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Robin E. Bell
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marine Geology and Geophysics
Lecturer
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
107A Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8827
Fax: 
(845) 365-8156
robinb@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
Ice Sheet Dynamics and Mass Balance, Continental Dynamics, Estuarine Processes, Linkages between ice sheet processes and subglacial geology. Interaction of ecosystems and geologic systems from microbes to benthic habitats. Tectonic uplift and feedback mechanisms, Interaction of tectonics and ice sheet dynamics. Gravity and magnetic measurement techniques for marine and airborne applications. Gravity gradiometry.

 

  • Study of Subglacial Environments ( details )
  • Process Based Studies of Estuaries & Rivers; The Hudson River ( details )
  • Women in Science ( details )

 

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
M.S., M. Phil, Ph.D.,
Columbia University, New York
1989
B.A. (magna cum laude), Geology,
Middlebury College, Vermont
1980
Honors & Awards: 
Columbia University Department of Geological Sciences Storke Award 1992

Lamont Projects:

Hudson River Research
Lake Vostok
Polar Geophysics Group
ROSETTA: Decoding ice, ocean and tectonic mysteries of the Ross Ice Shelf
Educational Activities: 
Exploring the Poles; Barnard College Course
Environmental Geophysics; Environmental Engineering Dept., Columbia
Earth to Class
Public Lectures: Explorer's Club; Antarctic Treaty; Blauvelt Lions Club

Referenced in the Following News Items:

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Development: Science Speaks Directly to Business
What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Sea Level Rise
Wonder Woman: Lamont Polar Pioneer Robin Bell
Antarctic Ice-Mapping Project Will Fly for the Last Time in October
How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?
One of Largest Icebergs Ever Breaks off Antarctica
Lamont Scientists Are Focus of NY Times Multimedia Series
Water Is Streaming Across Antarctica
Antarctica Has a New Explorer Testing the Water Along a Critical Ice Shelf
Lamont’s Robin Bell Chosen as AGU President-Elect
Melting and Refreezing of Deep Greenland Ice Speeds Flow to Sea, Study Says
Lamont-Doherty on the Map
Scientists Drill Two Miles Down to Ancient Lake Vostok
Researchers Unravel Origins of Antarctica's Ice-Covered Mountains
Scientists Predict Faster Retreat for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Two Veteran Researchers Named AGU Fellows
Some Antarctic Ice is Forming from Bottom
Peering Under the Ice of a Collapsing Polar Coast
Bell, Seager Appointed PGI Senior Scientists
Two New Lakes Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
New Map of Antarctica's Lake Vostok Reveals Two Distinct Parts

Featured in the Following Videos:

How Will Climate Change Impact Shelter?
Exploring Earth's Changing Ice Sheets
Exploring the Changing Ice
Antarctica's Leaky Basement
NOVA | Secrets Beneath the Ice
The Ice Beneath Their Feet
Local Science
Polar Regions
Changes in the Arctic and Antarctic
A Slippery Slope?

Selected Publications:

Process-related classification of acoustic data from the Hudson River Estuary Nitsche, F. O.; Bell, R.; Carbotte, S. M.; Ryan, W. B. F.; Flood, R. Marine Geology Aug 30 Volume: 209 Issue: 1-4 p.: 131-145 (2004) DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.023
Estimating the depth and shape of subglacial Lake Vostok's water cavity from aerogravity data Studinger, M.; Bell, R. E.; Tikku, A. A. Geophysical Research Letters Jun 19 Volume: 31 Issue: 12 p.: - (2004) Doi 10.1029/2004gl019801
Righting the Balance: Gender Diversity in the Geosciences Bell, R. E.; Kastens,KA; Cane,MA; Miller, RB; Mutter, JC; Pfirman,S EOS Transactions Volume: 84 Issue: 31 p.: 292 (2003)
Origin and fate of Lake Vostok water frozen to the base of the East Antarctic ice sheet Bell, R. E.; Studinger, M.; Tikku, A. A.; Clarke, G. K. C.; Gutner, M. M.; Meertens, C. Nature Mar 21 Volume: 416 Issue: 6878 p.: 307-310 (2002)
Influence of subglacial geology on the onset of a West Antarctic ice stream from aerogeophysical observations Bell, R. E.; Blankenship, D. D.; Finn, C. A.; Morse, D. L.; Scambos, T. A.; Brozena, J. M.; Hodge, S. M. Nature Jul 2 Volume: 394 Issue: 6688 p.: 58-62 (1998)