Brian Moorman

Permafrost and glacial hydrology are Brian's main research interests. He works extensively in the Canadian Arctic, using geophysical, remote sensing and geochemical techniques to study massive ground ice, hydrology, and terrain stability. He is currently working on modelling ground movement of glaciers and permafrost terrain, exploring permafrost-ocean interactions and characterizing ground ice distribution and preservation.

Hugenholtz, C.H., Moorman, B.J., Barlow, J. and P.A. Wainstein, in press. Large-scale moraine deformation at the Athabaska Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Landslides. Available on Online First at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/322135355823444t/fullt ext.pdf Click here to download a reprint.

Stevens, C.W., Moorman, B.J., Solomon, S.M., and C.H. Hugenholtz, 2008. Mapping subsurface conditions within the near-shore zone of an Arctic delta using ground penetrating radar. Cold Regions Science and Technology, in press doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.09.005 Click here to download a reprint.

Irvine-Fynn, T. and B. Moorman, 2008. Arctic glaciers and ground-penetrating radar. Case study: Stagnatin Glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. In Applied Geophysics in Periglacial Environments (eds.) C. Hauck and C. Kneisel. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 178-190.

Solomon, S.M., Forbes, D.L., Fraser, P., Moorman, B.J., Stevens, C.W. and D. Whalen, 2008. Nearshore Geohazards in the southern Beaufort Sea, Canada. In Proceedings of the 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASME, 9 p.

Hugenholtz, C.H., Wolfe, S.A., Walker, I.J. and B.J., Moorman, 2008. Spatial and Temporal patterns of sediment transport across an inland parabolic dune, Bigstick Sand Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada. Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.017. Click here to download a reprint.

Kneisel, C., Hauck, C., Fortier, R. and B. Moorman, 2008. Advances in geophysical methods for permafrost investigations. Permafrost an Periglacial Processes, Vol., 19, pp. 157-178. Click here to download a reprint.

Bode, J. A., Moorman, B. J., Stevens, C.W. and S.M. Solomon, 2008. Estimation of ice wedge volume in the Big Lake area, Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkel (eds.) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 131-136. Click here to download a reprint.

Gugolj, D., Moorman, B.J. and M. P. Tait, 2008. Development and initial evaluation of a daily DEM-based active layer heave and subsidence model. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkel (eds.) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 575-580. Click here to download a reprint.

Hugenholtz, C.H., Wolfe, S.A. and B.J., Moorman, 2008. Effects of sand supply on the morphodynamics and stratigraphy of active parabolic dunes, Bigstick Sand Hills, southwestern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 45, pp. 321-335. Click here to download a reprint.

Stevens, C.W., Moorman, B.J. and S.M. Solomon., 2008. Detection of frozen and unfrozen interfaces with ground penetrating radar in the nearshore zone of the Mackenzie Delta, Canada. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkel (eds.) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 1711- 1716. Click here to download a reprint.

Wainstein, P.A., Moorman, B.J. and K. Whitehead, 2008. Importance of glacier-permafrost interactions in the preservation of a proglacial icing: Fountain Glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Kane, D.L. and K.M. Hinkel (eds.) Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 1881- 1886. Click here to download a reprint.

Wainstein, P.A., Wan Bun Tseung, J.-M., Moorman, B.J. and C.W. Stevens, 2008. Integrating GPR and CCRI techniques: Implications for the identification and mapping of ground ice on Mars. Mars: The international Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, Vol. 4, pp. 1-13. Click here to download a reprint.

Hugenholtz, C.H., Wolfe, S.A. and B.J., Moorman, 2007. Sand- water flows on cold-climate eolian dunes: environmental analogs for the eolian rock record and Martian sand dunes. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 77, pp. 1-8. Click here to download a reprint.

Hugenholtz, C.H., Wolfe, S.A. and B.J., Moorman, 2007. Ground- penetrating radar (GPR) for imaging the internal structure of an active parabolic sand dune. In Baker, G.S. and Jol, H.M. eds., Stratigraphic Analyses Using GPR: Geological Society of America Special Paper 432, pp.35-45.

Venkatasubramanian, V., Leung, H. and B., Moorman, 2007. An interacting multiple-model-based abrupt change detector for ground penetrating radar. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Vol. 4, pp. 634-638. Click here to download a reprint.

Irvine-Fynn, T.DL., Moorman, B.J., Williams, J.L.M. Walter, F.S.A., 2006. Seasonal changes in ground-penetrating radar signature observed at a polythermal glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 31, pp. 892-909 Click here to download a reprint.

Moorman, B.J., 2005. Glacier-permafrost hydrological interconnectivity: Stagnation Glacier, Bylot Island, Canada. Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost. Harris, C. and Murton, J.B. (eds), Geological Society, London, Vol. 242, pp. 63 -74. Click here to download a reprint.

Irvine-Fynn, T.D.L., Moorman, B.J., Sjogren, D.B., Walter, F.S.A., Willis, I.C., Hodson, A.J., Williams, J.L.M., Mumford, P.N., 2005. Cryological processes implied in Arctic proglacial stream sediment dynamics using principal components analyasis and regression. Cryospheric Systems: Glaciers and Permafrost. Harris, C. and Murton, J.B. (eds), Geological Society, London, Vol. 242, pp. 83-98.

Irvine-Fynn, T.D.L., Moorman, B.J., Willis, I.C., Sjogren, D.B., Hodson, A.J., Mumford, P.N., Walter, F.S.A., Williams, J.L.M., 2005. Geocryological processes linked to High Arctic proglacial stream suspended sediment dynamics: examples from Bylot Island, Nunavut, and Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 19, pp. 115-135. Click here to download a reprint.

Tait, M., Moorman, B.J., Li, S., 2005. The long-term stability of survey monuments in permafrost. Engineering Geology, Vol. 79, pp. 61-79. Click here to download a reprint.

Moorman, B.J., Robinson, S.D. and M.M. Burgess, 2003. Imaging periglacial conditions with ground-penetrating radar. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Vol. 14, pp. 319-329. Click here to download a reprint.

Moorman, B.J., 2003. Glacier-permafrost hydrology interaction, Bylot Island, Canada. Permafrost: 8th International Conference, Zurich, 21-25 July, 2003, eds. Phillips, M., Springman, S.M., Arenson, L., A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, pp. 783-788. Click here to download a preprint.

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 2003. Burial of glacier ice by deltaic deposition. Permafrost: 8th International Conference, Zurich, 21-25 July, 2003 eds. Phillips, M., Springman, S.M., Arenson, L., A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, pp. 777-782. Click here to download a preprint.

Sjogren, D.B., Moorman, B.J., and P.W. Vachon, 2003. The importance of temporal scale when mapping landscape change in permafrost environments using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. Permafrost: 8th International Conference, Zurich, 21-25 July, 2003 eds. Phillips, M., Springman, S.M., Arenson, L., A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, pp. 1057 -1062.
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Moorman, B.J., Maillol, J.-M., Williams, J.L., Walter F.S., and W.D. Glanzman, 2002. Imaging The Past: Archaeological Radar Stratigraphic Analysis At Mahram Bilqis. Proceedings:GPR 2002, Santa Barbara.
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Moorman, B.J., Glanzman, W.D., Maillol, J.-M., and A.L. Lyttle, 2002. Imaging beneath the surface at Mahram Bilqis. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Moorman, B.J., 2001. Ground-penetrating radar applications in paleolimnology. In Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments: Physical and Chemical Techniques. W.M. Last, J.P. Smol, (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston. pp. 23 -47 Click here to download a preprint.

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 2000. Glacial hydrological system characterization using ground-penetrating radar. Hydrological Processes. Vol. 14. pp. 2645-2667.

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 2000. The burial of ice in the proglacial environment on Bylot Island, Arctic Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 11, pp. 161- 175.

Moorman, B.J. and J-M. Maillol, 2000. Mahram Bilqis, Marib, Yemen: 1999 Ground penetrating radar investigation. Technical report to the American Foundation 44 p.