Publications

Carrivick, J. L., Boston, C. M., Sutherland, J. L., Pearce, D., Armstrong, H., Bjørk, A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Abermann, J., Oien, R. P., Grimes, M., James, W. H. M., & Smith, M. W. (2023). Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10). doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103950

Oien, R. P., Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., Bingham, R. G., Rea, B. R., & Jansen, J. (2022). Controls on the altitude of Scandinavian cirques: What do they tell us about palaeoclimate? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 111062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111062

Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B. R., Bingham, R. G., Oien, R. P., Adamson, K., Ely, J. C., Mullan, D. J., Pellitero, R., & Tomkins, M. D. (2022). 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains. Nature Communications, 13(1), 5526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z

Oien, R. P., Rea, B. R., Spagnolo, M., Barr, I. D., & Bingham, R. G. (2022). Testing the area-altitude balance ratio (AABR) and accumulation-area ratio (AAR) methods of calculating glacier equilibrium-line altitudes. Journal of Glaciology, 68(268), 357–368. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.100

KurjaŃski, B., Rea, B. R., Spagnolo, M., Cornwell, D. G., Howell, J., Comte, J. C., GonzÁlez QuirÓs, A., Palmu, J. P., Oien, R. P., & Gibbard, P. L. (2021). Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice-contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselkä, Finland). Sedimentology, 68(7), 3057–3101. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12884

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B. R., Barr, I. D., & Bingham, R. G. (2020). Climatic controls on the equilibrium-line altitudes of Scandinavian cirque glaciers. Geomorphology, 352, 106986. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GEOMORPH.2019.106986

Grimley, D.A., J.J. Wang, and R.P. Oien. (2016). Surficial Geology of Mahomet Quadrangle, Champaign and Piatt Counties, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, USGS-STATEMAP contract report, 2 sheets, 1:24,000, report, 13 p.

Posters, Presentations, and other Publications 

Oien, R. P., Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., and Rea, B. (July 2023). The development of low-lying coastal cirques during the transitional phase of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet; International Quaternary Research Association (INQUA) 

Oien, R. P., Nowicki, S., Pearce, D., and Csatho, B. (April 18-22, 2023). The Little Ice Age Maxima, Greenland Ice Sheet Stability: Lessons from the past. Bergen, Norway

Oien, R. P., Nowicki, S., and Csatho, B. (May 23-27, 2022). The pre-industrial digital elevation model of the Greenland Ice Sheet from the 17th and 18th Centuries , European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria,  EGU22-10811, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10811

Oien, R. P. (March 10th, 2022). Analysing cirque Equilibrium-Line Altitudes as indicators of palaeoclimate;  Invited Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, USA

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Barr, I. D., Bingham, R. G., Jansen, J. (October, 2020). Analysing palaeo cirque glacier equilibrium line altitudes as indicators of palaeoclimate across Scandinavia; International Association for Geomorphology, GeoNor (Virtual) 

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Barr, I. D., Bingham, R. G., Jansen, J. (October, 2020). Analysing palaeo cirque glacier equilibrium line altitudes as indicators of palaeoclimate across Scandinavia; International Glaciology Society British Branch Meeting (Virtual)

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Barr, I. D., Bingham, R. G., Jansen, J. (May 4-8, 2020). Analysing palaeo cirque glacier equilibrium line altitudes as indicators of palaeoclimate across Scandinavia; European Geophysical Union General Assembly (Online);  https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-16981, 2020.

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Barr, I. D., and Bingham, R. G. (July 25-31, 2019). Comparison of equilibrium line altitudes calculated from glacier topography versus directly measured equilibrium line altitudes for glaciers in Scandinavia & worldwide; 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)    

Oien, R. P., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Bingham, R., and Barr, I., (April 9-14, 2018). Analysing climatic influence on modern cirque equilibrium-line altitude, southern Scandinavia; European Geophysical Union General Assembly; Bibcode: 2018EGUGA2018308O

Oien, R. P., Anders, A. M., and Long, A., (2014)  Improving the Laboratory Experience for Introductory Geology Students Using Active Learning and Evidence-Based Reform; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Bibcode: 2014AGUFMED21D3472O

Oien, Rachel. (October 13, 2014). Modeling the Holocene collapse of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet using a numerical model constrained by LiDAR mapping and cosmogenic exposure ages; Guest Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, USA

Oien, Rachel. (December 3-7, 2012).  Mapping Depth to Bedrock in a Tropical Pre-Montane Wet Forest & Thermoluminescence Dating of Volcanic Ash in Costa Rica; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

Oien, Rachel. (November 4-7, 2012). Mapping Depth of Bedrock in a Tropical Pre-Montane Wet Forest in Costa Rica; 

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting & Exposition. https://costaricareu.tamu.edu/media/1403/oien.pdf

Branecky, C., Chavez, N., Oien, R. P., Ruiz, J., Rawling III, J. Elmo, Hanson, P., Hart, D. (October 9-12, 2011). Geomorphology, OSL ages and volume estimates of a Nipissing beach ridge/dune complex near Kangaroo Lake, Door County Peninsula, WI; Geological Society of America National Meeting