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Education

2013Ph.D.GeophysicsUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
2007M.S.Geological SciencesUniversity of Colorado Boulder
2002A.B.Earth SciencesDartmouth College

Professional Positions

2022 – PresentAssociate Professor, Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho
2016 – 2022Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho
2015 – 2016Research Associate, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
2014 – 2015Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
2009 – 2013Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2007 – 2012Instructor, Alaska Wildlands Studies Summer Program, McCarthy, AK
2007 – 2008Senior Staff Geomorphologist, Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Berkeley, CA
2005 – 2007Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado – Boulder
2002 – 2005Staff Geologist, Aspect Consulting, LLC, Seattle, WA

Publications

2022

Mejía, J. Z., J. D. Gulley, C. Trunz, M. D. Covington, T. C. Bartholomaus, C. Breithaupt, S. Xie, and T. H. Dixon (2022), Moulin density controls the timing of peak pressurization within the Greenland Ice Sheet’s subglacial drainage system, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100058, doi: 10.1029/2022GL100058.

Carnahan, E., G. Catania, and T. C. Bartholomaus (2022), Observed mechanism for sustained glacier retreat and acceleration in response to ocean warming around Greenland, The Cryosphere, 16, 4305–4317, doi: 10.5194/tc-16-4305-2022.

Labedz, C. R., T. C. Bartholomaus, J. M. Amundson, F. Gimbert, M. S. Karplus, V. C. Tsai, and S. A. Veitch (2022), Seismic mapping of subglacial hydrology reveals previously undetected pressurization event, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(3), e2021JF006406, doi: 10.1029/2021JF006406.

2021

Aschwanden†, A., T. C. Bartholomaus†, D. J. Brinkerhoff†, and M. Truffer†, (2021), Brief communication: A roadmap towards credible projections of ice sheet contribution to sea level, The Cryosphere, 15(12), 5705-5715, doi: 10.5194/tc-15-5705-2021. † These authors contributed equally to this work.

Mejia, J. Z., J. D. Gulley, C. Trunz, M. D. Covington, T. C. Bartholomaus, S. Xie, and T. H. Dixon (2021), Isolated cavities dominate Greenland Ice Sheet dynamic response to lake drainage, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094762, doi: 10.1029/2021GL094762.

Veitch, S. A., M. Karplus, G. Kaip, L. F. Gonzalez, J. M. Amundson, and T. C. Bartholomaus (2021), Ice thickness estimates of Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska, from active-source seismic imaging, Journal of Glaciology, 1-9, doi: 10.1017/jog.2021.32.

Felikson, D., G. Catania, T. C. Bartholomaus, M. Morlighem, and B. P. Y. Noël (2021), Steep glacier bed knickpoints mitigate inland thinning in Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL090112, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090112.

2020

Enderlin, E. M., and T. C. Bartholomaus (2020), Sharp contrasts in observed and modeled crevasse patterns at Greenland’s marine terminating glaciers, The Cryosphere, 14, 4121–4133, doi: 10.5194/tc-14-4121-2020.

Amaral, T., T. C. Bartholomaus, and E. M. Enderlin (2020), Evaluation of iceberg calving models against observations from Greenland outlet glaciers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(6), doi: 10.1029/2019JF005444.

Hotaling, S., T. C. Bartholomaus, and S. L. Gilbert (2020), Rolling stones gather moss: movement and longevity of moss balls on an Alaskan glacierPolar Biology, 43, 735-744, doi: 10.1007/s00300-020-02675-6.

2019

Vore, M. E., T. C. Bartholomaus, J. P. Winberry, J. I. Walter, and J. M. Amundson (2019), Seismic tremor reveals spatial organization and temporal changes of subglacial water systemJournal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface124(2), 427-446, doi: 10.1029/2018JF004819.

2018

Krischer, L., Y. A. Aiman, T. Bartholomaus, S. Donner, M. van Driel, K. Duru, K. Garina, K. Gessele, T. Gunawan, S. Hable, C. Hadziioannou, M. Koymans, J. Leeman, F. Lindner, A. Ling, T. Megies, C. Nunn, A. Rijal, J. Salvermoser, S. T. Soza, C. Tape, T. Taufiqurrahman, D. Vargas, J. Wassermann, F. Wölfl, M. Williams, S. Wollherr, and H. Igel (2018), seismo‐live: An Educational Online Library of Jupyter Notebooks for Seismology, Seismological Research Letters, 89(6), 2413-2419, doi: 10.1785/0220180167.

Catania, G. A., L. A. Stearns, D. A. Sutherland, M. J. Fried, T. C. Bartholomaus, M. Morlighem, E. Shroyer, and J. Nash (2018), Geometric controls on tidewater glacier retreat in central western Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 123(8), 2024-2038, doi: 10.1029/ 2017JF004499.

Fried, M. J., G. A. Catania, L. A. Stearns, D. A. Sutherland, T. C. Bartholomaus, E. Shroyer, and J. Nash (2018), Reconciling drivers of seasonal terminus advance and retreat at 13 central west Greenland Tidewater Glaciers, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 123(7), 1590-1607, doi: 10.1029/2018JF004628.

Enderlin, E. M., S. O’Neel, T. C. Bartholomaus, and I. Joughin (2018), Evolving environmental and geometric controls on Columbia Glacier’s continued retreat, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 123(7), 1528-1545, doi: 10.1029/2017JF004541.

2017

Spagnolo, M., T. C. Bartholomaus, C. D. Clark, C. R. Stokes, N. Atkinson, J. A. Dowdeswell, J. C. Ely, A. G. C. Graham, K. A. Hogan, E. C. King, R. D. Larter, S. J. Livingstone, and H. D. Pritchard (2017), The periodic topography of ice stream beds: Insights from the Fourier spectra of mega-scale glacial lineationsJournal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface122, doi:10.1002/2016JF004154.

Jackson, R. H., E. L. Shroyer, J. D. Nash, D. A. Sutherland, D. Carroll, M. J. Fried, G. A. Catania, T. C. Bartholomaus, and L. A. Stearns (2017), Near-glacier surveying of a subglacial discharge plume: Implications for plume parameterizationsGeophysical Research Letters44, 6886–6894, doi:10.1002/2017GL073602.

Felikson, D., T. C. Bartholomaus, G. A. Catania, N. J. Korsgaard, K. H. Kjær, M. Morlighem, B. Noël, M. van den Broeke, L. A. Stearns, E. L. Shroyer, D. A. Sutherland, and J. D. Nash (2017), Inland thinning on the Greenland ice sheet controlled by outlet glacier geometry, Nature Geoscience, 10, 366-369, doi: 10.1038/NGEO2934.

Durkin, W. J., T. C. Bartholomaus, M. J. Willis, and M. E. Pritchard (2017), Dynamic changes at Yahtse Glacier, the most rapidly advancing tidewater glacier in Alaska, Frontiers in Earth Science – Cryospheric Sciences, 5(21), doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00021.

2016

Enderlin, E. M., G. S. Hamilton, S. O’Neel, T. C. Bartholomaus, M. Morlighem, and J. W. Holt (2016), An Empirical Approach for Estimating Stress-Coupling Lengths for Marine-Terminating Glaciers, Frontiers in Earth Science – Cryospheric Sciences, 4(104), doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00104.

Carroll, D., D. A. Sutherland, B. Hudson, T. Moon, G. A. Catania, E. L. Shroyer, J. D. Nash, T. C. Bartholomaus, D. Felikson, L. A. Stearns, B. P. Y. Noël, and M. R. van den Broeke (2016), The impact of glacier geometry on meltwater plume structure and submarine melt in Greenland fjords, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1017/aog.2016.19.

Bartholomaus, T. C., L. A. Stearns, D. A. Sutherland, E. L. Shroyer, J. D. Nash, R. Walker, G. Catania, D. Felikson, D. Carroll, M. J. Fried, B. Noël, and M. van den Broeke (2016), Contrasts in the response of adjacent fjords and glaciers to surface melt in western Greenland, Annals of Glaciology, 57(73), 25-38, doi:10.1017/aog.2016.19.

Gimbert, F., V. C. Tsai, J. M. Amundson, T. C. Bartholomaus, and J. I. Walter (2016), Sub-seasonal pressure, geometry and sediment transport changes observed in subglacial channels, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3786-3794, doi:10.1002/2016GL068337.

Brinkerhoff, D. J., C. R. Meyer, E. Bueler, M. Truffer, and T. C. Bartholomaus (2016), Inversion of a glacier hydrology model, Annals of Glaciology, 57(72), 84-95, doi:10.1017/aog.2016.3.

2015

Bartholomaus, T. C., C. F. Larsen, M. E. West, S. O’Neel, E. C. Pettit, and M. Truffer (2015),  Tidal and seasonal variations in calving flux observed with passive seismology, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 120, 2318–2337, doi:10.1002/2015JF003641.

Fried, M., G. A. Catania, T. C. Bartholomaus, D. Duncan, M. Davis, L. A. Stearns, J. Nash, E. Shroyer, and D. Sutherland (2015), Distributed subglacial discharge drives significant submarine melt at a Greenland tidewater glacier, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 9328–9336, doi:10.1002/2015GL065806.

Bartholomaus, T. C., J. M. Amundson, J. I. Walter, S. O’Neel, M. E. West, and C. F. Larsen (2015),  Subglacial discharge at tidewater glaciers revealed by seismic tremor, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 6391-6398, doi:10.1002/2015GL064590.

2014

A. Åström, D. Vallot, M. Schäfer, E. Z. Welty, S. O’Neel, T. C. Bartholomaus, Y. Liu, T.I. Riikilä, J. Timonen, T. Zwinger, and J.C. Moore (2014), Termini of calving glaciers as self-organised critical systems, Nature Geoscience, 7, 874-878, doi:10.1038/ngeo2290.

2013

Bartholomaus, T. C., C. F. Larsen, and S. O’Neel (2013), Does calving matter? Evidence for significant submarine melt, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 380, 21-30, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.014.

E. Welty, T. C. Bartholomaus, S. O’Neel, and W. T. Pfeffer (2013), Cameras as clocks, Journal of Glaciology, 59(214), 275-286, doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J126.

pre-2013

Bartholomaus, T. C., C. F. Larsen, S. O’Neel, and M.E. West (2012), Calving seismicity from iceberg-sea surface interactions, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 117, F04029, doi:10.1029/2012JF002513.

Bartholomaus, T. C., R. S. Anderson, and S. P. Anderson (2011), Growth and collapse of the distributed subglacial hydrologic system of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska, USA, and its effects on basal motion, Journal of Glaciology, 57(206), 985-1002, doi:10.3189/002214311798843269.

Bartholomaus, T. C., R. S. Anderson, and S. P. Anderson (2008), Response of glacier basal motion to transient water storage, Nature Geoscience, 1(1), 33-37, doi:10.1038/ngeo.2007.52.

Non-Refereed Publications

Bartholomaus, T.C. and J.N. Bassis (2014). Progress and challenges to understanding iceberg calving around the Greenland Ice Sheet. Variations (invited contribution to the quarterly newsletter of the U.S. CLIVAR program) 12(2), 40-45.

Bartholomaus, T.C., (2012). A glacier’s warm water bath. Global Glimpses (annual newsletter of the UAF Center for Global Change) 19(1), 6-8.

Bartholomaus, T.C., (2012). Kennicott Glacier: A laboratory for the study of pulsed water delivery to the glacier bed. Field guide for the Fairbanks-Valdez post-IGS symposium excursion, 30 June – 3 July.

Bartholomaus, T.C., (2010). Glaciology Wrangell Mountains Center-style. Hardware Store Herald (publication of the Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, AK), Winter 2010/11.

Bartholomaus, T.C., (2008). Midnight glacier hikes; “Backstory” to Bartholomaus et al., (2008). Nature Geoscience, 1(1), E1.