Geography, Archaeology & Irish Studies

DR GORDON BROMLEY

B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD

Contact Details

School of Geography & Archaeology
NUI Galway
T: +353 91 492128
E: gordon.bromley@nuigalway.ie
www.gordonbromleyartofscience.com

Biography

The 'How' and 'Why' of climate change, and its impacts on the surface of our planet, are my broad areas of research interest. We live in a vast natural laboratory and are surrounded by geologic evidence for ice ages, abrupt climate change, and myriad human-climate interactions. My research here at NUIG employs a primarily glacial-geologic approach and a Big Picture vantage to reconstruct past change, information we can then use to better understand the present and inform projections of the future. Currently, I am leading investigations in Antarctica, the tropical Andes, and the British Isles, and I welcome enquiries from potential students and collaborators interested in tackling key problems of climate in the most breathtaking lab space on Earth. For a more in-depth view of my research programme, please visit my website.

Research Interests

The Ice Age cycle
Tropical climate
Abrupt climate change
Glaciation and volcanism
Ice sheet stability
Quaternary landscape evolution
Palaeoindian settlement of South America
Cosmogenic geochronology

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	'In situ10Be production-rate calibration from a 14C-dated late-glacial moraine belt in Rannoch Moor, central Scottish Highlands' Aaron E. Putnam, Gordon R.M. Bromley, Kurt M. Rademaker, Joerg M. Schaefer (2019) 'In situ10Be production-rate calibration from a 14C-dated late-glacial moraine belt in Rannoch Moor, central Scottish Highlands'. Quaternary Geochronology, (50):109-125 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2018)	'Holocene History of the Greenland Ice Sheet Margin in Northern Nunatarssuaq, Northwest Greenland' Farnsworth, L., Kelly, M., Bromley, G., Axford, Y., Osterberg, E., Howley, J., Jackson, M., Zimmerman, S. (2018) 'Holocene History of the Greenland Ice Sheet Margin in Northern Nunatarssuaq, Northwest Greenland'. Arktos, 4 (10) [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Interstadial rise and Younger Dryas demise of Scotland's last ice fields' Bromley, G., A. Putnam, H. Borns Jr., T. Lowell, T. Sandford, D. Barrell (2018) 'Interstadial rise and Younger Dryas demise of Scotland's last ice fields'. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2017)	'Rapid early-Holocene deglaciation in the Ross Sea, Antarctica' Perry Spector, John Stone, Seth G. Cowdery, Brenda Hall, Howard Conway, Gordon Bromley (2017) 'Rapid early-Holocene deglaciation in the Ross Sea, Antarctica'. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (15):7817-7825 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Age of the Pineo Ridge System: Implications for behavior of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in eastern Maine, U.S.A., during the last deglaciation' Brenda L. Hall, Harold W. Borns Jr., Gordon R. M. Bromley, Thomas V.Lowell (2017) 'Age of the Pineo Ridge System: Implications for behavior of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in eastern Maine, U.S.A., during the last deglaciation'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 169 (1):344-356 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Comment on 'Was Scotland deglaciated during the Younger Dryas?' by Small and Fabel (2016)' Bromley, G.R.M., Putnam, A.E., Lowell, T.V., Hall, B.L., Schaefer, J.M. (2016) 'Comment on 'Was Scotland deglaciated during the Younger Dryas?' by Small and Fabel (2016)'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 152 :203-206 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2016)	'A cosmogenic 10Be chronology for the local last glacial maximum and termination in the Cordillera Oriental, southern Peruvian Andes: Implications for the tropical role in global climate' Gordon R.M. Bromley, Joerg M. Schaefer, Brenda L. Hall, Kurt M. Rademaker, Aaron E. Putnam, Claire E. Todd, Matthew Hegland, Gisela Winckler, Margaret S. Jackson, Peter D. Strand (2016) 'A cosmogenic 10Be chronology for the local last glacial maximum and termination in the Cordillera Oriental, southern Peruvian Andes: Implications for the tropical role in global climate'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 148 :54-67 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Holocene ice recession at Polygon Spur, Reedy Glacier, Antarctica' Hall, B., Bromley, G., Stone, J., Conway, H (2016) 'Holocene ice recession at Polygon Spur, Reedy Glacier, Antarctica'. The Holocene, 27 (1):122-129 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Cuncaicha Rockshelter, a Key Site for Understanding Colonization of the High Andes Reply to Capriles et al' Kurt Rademaker, Gregory Hodgins, Katherine Moore, Sonia Zarrillo, Christopher Miller, Gordon R. M. Bromley, Peter Leach, David Reid, Willy Yépez Álvarez, Daniel H. Sandweiss (2016) 'Cuncaicha Rockshelter, a Key Site for Understanding Colonization of the High Andes Reply to Capriles et al'. Current Anthropology, 57 (1):101-103 [Details]
	(2015)	'Late glacial fluctuations of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the White Mountains of Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A' Bromley, G.R.M., Hall, B.L., Thompson, W.B., Kaplan, M.R., Garcia, J.L., Schaefer, J.M. (2015) 'Late glacial fluctuations of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the White Mountains of Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A'. Quaternary Research, 83 (3):522-530 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2014)	'Paleoindian settlement of the high-altitude Peruvian Andes' Rademaker, K;Hodgins, G;Moore, K;Zarrillo, S;Miller, C;Bromley, GRM;Leach, P;Reid, DA;Alvarez, WY;Sandweiss, DH (2014) 'Paleoindian settlement of the high-altitude Peruvian Andes'. Science, 346 :466-469 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Pyroxene separation by HF leaching and its impact on helium surface-exposure dating' Bromley, GRM;Winckler, G;Schaefer, JM;Kaplan, MR;Licht, KJ;Hall, BL (2014) 'Pyroxene separation by HF leaching and its impact on helium surface-exposure dating'. Quaternary Geochronology, 23 :1-8 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Younger Dryas deglaciation of Scotland driven by warming summers' Bromley, GRM;Putnam, AE;Rademaker, KM;Lowell, TV;Schaefer, JM;Hall, B;Winckler, G;Birkel, SD;Borns, HW (2014) 'Younger Dryas deglaciation of Scotland driven by warming summers'. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, 111 :6215-6219 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2013)	'Peru archaeological radiocarbon database, 13,000-7000 C-14 B.P' Rademaker, K;Bromley, GRM;Sandweiss, DH (2013) 'Peru archaeological radiocarbon database, 13,000-7000 C-14 B.P'. Quaternary International, 301 :34-45 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Extensive recession of Cordillera Darwin glaciers in southernmost South America during Heinrich Stadial 1' Hall, BL;Porter, CT;Denton, GH;Lowell, TV;Bromley, GRM (2013) 'Extensive recession of Cordillera Darwin glaciers in southernmost South America during Heinrich Stadial 1'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 62 :49-55 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Late Pleistocene evolution of Scott Glacier, southern Transantarctic Mountains: implications for the Antarctic contribution to deglacial sea level' Bromley, GRM;Hall, BL;Stone, JO;Conway, H (2012) 'Late Pleistocene evolution of Scott Glacier, southern Transantarctic Mountains: implications for the Antarctic contribution to deglacial sea level'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 50 :1-13 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Late Pleistocene snowline fluctuations at Nevado Coropuna (15 degrees S), southern Peruvian Andes' Bromley, GRM;Hall, BL;Rademaker, KM;Todd, CE;Racovteanu, AE (2011) 'Late Pleistocene snowline fluctuations at Nevado Coropuna (15 degrees S), southern Peruvian Andes'. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26 :305-317 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2011)	'Glacier fluctuations in the southern Peruvian Andes during the late-glacial period, constrained with cosmogenic He-3' Bromley, GRM;Hall, BL;Schaefer, JM;Winckler, G;Todd, CE;Rademaker, KM (2011) 'Glacier fluctuations in the southern Peruvian Andes during the late-glacial period, constrained with cosmogenic He-3'. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26 :37-43 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2010)	'Late Cenozoic deposits at Reedy Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains: implications for former thickness of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet' Bromley, GRM;Hall, BL;Stone, JO;Conway, H;Todd, CE (2010) 'Late Cenozoic deposits at Reedy Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains: implications for former thickness of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 :384-398 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2010)	'Late-Quaternary evolution of Reedy Glacier' Todd, C.E., Stone, J.O., Conway, H., Hall, B.L., Bromley, G.R.M. (2010) 'Late-Quaternary evolution of Reedy Glacier'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (11-12):1328-1341 [DOI] [Details]
	(2009)	'Relative timing of last glacial maximum and late-glacial events in the central tropical Andes' Bromley, GRM;Schaefer, JM;Winckler, G;Hall, BL;Todd, CE;Rademaker, KM (2009) 'Relative timing of last glacial maximum and late-glacial events in the central tropical Andes'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 :2514-2526 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	'Connecting the Dots: Least-Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Palaeoindian Sites in Southern Highland Peru' Rademaker, K., Reid, D.A., Bromley, G.R.M. (2012) 'Connecting the Dots: Least-Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Palaeoindian Sites in Southern Highland Peru' In: Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes: Archaeological Case Studies. Salt Lake City: University of Utah. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	PAGES Paleolink workshop, Gordon Bromley (2019) A high-resolution glacial perspective on abrupt climate change: New food for model simulations. [Invited Oral Presentation], PAGES Paleolink workshop, Murcia, Spain , 06-FEB-19 - 08-FEB-19. [Details]
	(2019)	EGU General Assembly 2019, Gordon Bromley, Aaron Putnam, Brenda Hall, Stephen Barker, Kurt Rademaker, Alexandra Balter (2019) Reconstructing the response of the British-Irish ice sheet to atmospheric temperature during Termination 1. [Poster Presentation], EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna , 09-APR-19 - 09-APR-19. [Details]
	(2017)	Comer Climate Conference, Gordon Bromley (2017) A Glacier's-eye view of Heinrich Stadials in the North Atlantic region. [Invited Oral Presentation], Comer Climate Conference, Soldiers Grove, WI, USA , 03-OCT-17 - 03-OCT-17. [Details]
	(2018)	EGU General Assembly 2018, Gordon Bromley, Aaron Putnam, Brenda Hall, Kurt Rademaker, Alexandra Balter, Holly Thomas (2018) A glacial perspective on the impact of North Atlantic stadials on terrestrial climate. [Oral Presentation], EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna , 11-APR-18 - 11-APR-18. [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2016	Resolving the impact of so-called “Heinrich Stadial 1	Comer Family Foundation
2016	Blowing Hot or Cold? Resolving the terrestrial impact of North Atlantic stadials	National Geographic Society/WAITT Foundation
2016	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement	National Science Foundation
2015	The last glaciation of Scotland: Implications for our understanding of abrupt climate change	University of Maine Faculty Research Fund
2015	Collaborative Research: Potential direct geologic constraints on ice-sheet thickness in the central Transantarctic Mountains during the Pliocene warm period	National Science Foundation
2012	Constraining late Quaternary glacier and environmental change in the high Colombian páramo	Institute for Latin American Studies
2012	Building Peruvian capacity for monitoring and modeling the effects of climate change on the Coropuna Glacier and associated watersheds in Arequipa, Peru	USAID-NSF PEER programme
2011	Outstanding PhD Award	University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry & Agriculture
2011	The Loch Lomond Readvance in Scotland: constraint and calibration	Lamont Climate Center
2011	Rapid deglaciation and volcanism	Lamont Climate Center
2010	Collaborative Research: Timing and structure of the last glacial maximum and termination in southern Peru: Implications for the role of the tropics in climate change	National Science Foundation (P2C2)
2009	A Late Pleistocene chronology of glacier fluctuation in the tropical Andes	Comer Science and Education Foundation
2006	Geologic Society of America Research Grant Outstanding Mention	Geological Society of America
2006	Reconstructing the Late Quaternary glacial history of the Cordillera Ampato, Peru	Geological Society of America
2006	Late Pleistocene climate and glacier fluctuations in the tropical Andes	Sigma Xi
2006	Reconstructing the Late-Quaternary glacial and environmental history of Nevado Firura, Peru	PRIME Lab seed grant
2003	Mathieson Prize for Excellence in Geography	St Andrews University

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Royal Geographical Society	member	/
British Society of Geomorphology	member	/
American Geophysical Union	member	/
Sigma Xi	member	/

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Journal of Quaternary Science	Reviewer
	Quaternary Geochronology	Reviewer
	Journal Of Geophysical Research	Reviewer
	Quaternary Science Reviews	Reviewer
	Geomorphology	Reviewer
	Scientific Reports	Reviewer
	Nature	Reviewer
	Geophysical Research Letters	Reviewer
	Quaternary Research	Reviewer

Other Activities

	Description
	Reviewer for: National Science Foundation Austrian Science Fund NERC Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Swiss National Science Foundation The Paradigm Challenge (USA)