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  • Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2009) Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 223-236.
    [doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014]    .

  • Bingham, R.G.; A.L. Hubbard, P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2008) An investigation into the mechanisms controlling seasonal speedup events at a High Arctic glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 113, F02006.
    [doi: 10.1029/2007JF000832]    .

  • Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2007) Radar-derived bed roughness characterization of Institute and Möller Ice Streams, West Antarctica, and comparison with Siple Coast ice streams. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21504.
    [doi: 10.1029/2007GL031483]    .

  • Bingham, R.G.; M.J. Siegert, D.A. Young and D.D. Blankenship (2007) Organized flow from the South Pole to Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf: an assessment of balance velocities in interior East Antarctica using radio-echo sounding data. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 112, F03S26.
    [doi: 10.1029/2006JF000556]    .

  • Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and L. Copland (2006) Hydrology and dynamics of a polythermal (mostly cold) High Arctic glacier. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(12), 1436-1479.
    [doi: 10.1002/esp.1374]    .

  • Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and S. Boon (2005) Subglacial drainage processes at a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 51(172), 15-24.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756505781829520]    .
Complete listing to present:

Refereed publications

  1. Vaughan, D.G.; D.K.A. Barnes, P.T. Fretwell and R.G. Bingham (2011) Potential seaways across West Antarctica. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, in press.
    [doi: 10.1029/2011GC003688]    .

  2. Bindschadler, R.A.; H. Choi, A. Wichlacz, R. Bingham, J. Bohlander, K. Brunt, H. Corr, R. Drews, H. Fricker, M. Hall, R. Hindmarsh, J. Kohler, L. Padman, W. Rack, G. Rotschky, S. Urbini, P. Vornberger and N. Young (2011) Getting around Antarctica: New high-resolution mappings of the grounded and freely-floating boundaries of the Antarctic ice sheet created for the International Polar Year. The Cryosphere, 5, 569-588.
    [doi: 10.5194/tc-5-569-2011]    .

  3. Swift, D.A.; D.C.W. Sanderson; P.W. Nienow, R.G. Bingham and I.C. Cochrane (2011) Anomalous resetting of subglacial sediment at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland - a consequence of resetting at the glacier bed? Boreas, 40, 446-458.
    [doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00196.x]    .

  4. Bingham, R.G.; E.C. King, A.M. Smith and H.D. Pritchard (2010) Glacial geomorphology: towards a convergence of glaciology and geomorphology. Progress in Physical Geography, Special Issue: The Future of Geomorphology, 34, 327-355.
    [doi: 10.1177/0309133309360631]    .

  5. Scott, J.B.T.; A.M. Smith, R.G. Bingham and D.G. Vaughan (2010) Crevasses triggered on Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, by drilling through an exceptional melt layer. Annals of Glaciology, 51, 65-70.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756410791392763]    .

  6. Xin, L., S. Bo, M.J. Siegert, R.G. Bingham, T. Xueyuan, Z. Dong, C. Xiangbin and Z. Xiangpei (2010) Characterization of subglacial landscapes by a two-parameter roughness index. Journal of Glaciology, 199, 831-836.
    [doi: 10.3189/002214310794457326]    .

  7. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2009) Quantifying subglacial bed roughness in Antarctica: implications for ice-sheet dynamics and history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 223-236.
    [doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.014]    .

  8. Scott, J.B.T.; G.H. Gudmundsson, A.M. Smith, R.G. Bingham, H.D. Pritchard and D.G. Vaughan (2009) Increased rate of acceleration on Pine Island Glacier strongly coupled to changes in gravitational driving stress. The Cryosphere, 3, 125-131.
    [doi: 10.5194/tc-3-125-2009]    .

  9. Bingham, R.G.; A.L. Hubbard, P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2008) An investigation into the mechanisms controlling seasonal speedup events at a High Arctic glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 113, F02006.
    [doi: 10.1029/2007JF000832]    .

  10. Bell, C., D. Mair, D. Burgess, M. Sharp, M. Demuth, F. Cawkwell, R. Bingham and J. Wadham (2008) Spatial and temporal variability in the snowpack of a High Arctic ice cap: implications for mass change measurements. Annals of Glaciology, 48, 159-170.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756408784700725]    .

  11. Hansom, J.D.; D.J.A. Evans, D.C.W. Sanderson, R.G. Bingham and M.J. Bentley (2008) Constraining the age and formation of stone runs in the Falkland Islands using optically stimulated luminescence. Geomorphology, 94, 117-130.
    [doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.006]    .

  12. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2007) Radar-derived bed roughness characterization of Institute and Möller Ice Streams, West Antarctica, and comparison with Siple Coast ice streams. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21504.
    [doi: 10.1029/2007GL031483]    .

  13. Bingham, R.G.; M.J. Siegert, D.A. Young and D.D. Blankenship (2007) Organized flow from the South Pole to Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf: an assessment of balance velocities in interior East Antarctica using radio-echo sounding data. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 112, F03S26.
    [doi: 10.1029/2006JF000556]    .

  14. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2007) Radio-echo sounding over polar ice sheets. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 12(1), 47-62.
    [doi: 10.2113/JEEG12.1.47]    .

  15. Pritchard, H.D. and R.G. Bingham (2007) Exploration glaciology: radar and Antarctic ice. Physics Education, 42(5), 442-456.
    [doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/42/5/001]    .

  16. Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and L. Copland (2006) Hydrology and dynamics of a polythermal (mostly cold) High Arctic glacier. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(12), 1436-1479.
    [doi: 10.1002/esp.1374]    .

  17. Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and S. Boon (2005) Subglacial drainage processes at a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 51(172), 15-24.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756505781829520]    .

  18. Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2003) Intra-annual and intra-seasonal flow dynamics of a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 37, 181-188.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756403781815762]    .

  19. Bingham, R.G.; N.R.J. Hulton and A.J. Dugmore (2003) Modelling the southern extent of the last Icelandic ice sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science, 18(2), 169-181.
    [doi: 10.1002/jqs.734]    .

  20. Copland, L.; M.J. Sharp, P.W. Nienow and R.G. Bingham (2003) The distribution of basal motion beneath a High Arctic polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 49(166), 407-414.
    [doi: 10.3189/172756503781830511]    .
Presentations

  1. Bingham, R.G.; R.C.A. Hindmarsh, A.M. Smith and J.B.T. Scott (2009) Heterogeneous basal conditions beneath Pine Island Glacier sounded by radar. European Geophysical Union: General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2009.

  2. **INVITED** Bingham, R.G. (2008) Remote sensing in a remote environment. Invited seminar, Department of Geography, University of Hull, December 2008.

  3. **INVITED** Bingham, R.G. (2008) In situ glacial geophysical investigations on Pine Island Glacier, 2006-08. Invited seminar, Scott Polar Research Institute, November 2008.

  4. Scott, J.B.T.; A.M. Smith, R.G. Bingham and G.H. Gudmundsson (2008) Pine Island Glacier inland flow increases. American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2008.

  5. Scott, J.B.T.; A.M. Smith and R.G. Bingham (2008) Recent flow history of Pine Island Glacier. West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Workshop, Sterling, Virginia, October 2008.

  6. Bingham, R.G.; J.B.T. Scott, A.M. Smith, G.H. Gudmundsson, D.G. Vaughan and R.C.A. Hindmarsh (2008) In situ glacial geophysical investigations on Pine Island Glacier, 2006-08. 2008 Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP), Castleton, Derbyshire, September 2008.

  7. Bingham, R.G.; H.F.J. Corr, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, F. Ferraccioli and I. Joughin (2008) Aerogeophysical surveys of the Evans, Carlson and Rutford systems, West Antarctica. 2008 Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes, Castleton, Derbyshire, September 2008.
    [Poster, 395 kb].

  8. Bingham, R.G.; J.B.T. Scott, A.M. Smith and R.C.A. Hindmarsh (2008) Oversnow radar-imaged bed and internal layers along the central flowline of Pine Island Glacier. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, Swansea, September 2008.

  9. Karlsson, N.B.; D.M. Rippin, R.G. Bingham, D.G. Vaughan and H.F.J. Corr (2008) A first look at the internal layers of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, from airborne radar sounding data. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, Swansea, September 2008.

  10. Scott, J.B.T.; A.M. Smith and R.G. Bingham (2008) Anthropogenic trigger of arcuate crevassing on Pine Island Glacier. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, Swansea, September 2008.

  11. Bingham, R.G.; J.B.T. Scott, R.C.A. Hindmarsh and A.M. Smith (2008) Deep radio-echo sounding across Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Radioglaciology and its Applications, Madrid, Spain, June 2008.

  12. King, E.C., R.C.A. Hindmarsh, H.F.J. Corr and R.G. Bingham (2008) DELORES Mark I: Construction and operation of the British Antarctic Survey Deep Look Radio Echo Sounder. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Radioglaciology and its Applications, Madrid, Spain, June 2008.

  13. Bingham, R.G.; J.B.T. Scott, A.M. Smith and R.C.A. Hindmarsh (2008) Basal conditions at Pine Island Glacier imaged using deep-looking radar. European Geophysical Union: General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2008.
    [Poster, 310 kb].

  14. Bell, C., D. Mair, D. Burgess, M. Sharp, M. Demuth, F. Cawkwell, R. Bingham and J. Wadham (2007) Spatial and temporal variability in the snowpack of a High Arctic ice cap: implications for mass change measurements. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, University of Edinburgh, UK, September 2007.

  15. P. Nienow, M. Sharp, R. Bingham and S. Boon (2007) Investigating seasonal variations in the distribution of basal sliding under a High Arctic polythermal glacier International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, University of Edinburgh, UK, September 2007.

  16. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2007) Radar-derived bed roughness characterization of Institute and Möller ice streams, West Antarctica, and comparison with Siple Coast ice streams. International Union for Quaternary Research: Congress, Cairns, Australia, August 2007.

  17. Mair, D.; C. Bell, D. Burgess, M. Sharp, J. Wadham, F. Cawkwell and R. Bingham (2007) Controls on spatial and temporal variability in the snowpack of a High Arctic ice cap: Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: General Assembly, Perugia, Italy, July 2007.

  18. **INVITED** Bingham, R.G. (2007) Subglacial hydrology beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. European Geophysical Union: General Assembly, Union Session on the International Geophysical Year (2007-09), Vienna, Austria, April 2007.

  19. Bingham, R.G.; H.F.J. Corr, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, F. Ferraccioli and I. Joughin (2007) New aerogeophysical surveys of ice stream flowlines, ice divides, and the grounding line over the Evans, Carlson, and Rutford systems, West Antarctica. European Geophysical Union: General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.

  20. Nienow, P.; A. Hubbard, R. Bingham and M. Sharp (2007) Investigating seasonal variations in the distribution of basal sliding under a High Arctic polythermal glacier. European Geophysical Union: General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2007.

  21. Bingham, R.G.; M.J. Siegert, J. Taylor and B.P. Hubbard (2006) Radio-echo sounding determination of ice stream stability: Institute Ice Stream, West Antarctica. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Climate Change, Cambridge, UK, July 2006.
    [Poster, 179 kb PDF].

  22. Bingham, R.G., P.W. Nienow, A.L. Hubbard, D.M. Chandler and M.J. Sharp (2006) Influence of meltwater on the dynamic response of Arctic glaciers to climate change: field evidence and modelling simulations. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Climate Change, Cambridge, UK, July 2006.
    [Poster, 160 kb PDF].

  23. **INVITED** Bingham, R.G. (2006) Bats, radio-echo sounding, and the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Invited seminar, Centre for Geosciences, University of Glasgow.

  24. Bingham, R.G.; M.J. Siegert and D.D. Blankenship (2005) Organised flow from the South Pole to Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2005.

  25. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2005) Three-dimensional visualisation of internal layering in the Antarctic Ice Sheet. European Science Foundation: Research Conference on Polar Regions and Quaternary Climate, Acquafredda di Maratea, Basilicata, Italy, September 2005.
    [Poster, 1.12Mb PDF].

  26. Bingham, R.G. and M.J. Siegert (2005) Englacial and subglacial conditions in a deep-interior ice stream tributary, East Antarctica. The Geological Society: Environmental and Industrial Geophysics Group Meeting: Geophysics of Glacial and Frozen Materials, Northumbria University, September 2005.

  27. Bell, C.; D. Mair, J.L. Wadham and R.G. Bingham (2005) Controls on spatial and temporal variations in the snowpack of a High Arctic ice cap: Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, Northumbria University, UK, September 2005.

  28. Burgess, D.; M. Sharp, F. Cawkwell, S. Williamson, M. Demuth, J. Sekerka, C. Bell, D. Mair and R. Bingham (2005) Calibration and validation of the CryoSat radar altimeter - Devon Ice Cap, Spring/Fall 2004. European Space Agency, CryoSat 2005 Workshop, Frascati, Rome, Italy, April 2005.

  29. Bingham, R.G.; D.M. Chandler, B.P. Hubbard and P.W. Nienow (2004) High resolution measurements of alpine glacier motion: some observations from the Glacier de Ferpecle, Valais, Switzerland. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, University of Sheffield, UK, September 2004.

  30. Swift, D.A.; P.W. Nienow, D.C.W. Sanderson, R.G. Bingham and I.C. Cochrane (2004) Luminescence investigation of sediments from a glaciated alpine catchment. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, University of Sheffield, UK, September 2004, and UK Luminescence and ESR Meeting, University of St Andrews, UK, September 2004.

  31. Sanderson, D.C.W.; R.G. Bingham, P.M. Bishop and M.T. Stark (2004) Luminescence dating of sediments and ceramics from Angkor Borei, southern Cambodia. UK Luminescence and ESR Meeting, University of St Andrews, UK, September 2004.

  32. Bingham, R.G.; D.M. Chandler, B.P. Hubbard and P.W. Nienow (2004) Sub-diurnal measurements of alpine glacier dynamics: relating basal and surface motion. European Geophysical Union: 1st General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2004.

  33. Bingham, R.G., P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2003) Spatio-temporal propagation of high-velocity events at polythermal John Evans Glacier. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, Queen's University Belfast, UK, September 2003.

  34. Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2003) Short-term variations in glacier dynamics in the ablation zone of a High Arctic polythermal glacier: relation to seasonal changes in subglacial drainage system structure. European Geophysical Society/American Geophysical Union/European Union of Geosciences: Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003.
    [Poster, 8.76Mb PDF].

  35. Bingham, R.G.; P.W. Nienow and M.J. Sharp (2002) Intra-annual and intra-seasonal flow dynamics of a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier. International Glaciological Society: Symposium on Physical and Mechanical Processes in Ice in Relation to Glacier and Ice-Sheet Modelling, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France, August 2002.
    [Poster, 6.68Mb PDF].

  36. Bingham, R.G., P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and S. Boon (2001) Seasonal subglacial hydrological evolution and impact on ice dynamics at a High Arctic glacier. American Geophysical Union: Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2001.

  37. Bingham, R.G., P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp and S. Boon (2001) Seasonal evolution of the subglacial drainage system within a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier, as revealed by dye-tracing studies. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, September 2001. (Awarded John Glen prize for best student presentation.)

  38. Nienow, P.; M. Sharp, S. Boon, K. Heppenstall and R. Bingham (2001) Supraglacial drainage processes at High Arctic glaciers: implications for subglacial hydrology and ice dynamics. International Glaciological Society: British Branch Meeting, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, September 2001.

  39. Bingham, R.G., P.W. Nienow, M.J. Sharp, S. Boon and K.E. Heppenstall (2001) Dye-tracer studies of the hydrology of a High Arctic polythermal valley glacier: implications for glacier motion. Canadian Geophysical Union/Eastern Snow Conference Joint Meeting: Arctic Glaciers Workshop, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 2001.

  40. Bingham, R.G., N.R.J. Hulton and A.J. Dugmore (2000) Modelling ice-sheet dynamics in response to climate changes in southern Iceland. Iceland 2000 International Conference, University of Keele, UK, May 2000.

Other reports/theses

  • Sanderson, D.C.W. and R.G. Bingham (2004) Luminescence dating of stone run sediments, Falkland Islands. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre Research Report, 16pp.

  • Sanderson, D.C.W. and R.G. Bingham (2004) Luminescence dating of bricks from Angkor Borei, southern Cambodia. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre Research Report, 26pp.

  • Bingham, R.G. (2003) The Hydrology and Dynamics of a High Arctic Glacier. Ph.D. thesis, University of Glasgow.

  • Bingham, R.G. (1999) Modelling Ice-Sheet Dynamics in Response to Climatic Changes in Southern Iceland. M.Res. thesis, University of Edinburgh.

  • Bingham, R.G. (1998) An assessment of rare, large magnitude (catastrophic) events in landscape evolution: a study of jökulhlaups in Öræfi, south-east Iceland. Geography B.Sc. Honours dissertation, University of Edinburgh.

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