United States
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Kirsty Tinto

Position
Lamont Associate Research Professor
Affiliation
Columbia University
Department
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Research Interests
Research on the interactions between landscape, ocean and ice and the geological controls on cryospheric change. Using multi-instrument aerogeophysical surveys to constrain structures and boundary conditions of ice sheets and ice shelves, with a particular emphasis on aerogravity to map sub-ice shelf bathymetry.
Antarctic Research Location(s)
McMurdo Station
Other
Other Antarctic Research Location(s)
Off-continent based airborne campaigns over Antarctic margin.
Research Keywords
Ice-shelf, geology, aerogeophysics, gravity
NSF Antarctic Program
Antarctic Integrated System Science
Other NSF Antarctic Programs
Antarctic Earth Sciences
Antarctic Glaciology
Polar Cyberinfrastructure
SCAR Science Group Affiliation
Physical Sciences Group