Stephen C. Porter
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Stephen C. Porter's Degrees
- PhD Geology University of Texas at Austin
- Masters Geology University of Texas at Austin
- Bachelors Geology University of Texas at Austin
Why Is Stephen C. Porter Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Stephen Cummings Porter was an American geologist who taught in the department of Geological Sciences and directed the Quaternary Research Center at the University of Washington. He was chief editor of the journal Quaternary Research from 1976 until his retirement in 2001. He died in 2015 at the age of 80.
Stephen C. Porter's Published Works
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Published Works
- Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times (2001) (2224)
- Correlation between climate events in the North Atlantic and China during the last glaciation (1995) (1124)
- Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon (2000) (833)
- Magnetic susceptibility evidence of monsoon variation on the Loess Plateau of central China during the last 130,000 years (1991) (779)
- Grain Size of Quartz as an Indicator of Winter Monsoon Strength on the Loess Plateau of Central China during the Last 130,000 Yr (1995) (467)
- Equilibrium-line Altitudes of Late Quaternary Glaciers in the Southern Alps, New Zealand (1975) (443)
- The long-term paleomonsoon variation recorded by the loess-paleosol sequence in Central China (1990) (385)
- Last Interglacial Climates (2002) (327)
- Chinese loess record of monsoon climate during the last glacial–interglacial cycle (2001) (325)
- Late quaternary dust flow on the chinese Loess Plateau (1991) (323)
- Chronology of neoglaciation in the North American Cordillera (1967) (290)
- Late Wisconsin mountain glaciation in the western United States. (1983) (265)
- The Quaternary Period in the United States (2006) (259)
- Snowline depression in the tropics during the Last Glaciation (2000) (254)
- Radiocarbon Age Constraints on Rates of Advance and Retreat of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet during the Last Glaciation (1998) (248)
- Some Geological Implications of Average Quaternary Glacial Conditions (1989) (242)
- Pattern and Forcing of Northern Hemisphere Glacier Variations During the Last Millennium (1986) (219)
- Reconstruction of equilibrium-line altitudes for tropical and sub-tropical glaciers (2005) (217)
- Pleistocene Glaciation in the Southern Lake District of Chile (1981) (211)
- Millennial-scale climatic oscillations during the last interglaciation in central China (1997) (196)
- Episode of Strengthened Summer Monsoon Climate of Younger Dryas Age on the Loess Plateau of Central China (1993) (173)
- Distribution, Morphology, and Size Frequency of Cinder Cones on Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii (1972) (159)
- Variability of Monsoon Climate in East Asia at the End of the Last Glaciation (1996) (157)
- The late pleistocene (1983) (153)
- Onset of Neoglaciation in the Southern Hemisphere (2000) (133)
- Dependence of Near-Surface Magnetic Susceptibility on Dust Accumulation Rate and Precipitation on the Chinese Loess Plateau (2001) (121)
- Present and Past Glaciation Threshold in the Cascade Range, Washington, U.S.A.: Topographic and Climatic Controls, and Paleoclimatic Implications (1977) (118)
- Holocene Sea-Level Changes Along the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel, Southernmost South America (1984) (113)
- Hawaiian Glacial Ages (1979) (101)
- Cyclic Quaternary Alluviation and Terracing in a Nonglaciated Drainage Basin on the North Flank of the Qinling Shan, Central China (1992) (99)
- LICHENOMETRIC STUDIES IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: ESTABLISHMENT OF RHIZOCARPON GEOGRAPHICUM GROWTH CURVES AT MOUNT RAINIER (1981) (96)
- Glacier Peak Tephra in the North Cascade Range, Washington: Stratigraphy, Distribution, and Relationship to Late-Glacial Events (1978) (95)
- Quaternary Glacial Record in Swat Kohistan, West Pakistan (1970) (95)
- Cosmogenic-nuclide ages for New England coastal moraines, Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA (2002) (86)
- Pleistocene glaciation in the southern part of the North Cascade Range, Washington (1976) (82)
- Synchronism of Holocene East Asian monsoon variations and North Atlantic drift-ice tracers (2006) (62)
- Itkillik Glaciation in the Brooks Range, Northern Alaska (1975) (62)
- Recent glacier variations and volcanic eruptions (1981) (60)
- The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science (1994) (59)
- Luminescence age and palaeoenvironmental implications of a late Pleistocene ground wedge on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau (2001) (58)
- Weathering rinds as a relative-age criterion: Application to subdivision of glacial deposits in the Cascade Range (1975) (58)
- Glacier contraction during the middle Holocene in the western Italian Alps: Evidence and implications (1985) (57)
- Late-Quaternary Environments of the United States (1984) (57)
- Quaternary stratigraphy and chronology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii: A 380,000-yr record of mid-Pacific volcanism and ice-cap glaciation: Summary (1979) (54)
- Composite Pleistocene Snow Line of Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range, Washington (1964) (54)
- GLACIATION LIMIT IN NEW ZEALAND'S SOUTHERN ALPS (1975) (54)
- Quaternary alpine glaciation in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, Sierra Nevada, and Hawaii (2003) (53)
- Late Holocene Fluctuations of the Fiord Glacier System in Icy Bay, Alaska, U.S.A. (1989) (49)
- Chronology and dynamics of deglaciation along and near the Strait of Magellan, southernmost South America (1992) (47)
- High-Resolution Paleoclimatic Information from Chinese Eolian Sediments Based on Grayscale Intensity Profiles (2000) (44)
- Problems of Interpreting Radiocarbon Dates from Dead-Ice Terrain, with an Example from the Puget Lowland of Washington (1971) (43)
- 36Cl dating of the classic Pleistocene glacial record in the northeastern Cascade Range, Washington (2008) (43)
- Chronology of Hawaiian Glaciations (1977) (35)
- LICHEN GROWTH CURVES FOR THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE MONT BLANC MASSIF, WESTERN ITALIAN ALPS (1983) (33)
- Episodic gullying and paleomonsoon cycles on the Chinese Loess Plateau (2005) (26)
- Late‐glacial ice advances in the western Italian Alps (2008) (26)
- Pleistocene snowlines and glaciation of the Hawaiian Islands (2005) (24)
- Dangerous Earth: An Introduction to Geologic Hazards (1996) (23)
- Titanium Dioxide in Pyroclastic Layers from Volcanoes in the Cascad Range (1965) (22)
- Provenance and Depositional Environments of Late Cenozoic Sediments in Permafrost Cores from Lower Taylor Valley, Antarctica (2013) (22)
- LOESS RECORDS | China (2007) (22)
- Late Pleistocene Eolian Sediments Related to Pyroclastic Eruptions of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii (1997) (22)
- The ostracode record from Harris Lake, southwestern Saskatchewan: 9200 years of local environmental change (1999) (21)
- Stratigraphy and Chronology of Late Quaternary Tephra along the South Rift Zone of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii (1973) (19)
- Holocene variability in hydrology, vegetation, fire, and eolian activity in the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA (2013) (19)
- Boulder deposit of upper Val Ferret (Courmayeur, Aosta valley): deposit of a historic giant rockfall and debris avalanche or a late-glacial moraine? (1988) (19)
- Holocene Eruptions of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii (1971) (15)
- Glaciation of Chagvan Bay Area, Southwestern Alaska (1967) (14)
- Stratigraphy and Deformation of Paleozoic Section at Anaktuvuk Pass, Central Brooks Range, Alaska (1966) (14)
- GLACIATIONS | Neoglaciation in the American Cordilleras (2007) (12)
- Use of Tephrochronology in the Quaternary Geology of the United States (1981) (10)
- PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE SUMMER MONSOON CLIMATE OF CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL PERIOD (1996) (10)
- Correlation of climatic events between East Asia and Norwegian Sea during last deglaciation (1997) (8)
- Early description of pro-talus ramparts (1987) (8)
- DÉCOLLEMENT STRUCTURES IN GLACIAL-LAKE SEDIMENTS (1961) (8)
- Glaciation of western washington, U.S.A. (2004) (7)
- Glaciation of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (1986) (5)
- Mineralogical Variations within Two Widespread Holocene Tephra Layers from Cascade Range Volcanoes, U.S.A. (2007) (5)
- Buried Caldera of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii (1972) (5)
- Antiquity of Man at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska (1964) (5)
- Klutlan Glacier Issue (1980) (5)
- Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan (2011) (5)
- Glaciation of Haleakala volcano, Hawaii (1993) (4)
- Hydrogen Generation From Electrolysis (2009) (4)
- Character and ages of Pleistocene drifts in a transect across the Strait of Magellan (2020) (4)
- INQUA and Quaternary science at the Millennium: a personal retrospective (1999) (4)
- Stratigraphy and distribution of tephra from Glacier Peak (of 12,000 years ago) in the northern Cascade Range, Washington (1976) (3)
- A. Lincoln Washburn—An Appreciation (1986) (3)
- A. Lincoln Washburn (1911–2007) (2007) (2)
- World Climate Conference Issue (1979) (2)
- Recognition and dating of rockfall deposits in the western Italian Alps lead to an understanding of the potential hazards of giant rock falls in mountainous regions (2016) (2)
- Glaciation of the Hawaiian Islands (2004) (2)
- Proposed drilling program backed in China (1998) (2)
- Volcanic activity and human ecology: Edited by P. D. Sheets and D. K. Grayson. Academic Press, New York, 1979. 644 pp., $49.50 (1981) (1)
- INTRODUCTION | Understanding Quaternary Climatic Change (2007) (1)
- QUA volume 27 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1987) (0)
- QUA volume 34 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1990) (0)
- QUA volume 32 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1989) (0)
- Book reviewThe encyclopedia of world regional geology, part 1: Western Hemisphere (including Antarctica and Australia): R. W. Fairbridge, Editor. Halstead, New York, 704 pp., $40.00 (1976) (0)
- QUA volume 38 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1992) (0)
- Life, Land, and Water: Proceedings of the 1966 Conference on Environmental Studies of the Glacial Lake Agassiz Region, edited by William J. Mayer-Oakes (1968) (0)
- Comment and Reply on “Glacier contraction during the middle Holocene in the western Italian Alps: Evidence and implications”REPLY (1986) (0)
- Quaternary Research (2003) (0)
- QUA volume 18 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1982) (0)
- phasedupliftoftheHimalaya-Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times (2001) (0)
- Corrigendum to “Synchronism of Holocene East Asian monsoon variations and North Atlantic drift-ice tracers” [Quaternary Research 65 (2006) 443–449] (2007) (0)
- In Memoriam (1964) (0)
- Description of loess sections in China (1991) (0)
- Quaternary stratigraphy and chronology of Mauna Kea, Hawaii: A 380,000-yr record of mid-Pacific volcanism and ice-cap glaciation: Summary (1979) (0)
- QUA volume 35 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1991) (0)
- Pleistocene Glaciation of Hawaii (2011) (0)
- Study guide : the blue planet : an introduction to earth system science, Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter (1995) (0)
- QUA volume 26 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1986) (0)
- QUA volume 28 issue 1 and Front matter (1987) (0)
- QUA volume 29 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1988) (0)
- QUA volume 16 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1981) (0)
- QUA volume 13 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1980) (0)
- QUA volume 17 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1982) (0)
- QUA volume 33 issue 1 and Front Matter (1990) (0)
- 36Cl dating of the classic Pleistocene glacial record in the Northeastern cascade range, Washington (2008) (0)
- QUA volume 30 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1988) (0)
- QUA volume 12 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1979) (0)
- QUA volume 14 issue 1 and Front matter (1980) (0)
- Chapter 41 – Glaciation of Western Washington, USA (2011) (0)
- Cover Illustrations for Quaternary Research (1997) (0)
- The Little Ice Age: glacier variations and climate since AD 1250 [abstract] (1996) (0)
- Guide to : The blue planet : an introduction to earth system science, Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter : laboratory manual (1995) (0)
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