Tom Jordan

Aerogroup Gravity

Biography

My main interest lies in investigation of the geological and tectonic evolution of Antarctica, using airborne geophysical data. This has led to publications in a broad range of fields including crustal architecture, mountain uplift, magma emplacement, and geothermal heat flux. I have also worked and published on the geomorphological investigation of the hidden sub-ice topography of Antarctica, and deriving the bathymetry hidden beneath floating ice shelves from gravity data.

Since completing my DPhil at Oxford University in 2007 on Gravity Anomalies, Flexure, and the Long-term Rigidity of the Continental Lithosphere, I have worked at the British Antarctic Survey as an aerogeophysicist. My role includes collection, processing and interpretation of a range of airborne geophysical data, including magnetic, gravity and radar data. I have participated in seven Antarctic field seasons, including working as field science leader, responsible for flight planning, prioritisation and overseeing data quality control. This work has included successful collaboration with a range of international and UK academic partners. I also helped run the successful UK airborne surveys, and have taken part in an Antarctic marine Geophysical cruse.

Most recently I was the lead scientist for the SWARM project, demonstrating the use of the Windracers Ultra UAV for environmental science data collection. This project confirmed that large UAVs can successfully collect a range of environmental data over a relativley wide area, while operating alongside traditional crewed aviation in Antarctica, paving the way for new and innovative methods of data collection into the future.

Research interests

Tectonics
Crustal architecture
Antarctic geomorphology

Collaborations

Selected Publications
Jordan, T. A., F. Ferraccioli and R. Forsberg (2022). “An embayment in the East Antarctic basement constrains the shape of the Rodinian continental margin.” Communications Earth & Environment 3(1): 52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00375-z

Jordan, T. A., Riley, T. R. and Siddoway, C. S., 2020. The geological history and evolution of West Antarctica. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1(2): 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0013-6

Jordan, T. A., Martin, C., Ferraccioli, F., Matsuoka, K., Corr, H., Forsberg, R., Olesen, A., and Siegert, M., 2018, Anomalously high geothermal flux near the South Pole: Scientific Reports, v. 8, no. 1, p. 16785. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35182-0

Jordan, Tom and Becker, David. (2018) “Investigating the distribution of magmatism at the onset of Gondwana breakup with novel strapdown gravity and aeromagnetic data”. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 282. 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.07.007

Jordan, Tom, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Leat, Philip. (2017) “New geophysical compilations link crustal block motion to Jurassic extension and strike-slip faulting in the Weddell Sea Rift System of West Antarctica”. Gondwana Research, 42. 29-48. 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.009

Jordan, T. A., F. Ferraccioli, N. Ross, H. F. J. Corr, P. T. Leat, R. G. Bingham, D. M. Rippin, A. le Brocq and M. J. Siegert (2013). “Inland extent of the Weddell Sea Rift imaged by new aerogeophysical data.” Tectonophysics 585 (0): 137-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.010

Jordan, T. A., F. Ferraccioli, A. Armadillo and E. Bozzo (2012). “Crustal architecture of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, as revealed from airborne gravity data ” Tectonophysics 585: 196-206, doi.org/110.1016/j.tecto.2012.1006.1041.

Jordan, T. A., F. Ferraccioli, H. Corr, A. G. C. Graham, A. Armadillo and E. Bozzo (2010). “Hypothesis for mega-outburst flooding from a palaeo-subglacial lake beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.” Terra Nova 22: 283-289, DOI: 210.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00944.x.

Jordan, T. A., F. Ferraccioli, D. G. Vaughan, J. W. Holt, H. Corr, D. D. Blankenship and T. M. Diehl (2010). “Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica).” Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 122: 714-726, https://doi.org/10.1130/B26417.1.

Jordan, T. A. and A. B. Watts (2005). “Gravity anomalies, flexure and the elastic thickness structure of the India–Eurasia collisional system.” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 236: 732-750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.036

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Arenas-Pingarrón, Álvaro , Brisbourne, Alex M. , Martín, Carlos , Corr, Hugh, Robinson, Carl , Jordan, Tom , Brennan, Paul V.. (2025) An alternative representation of Synthetic Aperture Radar images as an aid to the interpretation of englacial observations [preprint]. The Cryosphere [in review], (). pp. 10.5194/egusphere-2025-1068

Pritchard, Hamish D. , Fretwell, Peter T. , Fremand, Alice C. , Bodart, Julien A. , Kirkham, James D. , Aitken, Alan, Bamber, Jonathan, Bell, Robin, Bianchi, Cesidio, Bingham, Robert G. , Blankenship, Donald D., Casassa, Gino, Christianson, Knut, Conway, Howard, Corr, Hugh F.J., Cui, Xiangbin, Damaske, Detlef, Damm, Volkmar, Dorschel, Boris , Drews, Reinhard , Eagles, Graeme, Eisen, Olaf , Eisermann, Hannes, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Field, Elena , Forsberg, René, Franke, Steven , Goel, Vikram , Gogineni, Siva Prasad, Greenbaum, Jamin , Hills, Benjamin, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. , Hoffman, Andrew O., Holschuh, Nicholas, Holt, John W., Humbert, Angelika , Jacobel, Robert W., Jansen, Daniela, Jenkins, Adrian, Jokat, Wilfried, Jong, Lenneke , Jordan, Tom A. , King, Edward C. , Kohler, Jack, Krabill, William, Maton, Joséphine, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Langley, Kirsty, Lee, Joohan , Leitchenkov, German, Leuschen, Cartlon, Luyendyk, Bruce , MacGregor, Joseph A. , MacKie, Emma, Moholdt, Geir, Matsuoka, Kenichi , Morlighem, Mathieu , Mouginot, Jérémie , Nitsche, Frank O. , Nost, Ole A., Paden, John , Pattyn, Frank, Popov, Sergey, Rignot, Eric , Rippin, David M. , Rivera, Andrés , Roberts, Jason L. , Ross, Neil , Ruppel, Antonia, Schroeder, Dustin M., Siegert, Martin J. , Smith, Andrew , Steinhage, Daniel, Studinger, Michael , Sun, Bo, Tabacco, Ignazio, Tinto, Kirsty J. , Urbini, Stefano, Vaughan, David G. , Wilson, Douglas S., Young, Duncan A., Zirizzotti, Achille. (2025) Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica. Scientific Data, 12 (). 20 pp. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y

2024

Sanderson, Rebecca J., Ross, Neil, Winter, Kate, Bingham, Robert G., Callard, S. Louise, Jordan, Tom A. , Young, Duncan A.. (2024) Dated radar-stratigraphy between Dome A and South Pole, East Antarctica: old ice potential and ice sheet history. Journal of Glaciology, 70 (). 14 pp. 10.1017/jog.2024.60

Jordan, Tom A. , Riley, Teal . (2024) Reinvestigating the Dufek Intrusion, through joint gravity and magnetic models. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 356 (). 15 pp. 10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107268

Lowe, Maximilian , Jordan, Tom , Moorkamp, Max, Ebbing, Jörg, Green, Chris, Lösing, Mareen, Riley, Teal , Larter, Robert . (2024) The 3D Crustal Structure of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica, Using Variation of Information Joint Inversion of Gravity and Magnetic Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129 (). 24 pp. 10.1029/2023JB027794

Lowe, Maximilian , Jordan, Tom , Ebbing, Jörg, Koglin, Nikola, Ruppel, Antonia, Moorkamp, Max, Läufer, Andreas, Green, Chris, Liebsch, Jonas, Ginga, Mikhail, Larter, Robert . (2024) Comparing geophysical inversion and petrophysical measurements for northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Geophysical Journal International, 239 (). pp. 10.1093/gji/ggae272

Rodriguez-Morales, F., Paden, J., Escalera Mendoza, A. S., Hale, R., Karidi, K. T., Schroeder, B., Shang, J., Talasila, H., Robinson, C. , Jordan, T. , Nicholls, K. . (2024) An UWB UHF Ice-Penetreating Radar for the Thwaites Melt Project. IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, (). pp. 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642054

Carter, Charlotte M., Bentley, Michael J., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Paxman, Guy J.G., Jordan, Tom A. , Bodart, Julien A. , Ross, Neil, Napoleoni, Felipe. (2024) Extensive palaeo-surfaces beneath the Evans–Rutford region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet control modern and past ice flow. The Cryosphere, 18 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-18-2277-2024

2023

Sanderson, Rebecca J., Winter, Kate, Callard, S. Louise, Napoleoni, Felipe, Ross, Neil, Jordan, Tom A. , Bingham, Robert G.. (2023) Englacial architecture of Lambert Glacier, East Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 17 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-17-4853-2023

Aitken, A.R.A., Li, L., Kulessa, B., Schroeder, D., Jordan, T.A. , Whittaker, J.M., Anadakrishnan, S., Dawson, E.J., Wiens, D.A., Eisen, O., Siegert, M.J.. (2023) Antarctic sedimentary basins and their influence on ice-sheet dynamics. Reviews of Geophysics, 61 (). 59 pp. 10.1029/2021RG000767

Arenas-Pingarrón, Álvaro , Corr, Hugh F.J., Robinson, Carl , Jordan, Tom A. , Brennan, Paul V.. (2023) Polarimetric airborne scientific instrument, mark 2, an ice‐sounding airborne synthetic aperture radar for subglacial 3D imagery. IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, 17 (). 14 pp. 10.1049/rsn2.12428

Frémand, Alice C. , Fretwell, Peter , Bodart, Julien A., Pritchard, Hamish D. , Aitken, Alan, Bamber, Jonathan L., Bell, Robin, Bianchi, Cesido, Bingham, Robert G., Blankenship, Donald D., Casassa, Gino, Catania, Ginny, Christianson, Knut, Conway, Howard, Corr, Hugh F.J., Cui, Xiangbin, Damaske, Detlef, Damm, Volkmar, Drews, Reinhard, Eagles, Graeme, Eisen, Olaf, Eisermann, Hannes, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Field, Elena , Forsberg, René, Franke, Steven, Fujita, Shuji, Gim, Yonggyu, Goel, Vikram, Gogineni, Siva Prasad, Greenbaum, Jamin, Hills, Benjamin, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. , Hoffman, Andrew O., Holmlund, Per, Holschuh, Nicholas, Holt, John W., Horlings, Anneka N., Humbert, Anglika, Jacobel, Robert W., Jansen, Daniela, Jenkins, Adrian, Jokat, Wilfried, Jordan, Tom , King, Edward , Kohler, Jack, Krabill, William, Langley, Kirsty, Lee, Joohan, Leitchenkov, German, Leuschen, Carlton, Luyendyk, Bruce, MacGregor, Joseph, MacKie, Emma, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Morlighem, Mathieu, Mouginot, Jérémie, Nitsche, Frank O., Nogi, Yoshifumi, Nost, Ole A., Paden, John, Pattyn, Frank, Popov, Sergey V., Rignot, Eric, Rippin, David M., Rivera, Andrés, Roberts, Jason, Ross, Neil, Ruppel, Anotonia, Schroeder, Dustin M., Siegert, Martin J., Smith, Andrew M. , Steinhage, Daniel, Studinger, Michael, Sun, Bo, Tabacco, Ignazio, Tinto, Kirsty, Urbini, Stefano, Vaughan, David , Welch, Brian C., Wilson, Douglas S., Young, Duncan A., Zirizzotti, Achille. (2023) Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data. Earth System Science Data, 15 (). 16 pp. 10.5194/essd-15-2695-2023

Jordan, Tom A. , Thompson, Sarah, Kulessa, Bernd, Ferraccioli, Fausto . (2023) Geological sketch map and implications for ice flow of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, from integrated aerogeophysical observations. Science Advances, 9 (). 16 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.adf2639

Lowe, Maximilian , Mather, Ben, Green, Chris, Jordan, Tom A. , Ebbing, Jörg, Larter, Robert . (2023) Anomalously high heat flow regions beneath the Transantarctic Mountains and Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica inferred from Curie depth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128 (). 20 pp. 10.1029/2022JB025423

2022

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Jordan, Tom A. , Ross, Neil , Riley, Teal R. , Fretwell, Peter . (2022) Drainage and refill of an Antarctic Peninsula subglacial lake reveal an active subglacial hydrological network. The Cryosphere, 16 (). 13 pp. 10.5194/tc-16-4797-2022

Frémand, Alice C. , Bodart, Julien A. , Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Robinson, Carl , Corr, Hugh F.J., Peat, Helen J. , Bingham, Robert G., Vaughan, David G. . (2022) British Antarctic Survey’s aerogeophysical data: releasing 25 years of airborne gravity, magnetic, and radar datasets over Antarctica. Earth System Science Data, 14 (). pp. 10.5194/essd-14-3379-2022

Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Forsberg, Rene. (2022) An embayment in the East Antarctic basement constrains the shape of the Rodinian continental margin. Communications: Earth & Environment, 3 (). pp. 10.1038/s43247-022-00375-z

2020

Dunham, C.K., O’Donnell, J.P., Stuart, G W, Brisbourne, A.M. , Rost, S., Jordan, T.A. , Nyblade, A.A., Wiens, D.A., Aster, R.C.. (2020) A joint inversion of receiver function and Rayleigh wave phase velocity dispersion data to estimate crustal structure in West Antarctica. Geophysical Journal International, 223 (). pp. 10.1093/gji/ggaa398

Constantino, Renata R., Tinto, Kirsty J., Bell, Robin E., Porter, David F., Jordan, Tom A. . (2020) Seafloor depth of George VI Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, from inversion of aerogravity data. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2020GL088654

Hogan, Kelly A. , Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Arthern, Robert , Kirkham, James D. , Totten Minzoni, Rebecca, Jordan, Tom A. , Clark, Rachel, Fitzgerald, Victoria, Wåhlin, Anna K., Anderson, John B., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Nitsche, Frank O., Simkins, Lauren, Smith, James , Gohl, Karsten, Arndt, Jan Erik, Hong, Jongkuk, Wellner, Julia. (2020) Revealing the former bed of Thwaites Glacier using sea-floor bathymetry: implications for warm-water routing and bed controls on ice flow and buttressing. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 26 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2883-2020

Jordan, Tom A. , Porter, David, Tinto, Kirsty, Millan, Romain, Muto, Atsuhiro, Hogan, Kelly , Larter, Robert D. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Paden, John D.. (2020) New gravity-derived bathymetry for the Thwaites, Crosson and Dotson ice shelves revealing two ice shelf populations. The Cryosphere, 14 (). 14 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-2869-2020

Ashmore, David W., Bingham, Robert G., Ross, Neil, Siegert, Martin J., Jordan, Tom , Mair, Douglas W.F.. (2020) Englacial architecture and age‐depth constraints across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (). pp. 10.1029/2019GL086663

Riley, Teal , Jordan, Tom , Leat, Philip, Curtis, Mike L., Millar, Ian. (2020) Magmatism of the Weddell Sea rift system in Antarctica: Implications for the age and mechanism of rifting and early stage Gondwana breakup. Gondwana Research, 79 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2019.09.014

Jordan, Tom A. , Riley, Teal R. , Siddoway, Christine. (2020) The geological history and evolution of West Antarctica. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1 (). pp. 10.1038/s43017-019-0013-6

2019

Paxman, Guy J.G., Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Bentley, Michael J., Ross, Neil, Forsberg, René, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Steinhage, Daniel, Eagles, Graeme, Casal, Tania G.. (2019) Subglacial geology and geomorphology of the Pensacola‐Pole Basin, East Antarctica. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20 (). pp. 10.1029/2018GC008126

Hodgson, Dominic , Jordan, Tom , De Rydt, Jan, Fretwell, Peter , Seddon, Samuel, Becker, David, Hogan, Kelly , Smith, Andy , Vaughan, David . (2019) Past and future dynamics of the Brunt Ice Shelf from seabed bathymetry and ice shelf geometry. The Cryosphere, 13 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-13-545-2019

Burton-Johnson, Alex , Macpherson, C.G., Muraszko, J.R., Harrison, R.J, Jordan, Tom A. . (2019) Tectonic strain recorded by magnetic fabrics (AMS) in plutons, including Mt Kinabalu, Borneo: A tool to explore past tectonic regimes and syn-magmatic deformation. Journal of Structural Geology, 119 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.11.014

Diez, Anja, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Jordan, Tom A. , Kohler, Jack, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Corr, Hugh F., Olesen, Arne V., Forsberg, René, Casal, Tania G.. (2019) Patchy lakes and topographic origin for fast flow in the Recovery Glacier system, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124 (). pp. 10.1029/2018JF004799

2018

Jordan, T.A. , Martin, C. , Ferraccioli, F. , Matsuoka, K., Corr, H., Forsberg, R., Olesen, A., Siegert, M.. (2018) Anomalously high geothermal flux near the South Pole. Scientific Reports, 8 (). pp. 10.1038/s41598-018-35182-0

Jordan, Tom A. , Becker, David. (2018) Investigating the distribution of magmatism at the onset of Gondwana breakup with novel strapdown gravity and aeromagnetic data. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 282 (). pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.07.007

Martos, Yasmina M., Jordan, Tom A. , Catalan, Manuel, Jordan, Thomas M, Bamber, Jonathan L, Vaughan, David G. . (2018) Geothermal heat flux reveals the Iceland hotspot track underneath Greenland. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (). pp. 10.1029/2018GL078289

Golynsky, A.V., Ferraccioli, F. , Hong, J.K., Golynsky, D.A., von Frese, R.R.B., Young, D.A., Blankenship, D.D., Holt, J.W., Ivanov, S.V., Kiselev, A.V., Masolov, V.N., Eagles, G., Gohl, K., Jokat, W., Damaske, D., Finn, C., Aitken, A., Bell, R.E., Armadillo, E., Jordan, T.A. , Greenbaum, J.S., Bozzo, E., Caneva, G., Forsberg, R., Ghidella, M., Galindo-Zaldivar, J., Bohoyo, F., Martos, Y.M., Nogi, Y., Quartini, E., Kim, H.R., Roberts, J.L.. (2018) New magnetic anomaly map of the Antarctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (). pp. 10.1029/2018GL078153

Winter, Kate, Ross, Neil, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Corr, Hugh F.J., Forsberg, René, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Olesen, Arne V., Casal, Tania G.. (2018) Topographic steering of enhanced ice flow at the bottleneck between East and West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (). pp. 10.1029/2018GL077504

Diez, Anja, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Corr, Hugh F., Kohler, Jack, Olesen, Arne V., Forsberg, René. (2018) Basal settings control fast ice flow in the Recovery/Slessor/Bailey Region, East Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (). pp. 10.1002/2017GL076601

Leat, Philip T., Jordan, Tom A. , Flowerdew, Michael J., Riley, Teal R. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2018) Jurassic high heat production granites associated with the Weddell Sea rift system, Antarctica.. Tectonophysics, 722 (). pp. 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.011

Forsberg, Rene, Olesen, Arne V., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Matsuoka, Kenichi, Zakrajsek, Andres, Ghidella, Marta, Greenbaum, Jamin S.. (2018) Exploring the Recovery Lakes region and interior Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with airborne gravity, magnetic and radar measurements. In: Siegert, M.J., Jamieson, S.S.R., White, D.A. (eds.). Exploration of subsurface Antarctica: uncovering past changes and modern processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society of London, special publication, ). 10.1144/SP461.17

Jordan, Tom A. . (2018) Geological histories of polar environments. In: Nuttall, Mark, Christensen, Torben R., Siegert, Martin (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge, pp.

Wrona, Thilo, Wolovick, Michael J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Corr, Hugh, Jordan, Tom , Siegert, Martin J.. (2018) Position and variability of complex structures in the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet. In: Siegert, M.J., Jamieson, S.S.R., White, D.A. (eds.). Exploration of subsurface Antarctica: uncovering past changes and modern processes, London, Geological Society of London, pp. (Geological Society of London, Special Publication, ). 10.1144/SP461.12

2017

Martos, Yasmina M., Catalan, Manuel, Jordan, Tom A. , Golynsky, Alexander, Golynsky, Dmitry, Eagles, Graeme, Vaughan, David G. . (2017) Heat flux distribution of Antarctica unveiled. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (). pp. 10.1002/2017GL075609

Paxman, Guy J.G., Jamieson, Stewart S.Rr, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Bentley, Michael J., Forsberg, Rene, Ross, Neil, Watts, Anthony B., Corr, Hugh F.J., Jordan, Tom A. . (2017) Uplift and tilting of the Shackleton Range in East Antarctica driven by glacial erosion and normal faulting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122 (). pp. 10.1002/2016JB013841

Jordan, Tom , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Leat, Philip. (2017) New geophysical compilations link crustal block motion to Jurassic extension and strike-slip faulting in the Weddell Sea Rift System of West Antarctica. Gondwana Research, 42 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2016.09.009

2016

Paxman, G.J.G., Watts, A.B., Ferraccioli, F. , Jordan, T.A. , Bell, R.E., Jamieson, S.S.R., Finn, C.A.. (2016) Erosion-driven uplift in the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains of East Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.040

Jones, David H., Jordan, Tom A. , Robinson, Carl . (2016) An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation. Journal of Navigation, 69 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0373463316000084

Scheinert, M., Ferraccioli, F. , Schwabe, J., Bell, R., Studinger, M., Damaske, D., Jokat, W., Aleshkova, N., Jordan, T. , Leitchenkov, G., Blankenship, D.D., Damiani, T.M., Young, D., Cochran, J.R., Richter, T.D.. (2016) New Antarctic gravity anomaly grid for enhanced geodetic and geophysical studies in Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (). pp. 10.1002/2015GL067439

2015

Bingham, Robert G., Rippin, David M., Karlsson, Nanna B., Corr, Hugh F.J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Le Brocq, Anne M., Rose, Kathryn C., Ross, Neil, Siegert, Martin J.. (2015) Ice-flow structure and ice-dynamic changes in the Weddell Sea sector of West Antarctica from radar-imaged internal layering. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120 (). pp. 10.1002/2014JF003291

Rose, Kathryn C., Ross, Neil, Jordan, Tom A. , Bingham, Robert G., Corr, Hugh F.J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Le Brocq, Anne M., Rippin, David M., Siegert, Martin J.. (2015) Ancient pre-glacial erosion surfaces preserved beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Earth Surface Dynamics, 3 (). pp. 10.5194/esurfd-2-681-2014

2014

Damiani, Theresa M., Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Young, Duncan A., Blankenship, Donald D.. (2014) Variable crustal thickness beneath Thwaites Glacier revealed from airborne gravimetry, possible implications for geothermal heat flux in West Antarctica. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 407 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.023

Creyts, Timothy T., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Bell, Robin E., Wolovick, Michael, Corr, Hugh, Rose, Kathryn C., Frearson, Nicholas, Damaske, Detlef, Jordan, Tom , Braaten, David, Finn, Carol. (2014) Freezing of ridges and water networks preserves the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains for millions of years. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (). pp. 10.1002/2014GL061491

Wright, A.P., Le Brocq, A.M., Cornford, S.L., Bingham, R.G., Corr, H.F.J., Ferraccioli, F. , Jordan, T.A. , Payne, A.J., Rippin, D.M., Ross, N., Siegert, M.J.. (2014) Sensitivity of the Weddell Sea sector ice streams to sub-shelf melting and surface accumulation. The Cryosphere, 8 (). pp. 10.5194/tcd-7-5475-2013

Rose, Kathryn C., Ross, Neil, Bingham, Robert G., Corr, Hugh F.J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Le Brocq, Anne, Rippin, David M., Siegert, Martin J.. (2014) A temperate former West Antarctic ice sheet suggested by an extensive zone of bed channels. Geology, 42 (). pp. 10.1130/G35980.1

Jordan, T. A. , Neale, R. F., Leat, P. T., Vaughan, A. P. M., Flowerdew, M. J., Riley, T. R., Whitehouse, M. J., Ferraccioli, F. . (2014) Structure and evolution of Cenozoic arc magmatism on the Antarctic Peninsula: a high resolution aeromagnetic perspective. Geophysical Journal International, 198 (). pp. doi:10.1093/gji/ggu233

Rippin, D.M., Bingham, R.G., Jordan, T.A. , Wright, A.P., Ross, N., Corr, H.F.J., Ferraccioli, F. , Le Brocq, A.M., Rose, K.C., Siegert, M.J.. (2014) Basal roughness of the Institute and Möller Ice Streams, West Antarctica: Process determination and landscape interpretation. Geomorphology, 214 (). pp. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.01.021

Siegert, Martin J., Ross, Neil, Corr, Hugh, Smith, Ben, Jordan, Tom , Bingham, Robert, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Rippin, David, Le Brocq, Anne. (2014) Boundary conditions of an active West Antarctic subglacial lake: implications for storage of water beneath the ice sheet. The Cryosphere, 8 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-8-15-2014

Ross, Neil, Jordan, Tom A. , Bingham, Robert G., Corr, Hugh F.J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Le Brocq, Anne, Rippin, David M., Wright, Andrew P., Siegert, Martin J.. (2014) The Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands: Inception and retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 126 (). pp. doi:10.1130/B30794.1

2013

Le Brocq, A.M., Ross, N., Griggs, J.A., Bingham, R.G., Corr, F.J., Ferraccioli, F. , Jenkins, A. , Jordan, T.A. , Payne, A.J., Rippin, D.M., Siegert, M.J.. (2013) Evidence from ice shelves for channelized meltwater flow beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Nature Geoscience, 6 (). pp. 10.1038/ngeo1977

Rose, Kathryn C., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Bell, Robin E., Corr, Hugh, Creyts, Timothy T., Braaten, David, Jordan, Tom A. , Fretwell, Peter T. , Damaske, Detlef. (2013) Early East Antarctic Ice Sheet growth recorded in the landscape of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 375 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.053

Smith, Andrew M. , Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Bingham, Robert G.. (2013) Influence of subglacial conditions on ice stream dynamics: Seismic and potential field data from Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118 (). pp. doi:10.1029/2012JB009582

Fretwell, P. , Pritchard, H.D. , Vaughan, D.G. , Bamber, J.L., Barrand, N.E., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R. G., Blankenship, D.D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Callens, D., Conway, H., Cook, A.J., Corr, H.F.J., Damaske, D., Damm, V., Ferraccioli, F. , Forsberg, R., Fujita, S., Gim, Y., Gogineni, P., Griggs, J.A., Hindmarsh, R.C.A. , Holmlund, P., Holt, J.W., Jacobel, R.W., Jenkins, A. , Jokat, W., Jordan, T. , King, E.C. , Kohler, J., Krabill, W., Riger-Kusk, M., Langley, K.A., Leitchenkov, G., Leuschen, C., Luyendyk, B.P., Matsuoka, K., Mouginot, J., Nitsche, F.O., Nogi, Y., Nost, O.A., Popov, S.V., Rignot, E., Rippin, D.M., Rivera, A., Roberts, J., Ross, N., Siegert, M.J., Smith, A.M. , Steinhage, D., Studinger, M., Sun, B., Tinto, B.K., Welch, B.C., Wilson, D., Young, D.A., Xiangbin, C., Zirizzotti, A.. (2013) Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 7 (). pp. doi:10.5194/tc-7-375-2013

Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Ross, Neil, Corr, Hugh F.J., Leat, Philip T., Bingham, Rob G., Rippin, David M., le Brocq, Anne, Siegert, Martin J.. (2013) Inland extent of the Weddell Sea Rift imaged by new aerogeophysical data. Tectonophysics, 585 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.010

Ghidella, M.E., Zambrano, O.M., Ferraccioli, F., Lirio, J.M., Zakrajsek, A.F., Ferris, J., Jordan, T.A. . (2013) Analysis of James Ross Island volcanic complex and sedimentary basin based on high-resolution aeromagnetic data. Tectonophysics, 585 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.039

Jordan, T.A. , Ferraccioli, F. , Armadillo, E., Bozzo, E.. (2013) Crustal architecture of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, as revealed from airborne gravity data. Tectonophysics, 585 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.041

2012

Smith, A.M. , Bentley, C.R., Bingham, R.G., Jordan, T.A. . (2012) Rapid subglacial erosion beneath Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (). 5 pp. 10.1029/2012GL051651

Aitken, Alan R.A., Wilson, Gary S., Jordan, Thomas , Tinto, Kirsty, Blakemore, Hamish. (2012) Flexural controls on late Neogene basin evolution in southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Global and Planetary Change, 80-81 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.08.003

Ross, Neil, Bingham, Robert G., Corr, Hugh F.J., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom , Le Brocq, Anne, Rippin, David M., Young, Duncan, Blakenship, Donald D., Siegert, Martin J.. (2012) Steep reverse bed slope at the grounding line of the Weddell Sea sector in West Antarctica. Nature Geoscience, 5 (). pp. 10.1038/ngeo1468

2011

Bell, Robin E., Ferraccioli, Fausto , Creyts, Timothy T., Braaten, David, Corr, Hugh, Das, Indrani, Damaske, Detlef, Frearson, Nicholas, Jordan, Thomas , Rose, Kathryn, Studinger, Michael, Wolovick, Michael. (2011) Widespread persistent thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by freezing from the base. Science, 331 (). pp. 10.1126/science.1200109

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Finn, Carol A., Jordan, Tom , Bell, Robin E., Anderson, Lester, Damaske, Setlef. (2011) East Antarctic rifting triggers uplift of the Gamburtsev Mountains. Nature, 479 (). pp. 10.1038/nature10566

2010

Jordan, T.A. , Ferraccioli, F. , Corr, H., Graham, A., Armadillo, E., Bozzo, E.. (2010) Hypothesis for mega-outburst flooding from a palaeo-subglacial lake beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Terra Nova, 22 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00944.x

Jordan, Tom , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Vaughan, David , holt, J.W., Corr, Hugh, Blakenship, D.D., Diehl, T.M.. (2010) Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica). Geological Society of America Bulletin, 122 (). pp. doi:10.1130/B26417.1

2009

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Armadillo, Egidio, Jordan, Tom , Bozzo, Emanuele, Corr, Hugh. (2009) Aeromagnetic exploration over the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: a new view of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. Tectonophysics, 478 (). pp. 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.013

Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jones, P.C, Smellie, J.L., Ghidella, M., Corr, Hugh. (2009) Airborne gravity reveals interior of Antarctic volcano. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 175 (). pp. 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.004

2008

Diehl, Theresa M., Holt, John W., Blankenship, Donald D., Young, Duncan A., Jordan, Tom A. , Ferraccioli, Fausto . (2008) First airborne gravity results over the Thwaites Glacier catchment, West Antarctica. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2007GC001878

2007

Wilson, G., Damaske, D., Möller, H.-D., Tinto, K., Jordan, T. . (2007) The geological evolution of southern McMurdo Sound – new evidence from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03395.x

Jordan, T.A. , Ferraccioli, F. , Jones, P.D., Smellie, J.L., Ghidella, M., Corr, H., Zakrajsek, A.F.. (2007) High-resolution airborne gravity imaging over James Ross Island (West Antarctica). In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R., ISAES Editorial Team, . (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ). 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp060

Scheinert, Mirko, Ferraccioli, Fausto , Müller, Jan, Jordan, Tom , Dietrich, Reinhard. (2007) Modelling recent airborne gravity data over the Antarctic Peninsula for regional geoid improvement. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R., ISAES Editorial Team, . (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, California, National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ).

Jordan, T. , Ferraccioli, F. , Corr, H., Robinson, C. , Caneva, G., Armadillo, E., Bozzo, E., Frearson, N.. (2007) Linking the Wilkes Subglacial Basin the Transantarctic Mountains and the Ross Sea with a new airborne gravity survey. Terra Antartica Reports, 13 (). pp.

Diehl, T.M., Blankenship, D.D., Holt, J.W., Young, D.A., Jordan, T.A. , Ferraccioli, F. . (2007) Locating subglacial sediments across West Antarctica with isostatic gravity anomalies. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ).

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jones, P.C., Leat, Philip, Jordan, Tom A. . (2007) Airborne geophysics as a tool for geoscientific research in Antarctica: some recent examples. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. 10.3133/of2007-1047.srp056

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom , Armadillo, E., Bozzo, E., Corr, Hugh, Caneva, G., Robinson, Carl , Frearson, Nicholas, Tabacco, I.. (2007) Collaborative aerogeophysical campaign targets the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, the Transantarctic Mountains and the Dome C region. Terra Antartica Reports, 13 (). pp.

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom , Armadillo, E., Bozzo, E., Corr, Hugh, Caneva, G., Robinson, Carl , Tabacco, I.. (2007) Exploring under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet with new aerogeophysical surveys over the Wilkes Subglacial Basin, the Transantarctic Mountains and Dome C. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ).

Ferraccioli, Fausto , Jordan, Tom A. , Vaughan, David G. , Holt, J., James, M., Corr, Hugh, Blankenship, D.D., Fairhead, J.D., Diehl, T.M.. (2007) New aerogeophysical survey targets the extent of the West Antarctic Rift System over Ellsworth Land. In: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R. (eds.). Antarctica: a keystone in a changing world. Online proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara, California, August 26 - September 1, 2007, , National Academy Press, 4 pp. (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, ).

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