Brian Moorman's Publications

Publications

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/fulltext.pdf 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.

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. 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.

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.

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. Click here to download a preprint.

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. <img width="98%" SRC="http://www.ucalgary.ca/~moorman/CollectingGPR.jpg">

Vachon, P. W., D. Geudtner, A. L. Gray, K. Mattar, and B. J. Moorman, 1999. Measurement of land subsidence due to wasting of tabular massive ground ice using differential JERS-1 SAR interferometry: Bylot Island test site. In JERS-1 Science Program '99 PI Reports. National Space Development Agency of Japan. pp. 27-31. Text

Moorman, B.J., and P.W. Vachon,1998. Detecting ground ice melt with interferometric synthetic aperture radar. 20th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing. Calgary, Alberta, May 10-13, 1998. Manuscript

Moorman, B.J., Michel, F.A., Wilson, A., 1998. The development of tabular massive ground ice at Peninsula Point, N.W.T., Canada. Seventh International Conference on Permafrost, Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada, 23-27 June 1998. pp. 757-762. Abstract

Moorman, B.J., 1998. Advances in glacial hydrology using remote sensing. 27th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. June 8-12, 1998, Tromso, Norway. Text

Moorman, B.J., and F.A. Michel, 1998. The application of Ground-penetrating radar to the study of glacial hydrology. GPR '98: Seventh International Conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kanasas, USA, May 27-30, 1998. Text or Download PDF file.

Moorman, B.J., 1997. Book Review: Environmental Geology of Urban Areas. Edited by N. Eyles. Geoscience Canada, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1997, p. 150, Text

Moorman, B.J., and F.A. Michel, 1997. Bathymetric mapping and subbottom profiling through lake ice using ground penetrating radar. Journal of Paleolimnology. vol. 18, pp. 61-73. Abstract

Vachon, P. W., Gray, A. L., Mattar, K., Geudtner, D. & Moorman, B. J., 1997. Measurement of land subsidence due to wasting of tabular massive ground ice using differential JERS-1 SAR interferometry: Bylot Island test site. Interim Research Report, National Space Development Agency of Japan, 10 p. Published on CD and released by the National Space Development Agency of Japan

Moorman, B.J., Michel, F.A. and R.J. Drimmie, 1996. Isotopic variability in Arctic precipitation as a climatic indicator. Geoscience Canada, vol. 23, pp. 189-194. Abstract

Moorman, B.J., F.A. Michel and A. Wilson, 1996. 14C dating of trapped gases in massive ground ice, Western Canadian Arctic. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 7, pp. 257-266. Abstract

Lapen, D.R., B.J. Moorman and J. Price, 1996. Using ground-penetrating radar to delineate subsurface features along a wetland catena. Soil Science Society of America Journal. vol. 60, pp. 923-931.

Moorman, B.J., 1995. Geotechnical investigations of woodchip slopes along the Norman Wells Pipeline (Northwest Territories): analysis of 1993 ground penetrating radar data. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3024, 230 p.

Burgess, M.M., S.D. Robinson, B.J. Moorman, A.S. Judge and T.W. Fridel, 1995. The application of ground penetrating radar to geotechnical investigations of insulated permafrost slopes along the Norman Wells pipeline, N.W.T. Proceedings of the 48th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, 1995 pp. 999-1006.

Robinson, S.D. and B.J. Moorman, 1995. Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys Along the Norman Wells Pipeline Route; 1989 to 1994: a Summary of Results. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3094, 45 p.

Robinson, S.D. and B.J. Moorman, 1995. Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys Along the Norman Wells Pipeline Route (N.W.T.) Summer 1994. Part 1: Site Descriptions and Radar Interpretations. Part 2: Radar Profiles. Geological Survey of Canada Open File, 342 p.

Vaikme, R., M. Böse, F.A. Michel and B.J. Moorman, 1995. Changes in permafrost conditions. Quaternary International, vol. 28, pp. 113-118.

Moorman, B.J., 1994. Ground penetrating radar investigations of woodchip-covered slopes along the Norman Wells pipeline in the Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2889, 125 p.

Moorman, B.J., A.S. Judge, M.M. Burgess and T.W. Fridel, 1994.Geotechnical investigations of insulated permafrost slopes along the Norman Wells pipeline using ground penetrating radar. Proceedings of the GPR '94: Fifth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Kitchener, pp. 477-491.

Moorman, L.A. and B.J. Moorman, 1994. Science and Survival in the Arctic. Northpoint, vol. 31, pp. 4-9.

Robinson, S.D., B.J. Moorman, A.S. Judge and S.R. Dallimore, 1993. The characterization of massive ground ice at Yaya Lake, N.W.T. using radar stratigraphy techniques. in Current Research Part B, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 93-1b., pp. 23-32.

Robinson, S.D., B.J. Moorman, A.S. Judge, S.R. Dallimore and J.W. Shimeld, 1992. The application of radar stratigraphic techniques to the investigation of massive ground Ice at Yaya Lake, Northwest Territories. Muscox, vol. 39, pp. 39-49.

Moorman, B.J., 1991. Current status of the Mackenzie Valley Climate Monitoring Program. Report to Indian and Northern Affairs, 76 p.

Moorman, B.J., 1991. A Study of Woodchip Covered Slopes Along the Norman Wells to Zama Pipeline Using Ground Penetrating Radar. Report to Indian and Northern Affairs, 120 p.

Moorman, B.J., A.S. Judge and D.G. Smith, 1991. Examining fluvial sediments using ground penetrating radar in British Columbia. in Current Research, Part A. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 91-1a, pp. 31-36.

Judge, A.S., C.M. Tucker, J.A. Pilon and B.J. Moorman, 1991. Remote sensing of permafrost by ground penetrating radar at two airports in Arctic Canada. Arctic, vol. 44 (supplement 1), pp. 40-48.

LaFleche, P.T., A.S. Judge, B.J. Moorman, B. Cassidy and R. Bedard, 1988. Ground probing radar investigations of gravel road bed failures, Rae access road, N.W.T. in Current Research, Part D. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 88-1d, pp. 129-135.

Moorman, B.J. and S.M. Huang, 1987. Snow chemistry variations; Schefferville, Quebec. Report to The Royal Canadian Geographic Society, Ottawa, 38 p.

Cartographic Publications:

Spain, 1001 Sights: An Archaeological and Historical Guide, by James Anderson, 1991, University of Calgary Press, Calgary.

The Kingdom of Alwa. African Occasional Papers No. 5, by Mohi el-Din Abdalla Zarroug, 1991, University of Calgary Press, Calgary.

Conference Presentations:

Moorman, B.J., J-M Maillol, A.L. Lyttle, W.D. Glanzman, 2000. Unveiling the temple of the Queen of Sheba: Initial results at Mahram Bilqis. Poster presentation for the Chancellors Club Dinner, University of Calgary, November 23, 2000.

Moorman, B.J., 2000. Archaeology, geomorphology, geophysics and other adventures in south Arabia. Department of Geography Seminar Series, University of Calgary.

Moorman, B.J., 2000. Recent advances in permafrost and Arctic glacial research and monitoring. National Workshop on Climate Change Monitoring, Ottawa.

Moorman, B.J., J-M Maillol, A.L. Lyttle, W.D. Glanzman, 2000. Results of the first Geoarchaeological investigation at Mahram Bilqis, Marib (Yemen), Oral presentation at the Seminar on Arabian Studies, July 13-15, 2000, University of London, London.

Moorman, B.J. 2000. "The "new" second year geography field school: Adventures in the mountains" Oral presentation at the Department of Geography Seminar Series, November 8, 2000. University of Calgary

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 1999. The origins of massive ground ice revealed by analysis of trapped gasses. Canadian Quaternary Association Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Annual Meeting, Calgary.

Moorman, B.J., 1999. The development of high arctic proglacial icings and their radar stratigraphy. Canadian Quaternary Association Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Annual Meeting, Calgary.

Moorman, B.J., Decock, C., and A.L. Lyttle, 1999. GPR/GPS Integration for Geomorphic Analysis: A Glacier Case Study - Bylot Island 1999. Canadian Quaternary Association ? Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Annual Meeting, Calgary.

Lyttle, A.L. and B.J. Moorman, 1999. Investigations in glacial hydrology through the use of ground-penetrating radar. Canadian Quaternary Association ? Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Annual Meeting, Calgary.

Mottle, B. and B.J. Moorman, 1999. Maximizing soil textural information from automated particle size analyzers. Canadian Quaternary Association ? Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, Annual Meeting. August 23-27, 1999, Calgary.

Moorman, B.J., 1999. 3-D imaging of englacial hydrological networks. Canadian Geophysical Union annual meeting, Banff.

Moorman, B.J., 1999. Pre-survey site assessments: maximizing the effectiveness of ground-penetrating radar in archaeological field investigations. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual meeting, Lethbridge.

Moorman, B.J., 1999. A Serendipitous Study of Glacial Hydrology. Department of Geology and Geophysics Friday Afternoon Talk Series, University of Calgary.

Moorman, B.J., F.A. Michel, A.S. Judge and S.D. Robinson, 1995.Imaging massive ground ice with ground penetrating radar. Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Banff.

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 1994. Burial of glaciers on Bylot Island. Fourth National Student Conference on Northern Studies, Ottawa.

Moorman, B.J., S.D. Robinson, M.M. Burgess, A.S. Judge and T. Fridel, 1994. Permafrost investigations along the Norman Wells pipeline using ground penetrating radar. Fourth National Student Conference on Northern Studies, Ottawa.

Moorman, B.J. and F.A. Michel, 1994. Examination of Ice bodies in the proglacial environment. GPR '94: Fifth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Kitchener.

Moorman, B.J. and A.S. Judge, 1991. Establishment of the Mackenzie Valley automated climate network. Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Banff.

Moorman, B.J., D.G. Smith, A.S. Judge and H.M. Jol, 1990.Assessing the ability of ground penetrating radar at delineating different fluvial sediments. Third International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Denver.

Moorman, B.J. and A.S. Judge, 1989. The use of ground penetrating radar in delineating massive ground ice. Geological Association of Canada 1989 Meeting, Montreal.

Moorman, B.J. and S.M. Huang, 1988. Airborne pollutants in the snow pack: variations near Schefferville, Quebec. Second National Student Conference on Northern Studies, Ottawa.

Last updated 08/07/2008