• Preface: the environmental mapping and analysis program (EnMAP) mission: preparing for its scientific exploitation 

  Foerster, Saskia; Carrère, Véronique; Rast, Michael; Staenz, Karl (MDPIArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyHelmholtz Center Potsdam GFZ German Research Center for GeosciencesUniversity of NantesESA-ESRINUniversity of Lethbridge, 2016)

  The imaging spectroscopy mission EnMAP aims to assess the state and evolution of terrestrialandaquaticecosystems,examinethemultifacetedimpactsofhumanactivities,andsupport a sustainable use of natural resources. Once in ...
• Celluloid Esther: the literary carnivalesque as transformed through the lens of the cinematic epic 

  McGeough, Kevin M. (De GruyterArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2017)

  The reception of Esther has often been fraught with attempts to make the book more palatable to the audience receiving it and to interpret the book in a manner more consistent with the values of that community. This is ...
• The roles of violence in recent Biblical cinema: The Passion, Noah, and Exodus: Gods and Kings 

  McGeough, Kevin M. (University of Nebraska at OmahaArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2016)

  When The Passion was released, its extremely graphic violence horrified critics and scholars of religion although its success at the box office indicates that this, if anything, made the story of Jesus more appealing for ...
• Pyramid codes, playacting and veiled Israelite histories: pre-critical Biblical interpretation and Victorian archaeology 

  McGeough, Kevin M. (Department of Theology and Religion, University of OtagoArts and SciencesDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2015)

  Biblical archaeology is often thought to have emerged as a positivist hybrid of Victorian Near Eastern studies and the new critical approach to biblical studies. When the results of this emerging field were applied to ...
• Greenland's shrinking ice cover: "fast times" but not that fast 

  Kargel, J.S.; Ahlstrom, A.P.; Alley, R.B.; Bamber, J.L.; Benham, T.J.; Box, J.E.; Chen, C.; Christoffersen, P.; Citterio, M.; Cogley, J.G.; Jiskoot, Hester; Leonard, G.J.; Morin, P.; Scambos, T.; Sheldon, T.; Willis, I. (Copernicus PublicationsArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of ArizonaGeological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of BristolUniversity of CambridgeOhio State UniversityTrent UniversityUniversity of LethbridgeUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of ColoradoScience Media Centre (London, England), 2012)

  A map of Greenland in the 13th edition (2011) of the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World made headlines because the publisher’s media release mistakenly stated that the permanent ice cover had shrunk 15% since the ...
• Statistical modelling of the snow depth distribution in open alpine terrain 

  Grunewald, T.; Stotter, J.; Pomeroy, J.W.; Dadic, R.; Banos, I.M.; Marturia, J.; Spross, M.; Hopkinson, Christopher; Burlando, P.; Lehnig, M. (Copernicus PublicationsArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyWSL Institute for Snow and Avalance Research SLFEcole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneUniversity of InnsbruckUniversity of SaskatchewanInstitute of Environmental EngineeringVictoria University of WellingtonInstitut Geologic de CatalunyaUniversity of Lethbridge, 2013)

  The spatial distribution of alpine snow covers is characterised by large variability. Taking this variability into account is important for many tasks including hydrology, glaciology, ecology or natural hazards. Statistical ...
• A succinct report on the Department of Geography Map Library 

  Jakunis, Frank J. (Arts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 1986)

  A brief summary describing the development and operation of the map library managed by the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge.
• Population ecology of vervet monkeys in a high latitude, semi-arid riparian woodland 

  Pasternak, Graham M.; Brown, Leslie R.; Kienzle, Stefan W.; Fuller, Andrea; Barrett, Louise; Henzi, Peter (South African National Parks, Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale ParkeArts and ScienceDepartment of PsychologyDepartment of GeographyUniversity of LethbridgeUniversity of South AfricaUniversity of the Witwatersrand, 2013)

  Narrow riparian woodlands along non-perennial streams have made it possible for vervet monkeys to penetrate the semi-arid karoo ecosystem of South Africa, whilst artificial water points have more recently allowed these ...
• Spatial variability mapping of crop residue using hyperion (EO-1) hyperspectral data 

  Bannari, Abderrazak; Staenz, Karl; Champagne, Catherine; Khurshi, K. Shahid (MDPI AGArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyArabian Gulf UniversityUniversity of LethbridgeAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaMeteorological Service of Canada, 2015)

  Soil management practices that maintain crop residue cover and reduce tillage improve soil structure, increase organic matter content in the soil, positively influence water infiltration, evaporation and soil temperature, ...
• Where's the risk? : Landscape epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasitism in Alberta beef cattle 

  Beck, Melissa A.; Colwell, Douglas D.; Goater, Cameron P.; Kienzle, Stefan W. (Biomed Central LtdArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological SciencesDepartment of GeographyUniversity of LethbridgeLethbridge Research Centre, 2015)

  Background: Gastrointenstinal nematodes (GIN) present a serious challenge to the health and productivity of grazing stock around the globe. However, the epidemiology of GIN transmission remains poorly understood in northern ...
• Impacts of forest fires and climate variability on the hydrology of an alpine medium sized catchment in the Canadian Rocky Mountains 

  Springer, Johanna; Ludwig, Ralf; Kienzle, Stefan W. (M D P I A GArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU)University of LethbridgeUniversity of South Africa, 2015)

  This study investigates the hydrology of Castle River in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Temperature and precipitation data are analyzed regarding a climate trend between 1960 and 2010 and a general warming is ...
• Slope estimation from ICESat/GLAS 

  Mahoney, Craig; Kljun, Natascha; Los, Sietse O.; Chasmer, Laura; Hacker, Jorg M.; Hopkinson, Christopher; North, Peter R. J.; Rosette, Jacqueline A. B.; van Gorsel, Eva (M D P I A GArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographySwansea UniversityLund UniversityUniversity of LethbridgeFlinders UniversityCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia), 2014)

  We present a novel technique to infer ground slope angle from waveform LiDAR, known as the independent slope method (ISM). The technique is applied to large footprint waveforms ( 60 m mean diameter) from the Ice, Cloud ...
• The livestock transition, peri-urban agricultural land use and urbanization in China 

  MacLachlan, Ian (Arts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2016-06-13)

  Rapid urbanization in China is embedded in a modernization process with profound implications for every aspect of its social development. Rising real incomes in urban areas have triggered a sea change in Chinese meat ...
• Magnetostratigraphy of late neogene glacial, interglacial, and preglacial sediments in the Saskatoon and Regina areas, Saskatchewan, Canada 

  Barendregt, René W.; Enkin, Randolph J.; Tessler, Dez L. (Institute of Geophysics of the ASCRArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyGeological Survey of CanadaUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-011-9019-3, 2012)

  Two new records of glacial stratigraphy obtained from borecores collected in southcentral Saskatchewan are compared to previously published records from Wellsch Valley and Swift Current Creek in southern Saskatchewan. ...
• Mineralogy and chemistry of late pliocene-early pleistocene palesols on Mount Kenya: weathering indices of relative age and paleoenvironmental reconstruction 

  Mahaney, W.C.; Hamilton, T.S.; Barendregt, René W.; Hancock, R.G.V.; Costa, P. (ElsevierArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyYork UniversityCamosun CollegeMcMaster UniversityUniversity of LisbonDundee UniversityUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.006, 2014)

  Iron and Al extracts as weathering indices in paleosols have been used in many localities to determine relative age, transformation of total chemical element concentrations to secondary forms, translocation of ...
• Provenance and deposition of glacial Lake Missoula lacustrine and flood sediments determined from rock magnetic properties 

  Hanson, Michelle A.; Enkin, Randolph J.; Barendregt, René W.; Clague, John J. (ElsevierArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographySaskatchewan Geological SurveyGeological Survey of CanadaUniversity of LethbridgeSimon Fraser Universityhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.09.005, 2015)

  Repeated outburst flooding from glacial LakeMissoula,Montana, affected large areas of Washington duringMarine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2 (29–14 ka).We present the first high-resolution rock magnetic results from two sites ...
• Pliocene and pleistocene volcanic interaction with cordilleran ice sheets, damming of the Yukon River and vertebrate palaeontology, Fort Selkirk volcanic group, west-central Yukon, Canada 

  Jackson, L.E.; Nelson, F.E.; Huscroft, C.A.; Villeneuve, M.; Barendregt, René W.; Storer, J.E.; Ward, B.C. (ElsevierArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyGeological Survey of CanadaUniversity of LethbridgeThompson Rivers UniversitySimon Fraser Universityhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2011.08.033, 2012)

  Neogene volcanism in the Fort Selkirk area began with eruptions in the Wolverine Creek basin ca. 4.3 Ma and persisted to ca. 3.0 Ma filling the ancestral Yukon River valley with at least 40 m of lava flows. Activity at ...
• Recent investigations of the 0-5 geomagnetic field recorded by lava flows 

  Johnson, Catherine L.; Constable, Catherine G.; Tauxe, Lisa; Barendregt, René W.; Brown, Laurie L.; Coe, Rob; Gans, Phil; Layer, Paul; Mejia, Vicky; Opdyke, Neil D.; Singer, Brad; Staudigel, Hubert; Stone, David (Arts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of British ColumbiaScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of CaliforniaUniversity of LethbridgeUniversity of MassachussettsUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of AlaskaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Wisconsin, 2015-06-12)

  We present a synthesis of paleomagnetic directional data collected from 873 lava flows at 17 different locations under the collaborative Time Averaged geomagnetic Field Initiative (TAFI). The data range from 05 Ma in ...
• An extensive late Cenozoic terrestrial record of multiple glaciations preserved in the Tintina Trench of west-central Yukon: stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, palesols, and pollen 

  Duk-Rodkin, Alejandra; Barendregt, René W.; White, James M (NRC Research PressArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of LethbridgeGeological Survey of Canada, 2010)

  The Tintina Trench in west-central Yukon is a late Miocene graben formed along the antecedent early Tertiary Tintina fault. Since its formation the trench has served as a sediment trap for alluvial and glacial deposits. ...
• Changing livestock geographies and global meat consumption: what are the implications 

  MacLachlan, Ian (University of LethbridgeArts and ScienceDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Lethbridge, 2014)

  Examines the local livestock industry and the effects of current global meat consumption trends on Canada’s economy

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