: periglacial features such as ice wedges, cryoturbation and patterned ground features, and Xerothermic features such as ventifacts, crusts, desiccation cracks, dunes, loess, drift soils, etc. Sediments from these regions occur in climate zones that are particularly sensitive to global warming and cooling. It is in these areas in particular that release of CO2 through melting of permafrost, and changes in vegetation, and snow and ice cover may provide strong global feedback.

Sedimentary records span a wide spectrum of time scales, ranging from decades to millions of years and are expressed with varying powers of resolution. A longstanding issue is use of proxy data is correlation of terrestrial and marine records. Each have been developed under very different conditions, and in many cases independent of one another. Nevertheless, each contains valuable information that can assist in the interpretation of the other. Magnetostratigraphy affords the best opportunity to correlate sedimentary and fossil records from these two environments, largely because reversals of the Earth’s magnetic field are essentially synchronous over the surface of the earth and are independent of the type of sedimentary facies in which the record is held.

My recent work in northern and western Canada and USA has identified polarity which span the Gauss, Matuyama and Brunhes polarity Chrons. From this sequence strategy maps have been produced which depict extent and duration of multiple glaciations in North America during late Neogene. From this work we see that distribution continental ice in the first 2 Ma was quite different from that of the last 0.7 Ma and this suggests that the factors which led to the growth and decay of ice sheets varied considerably. A better understanding of the relative importance of Keewatin versus Labrador-centered ice, and the role of the Arctic/North at their margins may also help explain overall ice distribution.

Ongoing research will focus: (1) in areas which contain suitable sediments but have not yet been studied in detail paleomagnetically (ie. Level Mtn, and Mt. Edziza B.C., Horton Plateau, NWT, Canadian Prairies, and southern margins of Laurentide ice in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and North Dakota). New magnetostratigraphies will better constrain timing and extent of ice sheets. Particularly important are paleomagnetic measurements of glacial tills and outwash (direct evidence of glaciation), and paleosols which develop during ice-free periods. (2) The magnetic “finger-printing” of preglacial, glacial, and non-glacial sediments in gold and diamond producing areas can provide valuable information about provenance, age, mode of deposition, and relationship to ice margins, explaining why some deposits contain placers and others not. (3) In the past 4 years paleosecular records from rythmites deposited by glacial outburst floods in Montana and Washington, have been developed. Here magnetostratigraphy provides a means to assess length of time over which deposits were laid down, and a better understanding of the dynamics of deglaciation. (4) To determine whether the Geocentric Axial Dipole Field of the Earth averages to the axis of rotation (a question of theoretical importance in paleomagnetism), a group of researchers including myself are currently sampling young basalts (<5.0 Ma) in 10^o latitude intervals.

Anticipated Research Activity
Funding: NSERC; ULRF

(1) Robust (readable and relatively complete) paleoclimatic records which correlate well with ocean core data, have been derived from the loess deposits of North America and central Asia. These deposits are for the most part, located well beyond the limits of glaciation. To assess the glaciated regions themselves, suitable outcrops have been located in the Horton River area, NWT, Baffin Island, NWT, NW B.C., central and southern Yukon, northern and southern Manitoba, and at several sites in Alaska. The above mentioned sites are currently under scrutiny by researchers from a number of disciplines. Collaborative research amongst federal, provincial, industry, and university scientists have started what hopefully will become a detailed and interdisciplinary assessment of the Canadian terrestrial record, and afford an opportunity to make direct comparisons with the more complete ocean records.

(2) Sampling will continue in the central and southern Yukon, and in NW Alaska, along the Yukon/Tanana Rivers. These projects will involve scientists from the Geological Survey of Canada, the US Geological Survey, and will continue a large project initiated in 1995,  to map the glacial limits in the Yukon, and determine the origin of the gold-bearing gravels there. We have shown  (Froese, Barendregt, Hein, Smith, 1997;  Duk-Rodkin, Barendregt, White and Singhroy, 2001) that magnetic "finger-printing" of fines contained within the gravels, combined with lithologic determinations of the gravels themselves, allows for a reconstruction of terrace chronosequences, flow directions, and provenance. This is of value in determining why some gravels are gold-bearing and others are not, and may provide an effective tool for the mining industry in assessing the gold-bearing potential of yet undeveloped gravel deposits. 

(3) Coring and Magnetostratigraphy of Wascana Creek Tephra Site This study is being carried out to determine the relationship of the dated Wascana Tephra bed (450 ka) to the overlying and underlying deposits. It provides one of the few absolute dates obtained from Quaternary sediments on the Canada prairies. This is a collaborative project between the University of Lethbridge, University of Saskatchewan,  and Saskatchewan Highways Department. 

Anticipated Significance of the above projects

Because reversals of the Earth's magnetic field are essentially synchronous over the surface of the earth, and are independent of the type of sedimentary facies in which the record is held, the measurement of geomagnetic field variations in sediments and rocks can be effectively used in assessing the passage of time. In preglacial as well as early to middle Pleistocene sediments where ¹⁴C dating cannot be carried out, and where few other dating techniques are available, magnetostratigraphy often affords the only dating tool. Assigning sediments and rocks to polarity chrons and subchrons provides an opportunity to relate the more detailed (but often fragmentary) record of terrestrial/glacial sequences to orbital and insolation cycles, and to Milankovich forcing in which the coupled air-sea-ice system acts as a non-linear amplifier (Imbrie et al. 1993). 

The increased geographic coverage of sites within northern, Cordilleran, and prairie climatic zones of Canada will provide a better understanding of the spatial and temporal aspects of bio-climatic-geomorphic systems. Within a local or regional content, correlations can be made between outcrops and bore-core data, between adjacent study sites, and between on and offshore records. The comparison of present and past responses to global warming and cooling, based on proxy, as well as historic records, will provide workers with a more accurate assessment of the amplitude and frequency of variations that might reasonably be expected to occur in the near as well as distant future. Determining the resolving power of past climatic records will enhance the reliability of short-term global change modelling, and ultimately facilitate the predicting of climate variability over centuries and decades. 

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference Presentations and Titles of Abstracts (last 5 years)

2003:
1. INQUA (International Quaternary Association Congress) Reno, Nevada, July 23-30, 2003.
(A) Barendregt, R.W. and A. Duk-Rodkin “Timing and extent of Plio- Pleistocene glaciations in northwestern Canada and East-Central Alaska.
(B)“A 2.5 Ma chronology of regional glaciation in west-central Yukon, Canada, based on radiometric and paleomagnetic dating of volcanic rocks”.

2002:
1. Yukon Gold Conference, Whitehorse, Yukon April 10-13, 2002
(A) D.G. Froese, J.A. Westgate, R.W. Barendregt, M. Villeneuve, L.E. Jackson, J. Baker, R.J. Enkin, E. Irving C. Hart, S.J. Preece, and A. Sandhu
“Normal Magnetization at ca. 1.5 Ma at Three Sites in Yukon Territory, Canada: The Gilsa Subchron”.

2001:
1. Canadian Quaternary Association Biennial Meeting, held in Whitehorse, Yukon, August 20-24, 2001 including field excursions: Pre-conference- August 18-19, 2001 and Post-conference-25-29, 2001.
(A) R.W. Barendregt
“Time constraints for the earliest records of glaciation in the Canadian Interior Plains and American Mid-West”
(B) R.W. Barendregt, L.A. Dredge, E. Nielsen, M. Roy, K.L. Verosub, and R.E. Enkin
“Paleomagnetism of Quaternary sediments in Hudson Bay Lowland of Manitoba, Canada”
(C) Huscroft, C.A., L.E. Jackson, Jr., R.W. Barendregt, and M. Villeneuve
“Constraints on ages of pre-McConnell glaciations based on new paleomagnetic investigations and Ar-Ar dating of basalt in west central Yukon, Canada.”
2. American Geophysical Union Biannual Meeting, December 10-14, 2001, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(D) R.W. Barendregt
“Time constraints for the earliest records of glaciation in Western Canada and the American Midwest”
(E) D.G. Froese, J.A. Westgate, R.W. Barendregt, M. Villeneuve, L.E. Jackson, J. Baker, R.J. Enkin, E. Irving, C. Hart, S.J. Preece, and A. Shandu
“Normal Magnetization at ca. 1.5 Ma at three sites in Yukon Territory, Canada: the Gilsa subchron?”
(F) M. Roy, P.U. Clark, R.W. Barendregt
“Constraints on the origin of the middle Pleistocene transition from the glacial sedimentary record on the north-central U.S.”
(G) A. Duk-Rodkin, R.W. Barendregt, and F. Weber
“Traces of old glaciations in east-central Alaska”

2000:
1. Troy Pewe Memorial Workshop: Paleoclimates & Paleoenvironments in Eastern Beringia and the Bering Land Bridge, held at Fairbanks, Alaska, August 21-24, 2000
(A) Duk Rodkin and Barendregt
“Glaciations of gauss and Matuyama Age in the Tintina trench, Dawson Area, Yukon Territory”.
(B) Duk Rodkin, Nassichuk, and Barendregt
“Preglacial Drainage and Diamond Potential in the Northwest Territories, Canada”.
(C) Barendregt and Irving
“Changes in the Extent of North American Ice Sheets During the Late Cenozoic”
(D) Duk-Rodkin, Weber, and Barendregt
“Glacial limits of the upper Yukon River, West central Yukon and East Central Alaska.”
2. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 15-19, 2000
(E) Barendregt, Dredge, Nielsen, Roy, Verosub, Enkin
“Paleomagnetism of Quaternary Sediments in Hudson Bay Lowlands of Manitoba, Canada”
(F) Huscroft, Barendregt, Jackson, Villeneuve, Hart, Opdyke
“Paleomagnetic and Geomorphic Evidence for Extensive Brunhes Age Volcanism in the Fort Selkirk-Rosebud Creek Area, Yukon Territory, Canada”.
(G) Mejia, Barendregt, Opdyke
“Paleosecular Variation of Brunhes Age Lavas from British Columbia, Canada”
(H) Roy, Barendregt, and Clark
“Stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of late Cenozoic deposits in the north-central U.S.A.”

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

TEN MOST SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (1997-2005)

i. Parfitt, S.A., R.W. Barendregt, M.Breda, I. Candy, M.J. Collins, G.R. Coope, P. Durbidge, M.H. Field, J.R. Lee, A.M. Lister, R. Mutch, K.E.H. Penkman, R.C. Preece, J. Rose, C.B. Stringer, R. Symmons, J.E.P. Whittaker, J.J. Wymer, & A.J. Stuart

2005 “ The earliest humans in northern Europe: artefacts from the Cromer Forest-bed Formation at Pakefield, Suffolk, UK” Nature (in press).

 The colonization of Eurasia by early humans is a key event following their spread out of Africa, but the timing of the earliest human occupation in northwest Europe is uncertain and has been the subject of intense debate. The southern Caucasus were occupied about 1.8 Ma and Spain and Italy about 800 ka, all before the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal, while the earliest uncontested artefacts from northern Europe indicate colonization after 500 ka. Interglacial deposits containing what are thought to be the earliest artefacts in northern Europe have now been dated using paleomagnetism, amino acid racemization and biostratigraphy, and indicate an early Brunhes age (ca 700 ka). Paleomagnetism combined with absolute and relative dating methods is here, as elsewhere, shown to be a valuable dating tool.

ii. Barendregt, R.W. and A. Duk-Rodkin

2004“Chronology and Extent of Late Cenozoic Ice Sheets in North America: A magnetostratigraphic Assessment” in Quaternary Glaciations-Extent and Chronology, Part II, editors, J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard. Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, p. 1-7.

 Our understanding of the extent and timing of major ice-sheet development in North America, has until recently remained uncertain. With the more widespread use of magnetostratigraphy, and detailed mapping of surficial deposits, it has become possible to delineate the approximate spatial and temporal extent of some ice sheets. This summary paper provides a magnetostratigraphic assessment of what is known for North America.

iii. Duk-Rodkin, A. R.W. Barendregt, D.G. Froese, F. Weber, R.J. Enkin, I.R. Smith, Grant D. Zazula, P. Waters, and R. Klassen

2004 “Timing and Extent of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations in North-Western Canada and East-Central Alaska”in Developments in Quaternary Science, 2, series editor: Jim Rose. Quaternary Glaciations–Extent and Chronology, Part II North America, editors: J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard Quaternary Science Reviews, Elsevier, p. 313-345.

A detailed magnetostratigraphic assessment of 21 locations in NW Canada has for the first time permitted a crude mapping of glacial extent of Cordilleran/montane and continental glaciations. Successive Cordilleran glaciations diminished in size, while continental glaciations increased. Moisture sources for the Cordilleran ice was largely the Pacific Ocean, while for the northern interior an open Arctic may have been a significant moisture source. The role of tectonics (Wrangell/St Elias and macKenzie/Selwyn Mtns.) appears to have been an important controlling variable in moisture distribution in NW Canada and east-central Alaska. Timing and interplay of uplift versus erosion of these barriers has very much controlled the growth, thickness and decay of ice masses in the interior of the Yukon and valleys east of the continental divide.

iv. Roy, M., P.U. Clark, R.W. Barendregt, J.R. Glasmann, R.J. Enkin, and J. Baker

2004 “Glacial Stratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of late Cenozoic deposits of the north-central United States” Geological Association of America Bulletin v. 116, no.1 / 2, p. 30-41.

 The north-central US preserves one of the best continental records of late Pliocene and early-middle Pleistocene glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere. The chronology is constrained by paleomagnetism and 3 volcanic ashes. The oldest till was deposited before 2.0 Ma but during the Matuyama Reversed Chron. Three groups of tills have been identified, representing at least 7 pre-Illinoian glaciations: two older groups of reverse polarity containing low and intermediate proportions of crystalline clasts, respectively, and one younger group of normal polarity tills enriched in crystalline lithologies. These lithological characteristics as well as clay mineralogy suggest an increase with time in the areal distribution of unweathered igneous and metamorphic source bedrock (a result of successive unroofing of the saprolite mantle of the Canadian Shield by ice sheet erosion), each successive glaciation exposing a greater surface area of fresh crystalline rocks.

v. Clague, J.J., R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, and N. Foit Jr.

2003 “Paleomagnetic and tephra evidence for tens of Missoula floods in southern Washington”. Geology. March 2003; v. 31, no. 3, p. 247-250 (plus data repository item 2003023).

Unequivocal evidence that the glacial outburst floods along the southern margin of the Laurentide ice sheet in Montana, Idaho and Washington States occurred repeatedly (at least tens of floods) is based on paleomagnetic and tephra evidence. The several thousand year secular variation record compares well with paleomagnetic data from Fish Lake, Oregon and Mono Lake, California, for the interval 12,000-17,000 14C yr. B.P. The previous suggestion that a single flood was responsible for these deposits can be ruled out.

vi.  Duk-Rodkin, A.,  R.W. Barendregt, J.M. White, and V.H. Singhroy

vii.  Froese, D.G., R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, and J. Baker

Evidence that the earliest glaciations in the Yukon extend into the Pliocene, is based on paleomagnetism and tephra dates.  Major reorganization of  drainage resulted.  Well-preserved pollen records indicate at least 3 interglacial periods within the loess record.  

viii. Barendregt, R.W. and E. Irving 

This work provides a summary of 20 years of magnetostratigraphic study and assigns Canadian glacial/interglacial events to the polarity timescale, and to the isotopic record from deep-sea cores. Based on these terrestrial records, this paper presents a model for the timing and extent of the major Cordilleran and Laurentide ice sheets of the Late Cenozoic. 

ix. Barendregt, R.W., J.S. Vincent, E. Irving, and J. Baker 

This study provides a detailed record of Quaternary environments in the N.W. Canadian Arctic, based on paleomagnetism, and suggests that there is no evidence for glaciation in the N.W. Arctic until after the Olduvai (1.77 Ma). This implies that the earlier continental glaciations were not as extensive as the latter ones, and may suggest that the Arctic ocean behaved quite differently during the Early Matuyama than during the Late Matuyama. 

x. Helmens, K.F., R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, P.A.M. Andriessen and J. Baker 

Magnetostratigraphy, combined with detailed pollen records from 4 sites (located within an enclosed basin), provides the most complete equatorial terrrestrial paleoclimate record to date. As in North America, Cordilleran glaciations are first recorded in the late Gauss, and a shift to higher magnitude oscillations is seen after the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78 Ma).

The above studies (i-x) highlight the value of magnetostratigraphy in providing chronological control for sediments deposited during the preglacial as well as the early to middle Pleistocene period, a time when few of the available dating techniques can be applied. Furthermore, magnetostratigraphy allows correlation between terrestrial and deep-sea records, and provides an opportunity to relate the more detailed (but often fragmentary) record of terrestrial glacial/interglacial sequences to orbital and insolation cycles, and to Milankovitch forcing in which the coupled air-sea-ice system acts as a nonlinear amplifier (Opdyke, 1993; Imbrie et al. 1993). 

Above results are used in an 18 Ma record of climate and vegetation change in northwestern Canada and Alaska depicting tectonic and global climatic correlates (J.M. White et. al 1997).

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS (1990-2005):

(1) Manuscripts in preparation:

(107) Barendregt, R.W., R. Enkin, E.A. Christiansen and J.A. Westgate

2005 “Magnetostratigraphy of Wascana Creek, Swift Current Creek and Sutherland bore-cores: evidence for an extensive Pleistocene glacial record from southern and central Saskatchewan” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(106) E. Irving, J. Baker, R.W. Barendregt, N.D. Opdyke, and F.E. Nelson

2005“Paleomagnetic Data from Late Neogene Fort Selkirk Basalts, Yukon and their Tectonic Significance” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(105) Barendregt, R. W., T. Hamilton, J. Dostal, and W. C. Mahaney

2005 "Paleomagnetism of late Neogene basalt at Mweiga, near Mt. Kenya, East Africa," Journal of African Earth Sciences.

(104) D.G. Froese, J.A. Westgate, R.W. Barendregt, M. Villeneuve, L.E. Jackson, J. Baker, R.J. Enkin, E. Irving, C. Hart, S.J. Preece, and A. Sandhu

2005 “Normal Magnetization at ca. 1.5 Ma at Three Sites in Yukon Territory, Canada: The Gilsa Subchron”. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(103) Barendregt, R.W., R.J. Enkin, and A. Duk-Rodkin

2005 “Paleomagnetic Evidence for Multiple Late Cenozoic Glaciations in the Tintina Trench of west central Yukon, Canada” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(102) Duk-Rodkin, A., R.W. Barendregt, S. Smith, and J. White

2005 “An extensive late Cenozoic terrestrial record of multiple glaciations preserved in the Tintina Trench of west central Yukon: stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, paleosols, and pollen” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(101) Barendregt, R. W., Dredge, L. E. Nielsen , M. Roy, R. Enkin, K. Verosub

2005 "Paleomagnetism of Quaternary sediments along the Nelson River, near Gillam, Manitoba," Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

(2) Refereed Journal Publications

(100) Parfitt, S.A., R.W. Barendregt, M.Breda, I. Candy, M.J. Collins, G.R. Coope, P. Durbidge, M.H. Field, J.R. Lee, A.M. Lister, R. Mutch, K.E.H. Penkman, R.C. Preece, J. Rose, C.B. Stringer, R. Symmons, J.E.P. Whittaker, J.J. Wymer, & A.J. Stuart

2005 “ The earliest humans in northern Europe: artefacts from the Cromer Forest-bed Formation at Pakefield, Suffolk, UK” Nature(in press).

(99) Lee, Jonathan R., James Rose, Ian Candy, and Rene W. Barendregt

2005“Complex patterns of paleoenvironmental change within the margins of the southern North Sea Basin during Early and Late Middle Pleistocene: evidence from Pakefield,Northern Suffolk, U.K.” Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 20, No. 9 p. XX-XX (in press).

(98) Barendregt, R.W. and A. Duk-Rodkin

2004“Chronology and Extent of Late Cenozoic Ice Sheets in North America: A magnetostratigraphic Assessment” in Quaternary Glaciations-Extent and Chronology, Part II, editors, J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard. Quaternary Science Reviews. Elsevier, p. 1-7.

(97) Duk-Rodkin, A. R.W. Barendregt, D.G. Froese, F. Weber, R.J. Enkin, I.R. Smith, Grant D. Zazula, P. Waters, and R. Klassen

2004 “Timing and Extent of Plio-Pleistocene glaciations in North-Western Canada and East-Central Alaska”in Developments in Quaternary Science, 2, series editor: Jim Rose. Quaternary Glaciations–Extent and Chronology, Part II North America, editors: J. Ehlers and P.L. Gibbard Quaternary Science Reviews,Elsevier, p. 313-345.

(96) Huscroft, C.A., B.C. Ward, R.W. Barendregt, and L.E. Jackson, Jr.

2004 “Pleistocene Volcanic Damming of Yukon River, and age of the Reid glaciation, west central Yukon” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences v. 41, no. 2, p. 151-164.

(95) Roy, M., P.U. Clark, R.W. Barendregt, J.R. Glasmann, R.J. Enkin, and J. Baker

2004 “Glacial Stratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of late Cenozoic deposits of the north-central United States” Geological Association of America Bulletin v. 116, no.1 / 2, p. 30-41.

(94) Clague, J.J., R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, and N. Foit Jr.

2003 “Paleomagnetic and tephra evidence for tens of Missoula floods in southern Washington”

Geology . March 2003; v. 31, no. 3, p. 247-250 (plus data repository item 2003023).  

(93) Mejia, V., R.W. Barendregt, and N.D. Opdyke

2002 “Paleosecular variation of Brunhes age lava flows from British Columbia, Canada”,

Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems V. 3, No. 12, p. 1-14.

(92) Karlstrom, Eric, T. and Rene W. Barendregt

2001“Fabric, Paleomagnetism, and Interpretation of Pre-Illinoian Diamictons and Paleosols on Cloudy Ridge and Milk River Ridge, Alberta and Montana” Geographie Physique et Quaternaire. v. 55, No. 2, p. 141-157.

(91) Duk-Rodkin, A., R.W. Barendregt, J.M. White, and V.H. Singhroy

2001 “Geologic evolution of the Yukon River: implications for placer gold”, Quaternary International, v. 82, p. 5-31.

(90) Froese, D.G. and R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, and J. Baker

2000 “Paleomagnetism of Late Cenozoic Terraces of the Lower Klondike Valley: Evidence for Multiple Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Glaciations” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 37, pp. 863-877.

(89) Osborn, G., L. Jackson, Jr., R.W. Barendregt, R. Enkin, R. Young, and P. Wilson

2000 Geologic constraints on archaeological interpretations at Varsity Estates, Calgary, Alberta” Quaternary International, v. 68-71 p. 209-215.

(88) Eyles, N., J.I. Boyce, and R.W. Barendregt

1999 “Hummocky Moraine: Sedimentary Record of Stagnant Laurentide Ice Sheet Lobes Resting On Soft Beds” Sedimentary Geology, v. 123, pp. 163-174.

(87) Eyles, N. J.I. Boyce, and R.W. Barendregt

1999 “Comment and Reply to above article Sedimentary Geology., v. 129, pp. 169-172.

(86) Lian, Olav B., R.W. Barendregt, and R.J. Enkin

1999 “Lithostratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of pre-Fraser Glacial Deposits in South-Central British Columbia”, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 1357-1370.

(85) Barendregt, R.W. and Edward Irving

1998 “Changes in the extent of North American ice sheets during the late Cenozoic” Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. V. 35: 504-509.

(84) Barendregt, R.W., J.S. Vincent, E. Irving, and J. Baker

1998 "Magnetostratigraphy of Quaternary and late Tertiary sediments on Banks Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences). V. 35: 147-161

(83) Barendregt, R.W., E. Irving, E.A. Christiansen, E.K. Sauer, and B.T. Schreiner

1998 "Stratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of Late Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments from southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada: no evidence of ice in the Prairies during the Matuyama Chron". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. V. 35:1347-1361.

(82) Barendregt, R.W., W.J. Vreeken, E. Irving, and J. Baker

1997 "Stratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of the Late Miocene Davis Creek Silt, East Block of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. V. 34, p. 1325-1332.

(81) Fyles, J.G., D.H. McNeil, J.V. Mathews, Jr., R.W. Barendregt, L. Marincovich, Jr., E. Brouwers, J. Bednarski, J.L. Brigham-Grette, L.O. Ovenden, J. Baker, and E. Irving

1997 "Geology of Hvitland beds (Late Pliocene), White Point Lowland, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories", Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 512, pp 1-35.

(80) Helmens, K.F., R.W. Barendregt, R.J. Enkin, P.A.M. Andriessen and J. Baker

1997 "Magnetostratigraphic age constraints on Pliocene-Quaternary climate and tectonic events in the eastern Andes of Colombia", Quaternary Research. V. 47, p. 1-14.

(79) Mahaney, W.C., R.W. Barendregt and W. Vortisch

1997 "Relative ages of loess and till in two Quaternary paleosols in Gorges Valley, Mount Kenya, East Africa", Journal of Quaternary Science. v. 12 (1) p. 61-72.

(78) Barendregt, R.W., R.J. Enkin, A. Duk-Rodkin and J. Baker

1996 "Paleomagnetic evidence for Late Cenozoic glaciations in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories, Canada", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 896-903.

(77) Duk-Rodkin, A., Barendregt, R.W., Tarnocai, C. and F. Phillips

1996 "Late Tertiary to Late Quaternary record in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: lithostratigraphy, paleosols, paleomagnetism, and chlorine dating', Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 875-895.

(76) Jackson, Jr., L.E., Barendregt, R.W., Baker, J. and E. Irving

1996 "Early Pleistocene volcanism and glaciation in central Yukon: a new chronology from field studies and paleomagnetism", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 33, p. 904-916.

(75) Spooner, I.S., Osborn, G.D., Barendregt, R.W. and E. Irving ,

1996 "A Middle Pleistocene isotope stage 10 glacial sequence in the Stikine River Valley, British Columbia", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. v. 33, p. 1220-1239.

(74) Barendregt, R.W.

1995 "Paleomagnetic Dating Methods",in Dating Methods for Quaternary Deposits, N. Rutter and N. Catto, editors, Geoscience Canada, Reprint Series Geotext 2, p. 29-49.

(73) Cioppa, M.T., E.T. Karlstrom, E. Irving, and R.W. Barendregt

1995 Paleomagnetism of tills and associated paleosols in southwestern Alberta and northern Montana: evidence for Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene glaciations, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 32, pp. 555-564.

(72) Spooner, I.S., Osborn, G.D., Barendregt, R.W. and E. Irving

1995 "A record of Early Pleistocene glaciation on the Mt. Edziza Plateau, northwestern British Columbia", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 32, pp. 1952-1962.

(71) Fyles, J.G., L.V. Hills, J.V. Mathews, Jr., R.W. Barendregt, J. Baker, E. Irving, and H. Jette

1994 Ballast Brook and Beaufort Formations (Late Tertiary) on northern Banks Island, Arctic Canada, Quaternary International, v. 22/23, pp. 141-171.

(70) Mahaney, W. C., Andres, W. and R. W. Barendregt

1993 Quaternary paleosol stratigraphy and paleomagnetic record near Driehausen, Central Germany Catena, v. 20, pp. 161-177.

(69) Mahaney, W. C., R. G. V. Hancock and R. W. Barendregt

1992 Stratigraphy, geochemistry and paleomagnetism of late Quaternary bedrock and paleosols, Karisoke area, Virunga Mountains, northwestern Rwanda, Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart (Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs) Deuqua: Deutsches Quartaërvereinigung, Hanover, v. 42, p. 134-145.

(68) Barendregt, R. W., Thomas, F. F., Irving, E., Baker, J., Stalker A. M. and C. S. Churcher

1991 "Stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of the Jaw Face section, Wellsch Valley site, Saskatchewan, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 28, no. 9, pp. 1353-1364.

(67) Barendregt, R.W., Irving, E. and E. Karlstrom

1991 Paleomagnetism of Quaternary and Late Tertiary sediments on Mokowan Butte, southwestern Alberta, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 28, no. 12, pp. 1840-1850.

(66) Fyles, J.G., Marincovich Jr., L., Mathews Jr., J. V. and R. Barendregt

1991 "Unique Mollusc find in the Beaufort Formation (Pliocene) Meighen Island, Arctic Canada in Current Research, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91‑1B, pp. 461‑468.

(65) Barendregt, R. W. and J. S. Vincent

1990 "Late Cenozoic paleomagnetic record of Duck Hawk Bluffs, Banks Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago" Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, V. 27, No. 1, pp. 124‑130.

(64) Jackson, L. E., Barendregt, R. W., Irving, E. and B. Ward

1990 "Magnetostratigraphy of Early to Middle Pleistocene basalts and sediments, Fort Selkirk area, Yukon Territory; in Current Research, Part E, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 90‑1E, pp. 277‑286.

(3) Refereed Monographs and Conference Proceedings:

(63) Barendregt, R.W.

2005 “ The Geology of the Lethbridge Area” in: Alberta Beneath Our Feet, Brian Hitchon, editor, Published by Alberta Geological Association, pp. 20-27. (In commemoration of Alberta’s 100 th Anniversary).

(62) Mahaney, W.C., R.W. Barendregt, V. Kalm

2002 “Dating Methods” Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society , Andrew S. Goudie, Univ. of Oxford, Editor in Chief, Oxford U. Press, p. 234-241.

(61) Duk-Rodkin, A., F. Weber, and R.W. Barendregt

2001 “Glacial Limits Map of Upper Yukon River (Scale 1:1,000,000)” Geological Survey of Canada Open File # 0174, Natural Resources Canada.

(60) Duk-Rodkin, A. R.W. Barendregt, J. White, S. Smith, and C. Schweger

2001 “ Midnight Dome gravel and Loess: 1.5 Ma record of multiple Tephras, Soils, and Interglacials” In Field Guide to Quaternary Research in Central and Western Yukon Territory D.G. Froese, A. Duk-Rodkin, and J.D. Bond, Editors. Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Bennial Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon. Occasional Papers in Earth Sciences No. 2, p. 52-58. Published by Heritage Branch, Government of the Yukon, 2001.

(59) Duk-Rodkin, A. R.W. Barendregt, J. White, S. Smith, and C. Schweger

2001 “ Klondike Field Trip, Field Excursion Itinerary, Day 4-August 28 th, 2001, Stop 20 and 21: Tintina Trench Sites”. In Field Guide to Quaternary Research in Central and Western Yukon Territory D.G. Froese, A. Duk-Rodkin, and J.D. Bond, Editors. Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Bennial Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon. Occasional Papers in Earth Sciences No. 2, p. 79-87. Published by Heritage Branch, Yukon.

(58)Jackson, L.E. Jr., C.A. Huscroft, R. Gotthardt, J.E. Storer, and R.W. Barendregt

2001 “Field Guide: Quaternary Volcanism, Stratigraphy, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Archaeology, and Scenic Yukon River Tour, Fort Selkirk Area (NTS 115 I), Yukon Territory, August 18-19, 2001.” Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Bennial Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon. Occasional Papers in Earth Sciences No. 2, p. 1-25. Published by Heritage Branch, Government of the Yukon.

(4) Non-Refereed Publications

(57) Byrne, J. (with, R. Mrazek, R.W. Barendregt and others)

2002 Alberta Government ACCESS Television and Radio (Video) entitled: “Global Change”. 1 hour and 30 minutes. First broadcasting: March 7-21, 2002, 8:30-9:00 PM. Recipient of Alberta Film Award.

(56) Beaney, C.L., C.J. Simpson, R.W. Barendregt, and J.F. Dormaar

2000 “Exploring Alberta’s lost corner: glacial, fluvial and human evolution of southeast Alberta”. Alberta Geomorphology Field Group 2000: 10 th Annual Field trip Guidebook. Published by the University of British Columbia. 59 pp.

(55) Barendregt, R.W.

1999 “ Guidebook for Field Trip # 1: Natural History of Southeastern Alberta” University of Lethbridge Publication, Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Lethbridge, June, 1999, 45pp.

(54) Barendregt, R.W. and Alejandra Duk-Rodkin

1999 “Geological History of Dawson Region” Permanent Display, Dawson Museum, Dawson, Yukon. Included are 8 pages of text, 4 block diagrams, 14 enlarged backlit slides, and 20 hand-specimens of minerals, rocks, fossils, and ventifacts.

(53) Stalker, A. MacS. and R.W. Barendregt

1993 "The origin of the valleys of Lethbridge" in The Palliser Triangle: A region in space and time, Thompson Publications, Calgary, p. 153-164.

(52) Barendregt, R.W., M.C. Wilson, and F.J. Jankunis (editors)

1993 The Palliser Triangle: A Region in Space and Time, Thompson Publications, Calgary, 281 pp.

(51) Barendregt, R. W.

1990 Gorges and Ellis Glaciations (paleomagnetism, Ch. 4,5,6). In Ice on the Equator: Quaternary Geology of Mount Kenya, W.C. Mahaney, Wm. Caxton Ltd., Sister Bay, Wisconsin, pp. 55-98.

Entries (1-50) 1972-1987 are not shown here.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL:

(i) Graduate Student Training: Supervisory/Examination Work

Thesis and Dissertation Titles:

M.Sc. And M.A. Thesis Titles:

1. Faye Elizabeth Nelson 2004 “Magnetostratigraphy of Late Neogene Volcanic and Interbedded Glacial Sequences, West-Central Yukon” The University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis (Graduate Studies Supervisor).

2. Saikat Kumar Basu 2004 “Development of Seed Production Technology for Fenugreek in the Prairies” The University of Lethbridge, Department of Biology, M.Sc. In progress (Supervisory Committee Member).

3. Andrea Ruth Kalischuk 2001 “Density and Efficacy of the Flea Beetle Aphthona Lacertosa (Rosenhauer), An Introduced Biocontrol Agent for Leafy Spurge, In Alberta” University of Lethbridge, Department of Biology, M.Sc. Thesis, 93 pp. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member).

4. Shawn Douglas Pinder 2000 “A Comparative Analysis of Groundwater Conditions in Two Study Areas on Till and Glaciolacustrine Sediments, Lethbridge, Alberta” University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis, 169pp. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member).

5. Aaron Andrew Berg 1997 “Urban Impacts on a Prairie Groundwater System: Estimation of Anthropogenic Contributions of Water and Potential Effects on a Water Table Development” University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis,195 pp. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member)

6. Brandon Dennis Beierle 1997 “Early Holocene Climate of Southwestern Alberta, Canada, Reconstructed From Lake Sediment Cores” University of Calgary, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis, 115 pp. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member).

7. Duane Gerald Froese 1997 “Sedimentology and Paleomagnetism of Plio-Pleistocene Lower Klondike Valley Terraces, Yukon Territory” University of Calgary, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis, 153 pages. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member).

8. Christopher J. Simpson 1996. “Fluvial Geomorphology of the Sand Bed Milk River, Northern Montana, University of Calgary, Department of Geography M.Sc. Thesis, 155 pp. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee)

9. Maria Cioppa 1995 “Paleomagnetism of Tills and Associated Paleosols in Southwestern Alberta and Northern Montana: Evidence for Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Glaciations” University of Victoria, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, M.Sc. Thesis, 198 pp. (Fieldwork Co-Supervisor).

10. Richard Allyn Meyers 1994 “The Willapa Spit of S.W. Washington State: Depositional Processes Inferred from Ground Penetrating Radar” University of Calgary, Department of Geography, M.Sc. Thesis, 101 pp + maps. (Supervisory Committee Member and Thesis Examination Committee Member).

11. Frank Salvatore Viollis 1979 “The Evolution of Pescadero Marsh” San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, M.A. thesis, 167 pp. (Graduate Studies Supervisor).

12. Gordon Evans Moore 1979 “Southwest San Mateo County Groundwater Investigation: A Study in Hydrologic Mapping” San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, M.A. thesis, 112 pp. (Graduate Studies Supervisor).

13. Glenn Robert Minuth 1979 “A Geomorphological Analysis of Mound Microrelief on the Mehrten Formation near Sacramento, in Placer County, California” San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, M.A. thesis, 114 pp. (Graduate Studies Supervisor).

14. James Francis Milestone 1978 “The Influence of Modern Man on the Stream System of Yosemite Valley” San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, M.A. thesis, 227 pp. (Graduate Studies Supervisor).

Ph.D. Dissertation Titles:

1. Martin Roy 2003 “Glacial Stratigraphy and Paleomagnetism of Late Cenozoic Deposits of the North-Central United States” Oregon State University, Department of Geosciences, Ph.D. Dissertation, 210 pp. (Fieldwork Co-Supervisor).

2. Duane Gerald Froese 2002. “Eastern Beringian Climate from Fluvial Deposits: Plio-Pleistocene Middle YukonRiver, Central Yukon and Alaska” University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Ph.D. Dissertation, 290 pp. (Fieldwork Co-Supervisor, Examination Committee).

3. Richard Allyn Meyers1996 “Development of a Submersible Ground Penetrating Radar System: A New Geophysical Tool For Assessing Channel fills, Scours, and Sub-fill Topography”University of Calgary, Department of Geography, Ph.D. Dissertation in progress. (Fieldwork Co-Supervisor, Supervisory Committee Member)

ii) Collaborations

I.R.A.P.-L and I.R.A.P.-H grants provided funding for a joint (university/industry) project which led to the design, development and production of paleomagnetic sampling vessels.
 
 

last updated: September 2005

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