School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

Dr Derek Fabel

Derek Fabel
  • Senior Lecturer (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)
  • Adviser of Studies (Science and Engineering College Academic & Student Administration)

telephone: 01413305473
email: Derek.Fabel@glasgow.ac.uk


In situ produced Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides (TCN) and their application to problems in Quaternary dating, geomorphology and glaciology.

Quantifying the effects of glaciers and ice sheets on landscape evolution.

Reconstructing the glacial history of the East Antarctic ice sheet.

Measurement of erosion rates with cosmogenic isotopes, to study long-term landscape evolution, soil development and transport, and the effects of neotectonics and climate change.

My work is largely interdisciplinary and includes collaboration with scientists in geomorphology, Quaternary geology, glaciology, nuclear physics and geochemistry.

Current research

Constraining the deglaciation history of Scotland.

Deciphering the glacial history of East Antarctica using nunataks as indicators of ice sheet dynamics.

Quantifying glacial erosion at glacier and ice sheet scales in Scandinavia and Canada using cosmogenic nuclide techniques.

Constraining the deglaciation history of the Fennoscandian, British and Cordilleran ice sheet.

Cosmogenic nuclide production rate systematics.

Biography

BSc. (Hons.) - University of Melbourne (1987)

PhD. - University of Melbourne (1996)

Postdoctral Research Associate - Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. (1997-1999)

Postdoctral Research Associate - University of Melbourne (1999 - 2001)

Research Fellow - Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University (2001 - 2005)

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Number of items: 23.

2012

Gheorghiu, D., Fabel, D. , Hansom, J. , and Xu, S. (2012) Lateglacial surface exposure dating in the Monadhliath Mountains, Central Highlands, Scotland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 41 . pp. 132-146. ISSN 0277-3791

Codilean, A.T., Fenton, C.R. , Fabel, D. , Bishop, P. , and Xu, S. (2012) Discordance between cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in amalgamated sands and individual fluvial pebbles in an arid zone catchment. Quaternary Geochronology . ISSN 1871-1014 (doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.007) (In Press)

Rinterknecht, V., Matoshko, A., Gorokhovich, Y., Fabel, D. , and Xu, S. (2012) Expression of the younger Dryas cold event in the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine? Quaternary Science Reviews, 39 . pp. 106-114. ISSN 0277-3791 (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.005)

2011

Finlayson, A., Golledge, N., Bradwell, T., and Fabel, D. (2011) Evolution of a Lateglacial mountain icecap in northern Scotland. Boreas, 40 (3). pp. 536-554. ISSN 0300-9483 (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00202.x)

Stroeven, A.P., Fabel, D. , Harbor, J.M., Fink, D., Caffee, M.W., and Dahlgren, T. (2011) Importance of sampling across an assemblage of glacial landforms for interpreting cosmogenic ages of deglaciation. Quaternary Research, 76 (1). pp. 148-156. ISSN 0033-5894 (doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2011.04.004)

Jansen, J.D., Fabel, D. , Bishop, P. , Xu, S. , Schnabel, C. , and Codilean, A.T. (2011) Does decreasing paraglacial sediment supply slow knickpoint retreat? Geology, 39 (6). pp. 543-546. ISSN 0091-7613 (doi:10.1130/G32018.1)

Kong, P., Na, C., Brown, R. , Fabel, D. , Freeman, S. , Xiao, W., and Wang, Y. (2011) Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al dating of paleolake shorelines in Tibet. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 41 (3). pp. 263-273. ISSN 1367-9120 (doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.02.016)

McCormack, D.C., Brocklehurst, S.H., Irving, D.H.B., and Fabel, D. (2011) Cosmogenic 10Be insights into the extent and chronology of the last deglaciation in Wester Ross, northwest Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26 (1). pp. 97-108. ISSN 0267-8179 (doi:10.1002/jqs.1437)

2010

Pino, M., Chrzanowski, W. , Fabel, D. , Baklar, M., Stingelin , N., and Tanner, K (2010) Apatite deposition on NaOH-treated PEEK and UHMWPE films for artificial sclera materials of cornea implant. Advanced Biomaterials, 12 (7). B234-B244. ISSN 1438-1656 (doi:10.1002/adem.200980088)

Fabel, D., Small, D., Miguens-Rodriguez, M. , and Freeman, S. (2010) Cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages from the 'Parallel Roads' of Glen Roy, Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25 (4). pp. 597-603. ISSN 0267-8179 (doi:10.1002/jqs.1318)

Ciampalini, A., Persano, C. , Fabel, D. , and Firpo, M. (2010) Burial dating of late Cenozoic deposits using in-situ produced cosmogenic nuclides. Il Quaternario, 23 (1). pp. 125-136.

Codilean, A.T., Bishop, P. , Hoey, T.B. , Stuart, F.M., and Fabel, D. (2010) Cosmogenic 21Ne analysis of individual detrital grains: opportunities and limitations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35 (1). p. 16. ISSN 0197-9337 (doi:10.1002/esp.1815)

Fulop, R., Naysmith, P. , Cook, G. , Fabel, D. , Xu, S. , and Bishop, P. (2010) Update on the performance of the SUERC in situ cosmogenic 14C extraction line. In: 20th International Radiocarbon Conference, 31 May - 5 Jun 2009, Hawaii.

Lilly, K., Fink, D., Fabel, D. , and Lambeck, K. (2010) Pleistocene dynamics of the interior East Antarctic ice sheet. Geology, 38 (8). p. 703. ISSN 0091-7613 (doi:10.1130/G31172x.1)

Möller, P., Larsen, N.K., Kjær, K.H., Funder, S., Schomacker, A., Linge, H., and Fabel, D. (2010) Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (25-26). pp. 3379-3398. ISSN 0277-3791 (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.044)

Stroeven, A.P., Fabel, D. , Codilean, A.T. , Kleman, J., Clague, J.J., Miguens-Rodriguez, M., and Xu, S. (2010) Investigating the glacial history of the northern sector of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet with cosmogenic 10Be concentrations in quartz. Quaternary Science Reviews . ISSN 0277-3791 (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.010)

Wagner, T., Fabel, D. , Fiebig, M., Häuselmann, P., Sahy, D., Xu, S., and Stüwe, K. (2010) Young uplift in the non-glaciated parts of the Eastern Alps. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295 (1-2). pp. 159-169. ISSN 0012-821X (doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.034)

2009

Fulop, R., Bishop, P. , Fabel, D. , Cook, G. , Schnabel, C. , Naysmith, P. , and Xu, S. (2009) Determining amounts and timing of soil erosion using in situ cosmogenic C-14 and Be-ao. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (13 (Su). A403. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.005)

Johnsen, T.F., Alexanderson, H., Fabel, D. , and Freeman, S. (2009) New 10Be cosmogenic ages from the Vimmerby moraine confirm the timing of Scandinavian ice sheet deglaciation in southern Sweden. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 91 (2). pp. 113-120. ISSN 0435-3676 (doi:10.1111/j.1468-0459.2009.00358.x)

Gardner, T., Webb, J., Pezzia, C., Amborn, T., Tunnell, R., Flanagan, S., Merritts, D., Marshall, J., Fabel, D. , and Cupper, M.L. (2009) Episodic intraplate deformation of stable continental margins: evidence from Late Neogene and Quaternary marine terraces, Cape Liptrap, Southeastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (1-2). pp. 39-53. ISSN 0277-3791 (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.004)

2008

Bradwell, T., Fabel, D. , Stoker, M., Mathers, H., McHargue, L. , and Howe, J. (2008) Ice caps existed throughout the Lateglacial Interstadial in northern Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23 (5). pp. 401-407. ISSN 0267-8179 (doi:10.1002/jqs.1181)

Li, Y., Fabel, D. , Stroeven, A.P., and Harbor, J. (2008) Unraveling complex exposure-burial histories of bedrock surfaces under ice sheets by integrating cosmogenic nuclide concentrations with climate proxy records. Geomorphology, 99 (1-4). pp. 139-149. ISSN 0169-555X (doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.010)

Codilean, A.T., Bishop, P. , Stuart, F.M. , Hoey, T.B. , Fabel, D. , and Freeman, S.P.H.T. (2008) Single-grain cosmogenic 21Ne concentrations in fluvial sediments reveal spatially variable erosion rates. Geology, 36 (2). pp. 159-162. ISSN 0091-7613 (doi:10.1130/G24360A.1)

This list was generated on Sat May 26 12:40:38 2012 BST.

Ballantyne, C. and Fabel, D. 2010-2011. Altitude and configuration of the last British-Irish ice sheet: testing the nunatak hypothesis using cosmogenic Be-10 exposure dating , £33,876 (NERC NE/H010831/1)

Fabel, D., Bishop, P., Jansen, J.D., Whitbread K. 2010. Postglacial bedrock river incision, £13k (NERC Cosmogenic Isotope Analysis Facility Allocation 9088.0410).

Rinterknecht, V., Matoshko, A. and Fabel, D. 2009. Termination II in Central Europe: ice sheet dynamics and climate variability. £12,000 (The Royal Society).

Stroeven, A., Fabel, D., and Clague, J. 2009-2011. Simulation of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet through a glacial cycle. SEK 2,295,000 (£176,420) (VR 2008-3449).

Golledge, N. and Fabel, D. 2008-2009. The Last Big Freeze £9898 (British Geological Survey).

Linge, H. and Fabel, D. 2007-2009. Glacial history of Norway and Greenland. £41,423 (Bjerknes Climate Centre and University of Bergen, Norway)

Stroeven, A., Fabel, D., Harbor, J., Kleman, J. and Lambeck, K. 2006-2009. Reconstructing the Cordilleran ice sheet with geomorphology, cosmogenic isotopes and ice sheet modelling: History of the least-understood and fastest responding ice sheet of the northern hemisphere. SEK 2,228,000 (£171,270) (VR 2005-4972). Co-Investigator John Clague (Simon Fraser University, Canada).

  • Miguel Castillo (PhD candidate)
  • Réka-Hajnalka Fülöp (PhD candidate)
  • Alessa Janine Geiger (PhD candidate)
  • Delia M. Gheorghiu (PhD candidate)
  • Hannah Mathers (PhD candidate)
  • Paula Sankelo (PhD candidate)
  • David Small (MSc candidate)
  • Katie Whitbread (PhD candidate)
  • Course Coordinator of Geography-2
  • Lecturer (Physical Geography) in Geography-2
  • Quaternary Environments (Level 3/4 honours option)
  • Glacial Environments (Level 3/4 honours option)