Publications

You can see all publications through my Google Scholar page

Some past publications with links to a few of the older papers are below.

21. Christian, J.E., N. Siler, M. Koutnik, and G. Roe. 2016. Identifying Dynamically Induced Variability in Glacier Mass-Balance Records. Journal of Climate 29 (24), 8915–8929.

20. Cuffey, K.M., G.D. Clow, E.J. Steig, C. Buizert, T.J. Fudge, M. Koutnik, E.D. Waddington, R.B. Alley, and J.P. Severinghaus. 2016. Deglacial temperature history of West Antarctica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (50), 14249-14254.

19. Koutnik, M., T.J. Fudge, H. Conway, E. Waddington, T. Neumann, K. Cuffey, C. Buizert, and K. Taylor. 2016. Holocene accumulation and ice flow near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide ice-core site, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 121, 907924, doi:10.1002/2015JF003668.

18. Fudge, T.J., B.R. Markle, K.M. Cuffey, C. Buizert, K.C. Taylor, E.J. Steig, E.D. Waddington, H. Conway, and M. Koutnik. 2016. Variable relationship between accumulation and temperature in West Antarctica for the past 31,000 years. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3795-3803.

17. Rupper, S., W.R. Christensen, B.R. Bickmore, L. Burgener, L.S. Koenig, M.R. Koutnik, C. Miege, R. Forster. 2015. The effects of dating uncertainties on net accumulation estimates from firn cores. Journal of Glaciology 61 (225), 162-173.

16. Koutnik, M.R. 2014. “Softened Craters”, entry in Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, Springer. Editors: H. Hargitai and A Kereszturi.

15. NEEM Community Members (including M.R. Koutnik). 2013. Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded NEEM ice core strata. Nature 493, 489-494.

14. Burgener, L., S. Rupper, L. Koenig, R. Forster, W. Christensen, J. Williams, M.R. Koutnik, C. Miége, E. Steig. 2013. An observed negative trend in West Antarctic accumulation rates from 1975 to 2010: evidence from new observed and simulated records. Journal of Geophysical Research 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50362.

13. Koutnik, M.R., E.D. Waddington, D.P. Winebrenner, and A.V. Pathare.  2013. Response timescales for Martian ice masses and implications for ice flow on Mars. Icarus 225, 949-959. koutnik_etal_icarus_2013

12. McBride, J., S. Rupper, S. Ritter, D. Tingey, M.R. Koutnik, A Quick, T. Morris, R. Keach, II, L. Burgener, A. McKean, J. Williams, J. Maurer, D. Keeler, R. Windell. 2012. Relationship between wave ogives and radar scattering in an alpine glacier. Geosphere 8 (5), 1054-1077.

11. Koutnik, M.R. and E.D. Waddington. 2012. Well-posed boundary conditions for limited-domain models of transient ice flow near an ice divide. Journal of Glaciology 58 (211), 1008-1020. koutnik_waddington_jglac_2012

10. Steen-Larsen, H.C., E.D. Waddington, and M.R. Koutnik. 2010.  Formulating an inverse problem to infer the accumulation-rate pattern from deep internal layering in an ice sheet using a Monte-Carlo Approach. Journal of Glaciology 56 (196), 318-332. steen-larsen_etal_jglac_2010

9. Koutnik, M.R., E.D. Waddington, and D.P. Winebrenner. 2009. A method to infer past surface mass balance and topography from internal layers in Martian Polar Layered Deposits. Icarus 204, 458-470. koutnik_etal_icarus_2009

8. MacGregor, J.A., K. Matsuoka, M.R. Koutnik, E.D. Waddington, M. Studinger, and D.P. Winebrenner. 2009. Mapping millennially averaged accumulation rates for the Lake Vostok region using deep internal layers and inverse methods. Annals of Glaciology 50 (51), 25-34. macgregor_etal_annals_2009

7. Fishbaugh, K.E., C.S. Hvidberg, D. Beaty, S. Clifford, A. Haldermann, J.W. Head, M. Hecht, M.R. Koutnik, and K. Tanaka. 2008.  Introduction to the 4th Mars Polar Science and Exploration Conference Special Issue: Five top questions in Mars Polar Science. Icarus 196, 305-317. fishbaugh_etal_icarus_2008

6. Winebrenner, D.P., M.R. Koutnik, E.D. Waddington, A.V. Pathare, B.C. Murray, S. Byrne, J.L. Bamber.  2007. Evidence for ice flow prior to trough formation in the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits. Icarus 195, 90-105.

5. Waddington, E.D., T.A. Neumann, M.R. Koutnik, H.P. Marshall, D.L. Morse.  2007. Inference of accumulation-rate patterns from deep internal layers. Journal of Glaciology 53, 694-712. waddington_etal_jglac_2007

4. Marshall, S. and M.R. Koutnik. 2006.  Ice sheet action versus reaction: Distinguishing between Heinrich events and Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles in the North Atlantic. Paleoceanography 21, doi:10.1029/2005PA001247. marshall_koutnik_paleoceanog_2006

3. Koutnik, M.R., S. Byrne, B. Murray, A. Toigo, and Z. Crawford, 2005.  Eolian controlled modification of the martian south polar layered deposits. Icarus 174, 490-501. koutnik_etal_Icarus_2005

2. Koutnik, M.R., S. Byrne, and B. Murray, 2002.  The South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars: The Cratering Record. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (E11), 5100-5112.

1. Murray, B., M.R. Koutnik, S. Byrne, L. Soderblom, K. Herkenhoff, and K. Tanaka, 2002.  Preliminary Geological Assessment of the Northern Edge of Ultimi Lobe, Martian South Polar Layered Deposits. Icarus 154, 80-97. Koutnik_etal_jgr_2002

PhD dissertation: Inferring histories of accumulation rate, ice thickness, and ice flow from internal layers in glaciers and ice sheets. University of Washington, November 2009. Contact me for a copy