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Robert M. Mckay
Dr, Victoria University of Wellington
Member, Taira Prize Committee
Professional Experience
Victoria University of Wellington
Dr
2008 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2008
Honors & Awards
Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize
Received December 2020
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Publications
A Comparison of Methods for Identifying and Quantifying Ice Rafted Debris on the Antarctic Margin
Quantification of ice rafted debris (IRD) abundances in deep‐sea records is often used as a key proxy for identifying links between ice sheet...
April 15, 2022
Retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet During the Last Interglac...
August 29, 2021
Tephrochronology and Provenance of an Early Pleistocene (Cal...
August 03, 2021
The Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a Changing Cli...
November 11, 2020
AGU Abstracts
Early to Middle Miocene Sedimentologic and Oceanographic Changes at ODP Site 1123, Chatham Rise, New Zealand
AGU 2024
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Imogen M. Browne, Molly Patterson, Thea Barbelet, ...
The Early to Middle Miocene (23-11.6 Ma) is of interest to climate scientists as it encompasses both the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO; ~17-14.7 Ma), ...
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In Deep Water: Dynamic Ocean Circulation Response to High-Latitude Climate Variability at ODP Site 1123 during the Plio-Pleistocene
AGU 2024
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 10 december 2024
Thea Barbelet, Molly 0. Patterson, Gretl King, Adr...
Water masses forming at high latitudes drive the circulation of heat, salts, gasses, and nutrients throughout the global ocean. A majority of these wa...
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Evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet Sensitivity to Different Recent Pleistocene Interglacial Climates
AGU 2024
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 09 december 2024
Jim Marschalek, Guido Pastore, Tina van de Flierdt...
The warmer-than-present interglacial periods of the late Pleistocene provide the closest palaeo analogues to inform predictions of Antarctic ice sheet...
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2024 - 2025
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Taira Prize Committee
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