Lamont Assistant Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Fields of interest:
Quaternary and glacial geology, geomorphology, geochronology, paleoclimatology, ice sheet dynamics, limnogeology, cosmogenic surface exposure dating
* Glacier and climate history of southern South America, New Zealand, Antarctica, and eastern North America. Whether past climate changes are in phase around the globe at low and high frequency timescales * Quantifying rates of landscape change in southern South America using cosmogenic nuclide measurements and understanding these changes in relation to development of the Andes
Education List of degrees from highest to lowest:
University of Maine-Orono
University of Colorado-Boulder
Referenced in the Following News Items:
Selected Publications:
Changing influence of Antarctic and Greenlandic temperature records on sea-level over the last glacial cycle ,
Siddall, M.; Kaplan, M.R.; Schaefer, J.M.; Putnam, A.; Kelly, M.A.; Goehring, B. , Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 29, Issue 3-4, p.410-423, (2010), 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.007
A beryllium-10 production-rate for the Southern Hemisphere middle latitudes ,
Putnam, A E; Schaefer, J M; Vandergoes, M; Barrell, D; Kaplan, M; Goehring, B; Schwartz, R; Finkel, R; Kelley, S; Denton, G H , Journal of Quaternary Geochronology, (2010)
Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas stadial ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Chinn, T.J.H.; Putnam, A.E.; Andersen, B.G.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R.; Doughty, A. , Nature, (2010)
Cosmogenic dating of 'old' glacial events in Patagonia ,
Hein, A. S.; Hulton, N. R. J.; Dunai, T. J.; Schnabel, C.; Kaplan, M. R.; Xu, S. , Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jun, Volume 73, Issue 13, p.A513-A513, (2009)
Can glacial erosion limit the extent of glaciation? ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Hein, A. S.; Hubbard, A.; Lax, S. M. , Geomorphology, Jan 15, Volume 103, Issue 2, p.172-179, (2009), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.020
Renewed glacial activity during the Antarctic cold reversal and persistence of cold conditions until 11.5 ka in southwestern Patagonia ,
Moreno, P. I.; Kaplan, M. R.; Francois, J. P.; Villa-Martinez, R.; Moy, C. M.; Stern, C. R.; Kubik, P. W. , Geology, Apr, Volume 37, Issue 4, p.375-378, (2009), Doi 10.1130/G25399a.1
High-Frequency Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in New Zealand Differ from the Northern Signature ,
Schaefer, J. M.; Denton, G. H.; Kaplan, M.; Putnam, A.; Finkel, R. C.; Barrell, D. J. A.; Andersen, B. G.; Schwartz, R.; Mackintosh, A.; Chinn, T.; Schluchter, C. , Science, May 1, Volume 324, Issue 5927, p.622-625, (2009), DOI 10.1126/science.1169312
Climate Change in Southern South America during the last two Millennia ,
Moy, CM; Moreno, PI; Dunbar, RB; Francois, J-P; Kaplan, MR; Villalba, R; Haberzettle, T , Springer Netherlands, (2009)
Southern Patagonian glacial chronology for the Last Glacial period and implications for Southern Ocean climate ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Fogwill, C. J.; Sugden, D. E.; Hulton, N.; Kubik, P. W.; Freeman, S. P. H. T. , Quaternary Science Reviews, Feb, Volume 27, Issue 3-4, p.284-294, (2008), DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.09.013
Glacial dynamics in southernmost South America during Marine Isotope Stage 5e to the Younger Dryas chron: a brief review with a focus on cosmogenic nuclide measurements ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Moreno, P. I.; Rojas, M. , Journal of Quaternary Science, Sep-Oct, Volume 23, Issue 6-7, p.649-658, (2008), Doi 10.1002/Jqs.1209
Climate science - A tale of two ice sheets ,
Siddall, M.; Kaplan, M. R. , Nature Geoscience, Sep, Volume 1, Issue 9, p.570-571, (2008), Doi 10.1038/Ngeo286
Cosmogenic nuclide measurements in southernmost South America and implications for landscape change ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Coronato, A.; Hulton, N. R. J.; Rabassa, J. O.; Kubik, P. W.; Freeman, S. P. H. T. , Geomorphology, Jul 1, Volume 87, Issue 4, p.284-301, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.005
Major ice sheet response in eastern New England to a cold North Atlantic region, ca. 16-15 cal ka BP ,
Kaplan, M. R. , Quaternary Research, Sep, Volume 68, Issue 2, p.280-283, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.06.003
Cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating of boulders on last-glacial and late-glacial moraines, Lago Buenos Aires, Argentina: Interpretive strategies and paleoclimate implications ,
Douglass, D. C.; Singer, B. S.; Kaplan, M. R.; Mickelson, D. M.; Caffee, M. W. , Quaternary Geochronology, Feb, Volume 1, Issue 1, p.43-58, (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.06.001
Comment on: Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glacial maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46 degrees S, Argentina (Quaternary Research 63/3, 2005, 301-315) - Reply ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Singer, B. S.; Douglass, D. C.; Ackert, R. P.; Caffee, M. W. , Quaternary Research, Sep, Volume 66, Issue 2, p.367-369, (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.06.002
Spatial and temporal variability of Holocene temperature in the North Atlantic region ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Wolfe, A. P. , Quaternary Research, Mar, Volume 65, Issue 2, p.223-231, (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.020
Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of pre-last glacial maximum moraines at Lago Buenos Aires, 46 degrees S, Argentina ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Douglass, D. C.; Singer, B. S.; Caffee, M. W. , Quaternary Research, May, Volume 63, Issue 3, p.301-315, (2005), DOI 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.12.003
Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of millennial-scale glacial advances during O-isotope stage 2 in Patagonia ,
Kaplan, M. R.; Ackert, R. P.; Singer, B. S.; Douglass, D. C.; Kurz, M. D. , Geological Society of America Bulletin, Mar-Apr, Volume 116, Issue 3-4, p.308-321, (2004), Doi 10.1130/B25178.1
