Positions Held
2020 - present: Assistant Professor, Rowan University
2019 - 2020: Project Geologist, Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals, & Energy
2019: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
2018 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Emory & Henry College
2016 - 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2014 - 2016: Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University
2012 - 2014: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University
2012: Teaching Assistant, George Mason University
2011 - 2012: Lab Technician, U.S. Geological Survey Radiocarbon Lab, Reston, VA
Education
2016: Ph.D., Geology, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Peter U. Clark,
Title: Geochemical and geostatistical analyses of Quaternary climate variability over millennial-to-orbital timescales
2012: B.S., Earth Sciences, concentration: Geology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2009: A.S., General Studies, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
Publications
Abstracts/Presentations
Barth, Aaron M., Marcott, Shaun A., Licciardi, Joseph M., Shakun, Jeremy D. (2018) Deglacial thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, revealed by 36Cl exposure dating, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Marcott, Shaun A., Horvath, Alex, Shaun, Jeremy D., Licciardi, Joseph M. (2017) Early deglacial thinning of the Laurentide ice sheet followed by rapid regional deglaciation, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Peter U., Clark, Jorie, Marcott, Shaun A., McCabe, A. Marshall, Caffee, Marc W., Cuzzone, Joshua K., Dunlop, Paul (2017) Persistent millennial-scale cirque-glacier fluctuations in Ireland between 24,000 and 10,000 years ago. PAGES Open Science Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Peter U., Bill, Nicholas S., He, Feng, Pisias, Nicklas G. (2017), Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition, PAGES Young Scientists Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Bill, Nicholas S., Clark, Peter U., Pisias, Nicklas G. (2015), Carbon isotopic excursions associated with the mid-Pleistocene Transition and the mid-Brunhes Transition, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Clark, Peter U., Barth, Aaron M., Pisias, Nicklas (2014), Climate Evolution Across the Mid-Brunhes Transition, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., Caffee, Marc (2014), Millennial-scale fluctuation in Ireland’s cirque glaciers during the last deglaciation, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., Caffee, Marc (2014), Millennial-scale fluctuation in Ireland’s cirque glaciers during the last deglaciation, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Bentley, Callan, Barth, Aaron M. (2014), Telling the Story of the Canadian Rockies via Google Earth and GigaPan, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie (2014), Constraints on the Thickness of the Irish Ice Sheet and Implications for Paleoclimate from 10Be Dating of Irish Cirque Glacier Moraines, PALSEA 2014: Methodologies used to document palaeo sea level and ice-sheet extent and build sea level / ice sheet databases Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., McCabe, A. Marshall (2013), Surface exposure dates of cirque basin deglaciation along a western Ireland transect, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Field Experience
2019: Wind River Range, WY, Sample collection and site scouting for collaborative research with UW-M & Boston College
2017: Huron Mountains, MI, Sample collection for collaborative research with Northland College
2017: Beartooth Mountains, MT, Sample collection and mapping for postdoctoral research
2014: Canadian Rockies, Outcrop documentation through GigaPans (http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/11498)
2013 and 2014: Ireland, Sample collection for dissertation research
2013: Fault mapping within glacial valleys of the Klamath Basin, OR
2011: Otter Point, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, Metamorphic mapping for the USGS
2011: Western Ireland, James Madison University Geology Field Camp
Outreach & Professional Talks:
2022: Temple University Geology Graduate Seminar invited speaker
2021: Rowan College of South Jersey - STEM Worldwide Classroom guest speaker
2019: Emory & Henry Lyceum - general audience talk about climate change impacts
2019: Invited guest speaker for the Geological Society of Washington in Washington D.C.
2018: Emory & Henry Lyceum - general audience talk about climate change
2017: Invited guest speaker to the University of Camerino, Italy
2017: University of Wisconsin - Madison's Geology Museum Family Day
2014: Guest speaker to the James Madison University Geology Field Camp in County Mayo, Ireland
2014: Member of the Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection, a GigaPan repository developed for geoscience lessons and outreach (http://gigapan.com/groups/100)
2010: Authored four Earth Science related articles for Earth Magazine designed for a broad audience interested in current scientific research
-Cryogenian Carbon Isotope Excursion - August 2010
-Saturn Growing New Moons - September 2010
-Pacific Circulation Changes Saved Earth from Another Ice Age - October 2010
-Bird Terrorized Ancient South America - November 2010
Courses Taught:
Rowan University
Tectonics & Structural Geology (GEOL01.340)
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy (GEOL01.320)
Glacial Geology (GEOL01.445)
Emory & Henry College
Climate: Past & Present (ESCI 350)
Physical Geology (ESCI 111)
Weather & Climate (ESCI 201)
Advisors:
Ph.D. - Peter U. Clark
Postdoctorate - Shaun A. Marcott
Updated June 2022
2020 - present: Assistant Professor, Rowan University
2019 - 2020: Project Geologist, Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals, & Energy
2019: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
2018 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Emory & Henry College
2016 - 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2014 - 2016: Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University
2012 - 2014: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University
2012: Teaching Assistant, George Mason University
2011 - 2012: Lab Technician, U.S. Geological Survey Radiocarbon Lab, Reston, VA
Education
2016: Ph.D., Geology, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Peter U. Clark,
Title: Geochemical and geostatistical analyses of Quaternary climate variability over millennial-to-orbital timescales
2012: B.S., Earth Sciences, concentration: Geology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
2009: A.S., General Studies, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA
Publications
- Barth, A. M., Ceperley, E. G., Vavrus, C., Marcott, S. A., Shakun, J. D., Caffee, M. W., 2022. 10Be age control of glaciation in the Beartooth Mountains, USA from the latest Pleistocene through the Holocene. Geochronology Discussions. doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2022-17
- Hawkins, D. W., Barth, A. M., Lassetter, W. L., 2022. Geologic Map of Earth MRI Placer Project Areas One and Two, Virginia. Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Open -file Report 2022-01, Plate 1.
- Hawkins, D. W., Barth, A. M., Lassetter, W. L., 2022. Geologic Map of Earth MRI Placer Project Areas Three and Four, Virginia. Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program, Open -file Report 2022-01, Plate 2.
- Ceperley, E. G., Marcott, S. A., Reusche, M. M., Barth, A. M., Mix, A. C., Brook, E. J., Caffee, M. W., 2019. Widespread early Holocene deglaciation, Washington Land, northwest Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106181
- Barth, A. M., Marcott, S. A., Licciardi, J. M., Shakun, J. D., 2019. Deglacial thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA from 36Cl exposure dating. Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018PA003477.
- Barth, A. M., Clark, P. U., Bill, N. S., He, F., Pisias, N. G., 2018. Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes transition. Climate of the Past, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-2071-2018.
- Reusche, M. M., Marcott, S. A., Ceperley, E. G., Barth, A. M., Brook, E. J., Mix, A. C., Caffee, M. W., 2018. Latest Pleistocene to Late Holocene surface exposure ages from two marine terminating outlet glaciers from northwest Greenland. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078266.
- Barth, A. M., Clark, P. U., Clark, J., Roe, G. H., Marcott, S. A., McCabe, A.M., Caffee, M., Cuzzone, J. K., He, F., Dunlop, P., 2018. Persistent millennial-scale glacier fluctuations in Ireland between 24 ka and 10 ka. Geology, doi:10.1130/G39796.1.
- Leydet, D., Carlson, A., Teller, J., Breckenridge, A., Barth, A. M., Ullman, D., Sinclair, G., Milne, G. Caffee, M., 2018. Eastward routing of glacial Lake Agassiz at the start of the Younger Dryas cold period. Geology, doi:10.1130/G39501.1.
- Balbas, A., Barth, A. M., Clark, P. U., Clark, J., Caffee, M., Baker, V. R., O’Conner, J. E., 2017. Cosmogenic nuclide chronology of Late Pleistocene Missoula Floods and Cordilleran Ice Sheet deglaciation. Geology, doi:10.1130/G38956.1
- Barth, A. M., Clark, P. U., Clark, J., McCabe, A. M., Caffee, M. W., 2016. Reply to comment received from J. C. Knight regarding "Last Glacial Maximum cirque glaciation in Ireland and implications for reconstructions of the Irish Ice Sheet" by Barth et al. (2016), Quaternary Science Reviews 141, 85-93. Quaternary Science Reviews, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.019
- Barth, A. M., Clark, Peter U., Clark, Jorie, McCabe, A. Marshall, Caffee, Marc, 2016. Last Glacial Maximum cirque glaciation in Ireland and implications for reconstructions of the Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.04.006.
Abstracts/Presentations
Barth, Aaron M., Marcott, Shaun A., Licciardi, Joseph M., Shakun, Jeremy D. (2018) Deglacial thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, revealed by 36Cl exposure dating, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Marcott, Shaun A., Horvath, Alex, Shaun, Jeremy D., Licciardi, Joseph M. (2017) Early deglacial thinning of the Laurentide ice sheet followed by rapid regional deglaciation, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Peter U., Clark, Jorie, Marcott, Shaun A., McCabe, A. Marshall, Caffee, Marc W., Cuzzone, Joshua K., Dunlop, Paul (2017) Persistent millennial-scale cirque-glacier fluctuations in Ireland between 24,000 and 10,000 years ago. PAGES Open Science Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Peter U., Bill, Nicholas S., He, Feng, Pisias, Nicklas G. (2017), Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition, PAGES Young Scientists Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Bill, Nicholas S., Clark, Peter U., Pisias, Nicklas G. (2015), Carbon isotopic excursions associated with the mid-Pleistocene Transition and the mid-Brunhes Transition, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Clark, Peter U., Barth, Aaron M., Pisias, Nicklas (2014), Climate Evolution Across the Mid-Brunhes Transition, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., Caffee, Marc (2014), Millennial-scale fluctuation in Ireland’s cirque glaciers during the last deglaciation, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., Caffee, Marc (2014), Millennial-scale fluctuation in Ireland’s cirque glaciers during the last deglaciation, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Bentley, Callan, Barth, Aaron M. (2014), Telling the Story of the Canadian Rockies via Google Earth and GigaPan, Geological Society of America (GSA) Fall Meeting Oral Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie (2014), Constraints on the Thickness of the Irish Ice Sheet and Implications for Paleoclimate from 10Be Dating of Irish Cirque Glacier Moraines, PALSEA 2014: Methodologies used to document palaeo sea level and ice-sheet extent and build sea level / ice sheet databases Poster Presentation.
Barth, Aaron M., Clark, Jorie, Clark, Peter U., McCabe, A. Marshall (2013), Surface exposure dates of cirque basin deglaciation along a western Ireland transect, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting Poster Presentation.
Field Experience
2019: Wind River Range, WY, Sample collection and site scouting for collaborative research with UW-M & Boston College
2017: Huron Mountains, MI, Sample collection for collaborative research with Northland College
2017: Beartooth Mountains, MT, Sample collection and mapping for postdoctoral research
2014: Canadian Rockies, Outcrop documentation through GigaPans (http://www.gigapan.com/galleries/11498)
2013 and 2014: Ireland, Sample collection for dissertation research
2013: Fault mapping within glacial valleys of the Klamath Basin, OR
2011: Otter Point, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, Metamorphic mapping for the USGS
2011: Western Ireland, James Madison University Geology Field Camp
Outreach & Professional Talks:
2022: Temple University Geology Graduate Seminar invited speaker
2021: Rowan College of South Jersey - STEM Worldwide Classroom guest speaker
2019: Emory & Henry Lyceum - general audience talk about climate change impacts
2019: Invited guest speaker for the Geological Society of Washington in Washington D.C.
2018: Emory & Henry Lyceum - general audience talk about climate change
2017: Invited guest speaker to the University of Camerino, Italy
2017: University of Wisconsin - Madison's Geology Museum Family Day
2014: Guest speaker to the James Madison University Geology Field Camp in County Mayo, Ireland
2014: Member of the Mid-Atlantic Geo-Image Collection, a GigaPan repository developed for geoscience lessons and outreach (http://gigapan.com/groups/100)
2010: Authored four Earth Science related articles for Earth Magazine designed for a broad audience interested in current scientific research
-Cryogenian Carbon Isotope Excursion - August 2010
-Saturn Growing New Moons - September 2010
-Pacific Circulation Changes Saved Earth from Another Ice Age - October 2010
-Bird Terrorized Ancient South America - November 2010
Courses Taught:
Rowan University
Tectonics & Structural Geology (GEOL01.340)
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy (GEOL01.320)
Glacial Geology (GEOL01.445)
Emory & Henry College
Climate: Past & Present (ESCI 350)
Physical Geology (ESCI 111)
Weather & Climate (ESCI 201)
Advisors:
Ph.D. - Peter U. Clark
Postdoctorate - Shaun A. Marcott
Updated June 2022