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Member Since 2007
Alan Aitken
Associate Professor, University of Western Australia
Member, Hess Medal Committee
Professional Experience
University of Western Australia
Associate Professor
2011 - Present
Education
Monash University
Doctorate
2009
Publications
Crustal Heterogeneity of Antarctica Signals Spatially Variable Radiogenic Heat Production

Geothermal heat flow (GHF) is a key basal boundary condition for Antarctic ice‐sheet flow. Large‐scale variations are resolved by sever...

January 20, 2024
AGU Abstracts
No change in the provenance of sediment supplied by the Totten Glacier during the Last Interglacial and Holocene periods
AGU 2024
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 09 december 2024
Taryn Noble, Talia Hawkes, Tom Williams, Philip O'...
The Totten Glacier is the main conduit for ice flow from the Sabrina and Aurora subglacial basins, draining a region of the vast East Antarctic Ice Sh...
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Towards Linking Subglacial Geological Conditions with Ice Sheet Model Parameterization
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS I POSTER
cryosphere | 14 december 2023
Lu Li, Mareen Loesing, Alan Aitken
Understanding future changes of the Antarctic ice sheet requires knowledge of subglacial boundary conditions, including the spatial variation of bed r...
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Thermal and compositional structure beneath the Greater McArthur Basin in North Australia Craton
LITHOSPHERIC HEAT FLOW: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CRUSTAL PROCESSES AND MANTLE DYNAMICS POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Lu Li, Alan Aitken, Weronika Gorczyk, Mark Jessell
The Greater McArthur Basin in the North Australian Craton has had a prolonged history of sediment subsidence and multi-stage rifting and inversion sin...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Hess Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Hess Medal Committee
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