Frank O. Nitsche

Selected Publications

Nitsche, F. O., Gohl, K., Larter, R., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Kuhn, G., Smith, J., Jacobs, S., Anderson, J., and Jakobsson, M., 2013.
Paleo ice flow and subglacial meltwater dynamics in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 7, 249–262, doi:10.5194/tc-7-249-2013. [paper]

Nitsche, F.O., Wellner, J.S., Bart, P.J., O’Hara, S. and Gavahan, K., 2012.
Seeing the seafloor: Discoveries of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer multibeam systems. Oceanography, 25: 136–139. [paper]

Jacobs, S., Jenkins, A., Hellmer, H., Giulivi, C., Nitsche, F., Huber, B. and Guerrero, R., 2012.
The Amundsen Sea and the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Oceanography, 25: 154–163.

Kirshner, A. E., J. B. Anderson, M. Jakobsson, M. O’Regan, W. Majewski, F.O. Nitsche, 2012.
Post-LGM deglaciation in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 38, 11-26. [paper]

Jakobsson, M., Anderson, J.B.,Nitsche, F.O., Gyllencreutz, R., Kirshner, A., Kirchner, N., O’Regan, M., Mohammad, R., Eriksson, B., 2012.
Ice Sheet Retreat Dynamics Inferred from Glacial Morphology of the Central Pine Island Bay Trough, West Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, In press, Available online 2012.

Nitsche, F.O. Slagle, A., Ryan, W.B.F., Carbotte, S., Bell, R., Flood, R., 2011.
Chapter 6 - Human impacts on Hudson River morphology and sediments – a result of changing uses and interests. In: R. Henshaw (ed.), Hudson River environmental history. State University of New York Press, 53-65.

Jakobsson, M., Anderson, J.B., Nitsche, F.O., Dowdeswell, J.A., Gyllencreutz, R., Kirchner, N., O’Regan, M.A., Alley, R.B., Anandakrishnan, S., Mohammad, R., Eriksson, B., Fernandez, R., Kirshner, A., Minzoni, R., Stolldorf, T., Majewski, W., 2011.
Geological record of Ice Shelf Breakup and Grounding Line Retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. Geology 39, 691-694.

Graham, A.G.C., Nitsche, F.O., and Larter, R. D., 2011.
An improved bathymetry compilation for the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica, to inform ice-sheet and ocean models, The Cryosphere, 5, 95-106, doi:10.5194/tc-5-95-2011.

Kenna, T.C., Nitsche, F.O., Herron, M.M., Mailloux, B.J., Peteet, D., Sritrairat, S., Sands, E. and Baumgarten, J., 2011.
Evaluation and calibration of a Field Portable X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer for quantitative analysis of siliciclastic soils and sediments. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 26: 395-405.

Nitsche, F.O., Kenna, T.C. and Haberman, M., 2010.
Quantifying 20th century deposition in complex estuarine environment: An example from the Hudson River. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 89(2): 163-174.

Timmermann, R., Le Brocq, A., Deen, T., Domack, E., Dutrieux, P., Galton-Fenzi, B., Hellmer, H., Humbert, A., Jansen, D., Jenkins, A., Lambrecht, A., Makinson, K., Niederjasper, F., Nitsche, F., Nøst, O.A., Smedsrud, L.H., Smith, W.H.F., 2010.
A consistent dataset of Antarctic ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and global bathymetry. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2, 261-273. doi:10.5194/essd-2-261-2010

Ryan, W.B.F., Carbotte, S.M., Coplan, J.O., O'Hara, S., Melkonian, A., Arko, R., Weissel, R.A., Ferrini, V., Goodwillie, A., Nitsche, F., Bonczkowski, J. and Zemsky, R., 2009. Global Multi-Resolution Topography synthesis. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10: Q03014.

Nitsche, F.O., Jacobs, S., Larter, R.D. and Gohl, K., 2007
Bathymetry of the Amundsen Sea Continental Shelf: Implications for Geology, Oceanography, and Glaciology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems,8: Q10009, doi:10.1029/2007GC001694. [abstract]

Larter, R.D., Gohl, K., Hillenbrand, C.D., Kuhn, G., Deen, T.J., Dietrich, R., Eagles, G., Johnson, J.S., Livermore, R.A., Nitsche, F.O., Pudsey, C.J., Schenke, H.W., Smith, J.A., Udintsev, G. and Uenzelmann-Neben, G., 2007.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Change Since the Last Glacial Period. Eos Trans. AGU, 88: 189–196.

Slagle, A.L., Ryan, W.B.F., Carbotte, S.M., Bell, R., Nitsche, F.O. and Kenna, T., 2006.
Late-stage estuary infilling controlled by limited accommodation space in the Hudson River. Marine Geology, 232: 181-202.

Strayer, D.L., Malcom, H.M., Bell, R.E., Carbotte, S.M. and Nitsche, F.O., 2006
Using geophysical information to define benthic habitats in a large river. Freshwater Biology, 51: 25-38.

Carbotte, S.M., R.E. Bell, W.B.F. Ryan, C.M.G. McHugh, A. Slagle, F. Nitsche, and J. Rubenstone, 2004

Environmental change and oyster colonization within the Hudson River estuary linked to Holocene climate. Geo-Marine Letters, 24, 212-224.

Spitzer, R., Nitsche, F.O., Green, A.G. and Horstmeyer, H., 2003

Efficient acquisition, processing and interpretation strategy for shallow 3D seismic surveying: A case study: Geophysics, Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 68, 1792-1806.

Nitsche, F.O., A.G. Green, H. Horstmeyer and F. Bücker 2002

Late Quaternary depositional history of the Reuss delta, Switzerland: constrains from high-resolution seismic reflection and georadar surveys. Journal of Quaternary Science, 17, 131-143. [abstract]

Cunningham, A.P., R.D. Larter, P.F. Barker, K. Gohl and F.O. Nitsche., 2002

Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica: 2. Structure of Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary plate boundaries in the Bellingshausen Sea from seismic reflection and gravity data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(B12), EPM6-1 to EPM 6-20.

Larter, R.D., A.P. Cunningham, P.F. Barker, K. Gohl and F.O. Nitsche., 2002

Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica: 1. Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(B12), EPM 5-1 to EPM 5-19.

Musil, M., H.R. Maurer, A.G. Green, H. Horstmeyer, F.O. Nitsche, D. Von der Mühll and S. Springman, 2002

Shallow seismic surveying of an Alpine rock glacier. Geophysics, 67, 1701-1710.

Nitsche, F.O., Monin, G., Marillier, F., Graf, H. and Ansorg, J., 2001

Reflection seismic study of Cenozoic sediments in an overdeepened valley of northern Switzerland - the Birrfeld area. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae, 94, 363-371.

Spitzer, R., A.G. Green and F.O. Nitsche, 2001

Minimizing field operations in shallow 3-D seismic reflection surveying. Geophysics, 66, 1761-1773.

Spitzer, R., F.O. Nitsche and A.G. Green, 2001

Reducing source-generated noise in shallow seismic data using linear and hyperbolic tau-p transformations. Geophysics, 66, 1612-1621.

Nitsche, F.O., A. Cunningham, R.D. Larter and K. Gohl., 2000

Sedimentation processes in the Bellingshausen Sea and their variations along the continental margin. Marine Geology, 162, 277-302. [abstract]

Larter, R.D., A.P. Cunningham, P.F. Barker, K. Gohl and F.O. Nitsche, 1999

Structure and tectonic evolution of the West Antarctic continental margin and Bellingshausen Sea, Korean Journal of Polar Research, 10, 125-133.

F. O. Nitsche, 1998

Bellingshausen- und Amundsenmeer: Entwicklung eines Sedimentationsmodells, Berichte zur Polarforschung, 258, 143 pp.

Nitsche, F.O., and K. Gohl, 1997

Sedimentation processes along the Bellingshausen Sea continental margin, Terra Antarctica, 4, 27-28.

Nitsche, F.O., K. Gohl, K. Vanneste and H. Miller, 1997

Seismic expression of glacially deposited sequences in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, West Antarctica. In: P. F. Barker and A. K. Cooper (eds.), Geology and seismic stratigraphy of the Antarctic margin, part 2, Anarctic Research Series, 71. AGU, Washington, D.C., 95-108.

Gohl, K., F.O. Nitsche and H. Miller, 1997.

Seismic and gravity data reveal Tertiary interplate subduction in the Bellingshausen Sea, southeast Pacific. Geology, 25, 371-374.