J. Batbaatar  book icon
Publications

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Published / In Press (peer-reviewed):

  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., Koppes, M., Clark, D.H., Chadwick, O.A., Fink, D., Matmon, A., and Rupper, S., 2020. Glacier development in continental climate regions of central Asia, in Waitt, R.B., Thackray, G.D., and Gillespie, A.R., eds., Untangling the Quaternary Period: A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter: Geological Society of America Special Paper 548, p. 119-149. crossref | pdf | supplementary text | supplementary table

  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., Sletten, R.S., Mushkin, A., Amit, R., Trombotto Liaudat, D., Liu, L., and Petrie, G., 2020. Toward the detection of permafrost using land-surface temperature mapping. Remote Sensing 12, 695. crossref | pdf | supplementary 1 | supplementary 2

  • Mushkin, A., Gillespie, A.R., Abbott, E.A., Batbaatar, J., Hulley, G., Tan, H., Tratt, D.M., Buckland, K.N., 2020. Validation of ASTER emissivity retrieval using the Mako airborne TIR imaging spectrometer at the Algodones dune field in southern California, USA. Remote Sensing 12, 815. crossref | pdf

  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., Fink, D., Matmon, A., and Fujioka, T., 2018. Asynchronous glaciations in arid continental climate. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 182, p. 1-19. crossref | pdf | supplementary 1 | supplementary 2

  • Herget, J., Carling, P., Agatova, A., Batbaatar, J., Borodavko, P., Gillespie, A., Nepop, R., 2017. Comment on Gribenski, N. et al., 2016. Complex patterns of glacier advances during the late glacial in the Chagan Uzun Valley, Russian Altai. Quaternary Science Reviews 149, 288-305. crossref

  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., 2016. Outburst floods of the Maly Yenisei. Part I. International Geology Review, v. 58, no. 14, p. 1723-1752. crossref | pdf | supplementary

  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., 2016. Outburst floods of the Maly Yenisei. Part II - new age constraints from Darhad basin. International Geology Review, v. 58, no. 14, p. 1753-1779. crossref | pdf | supplementary text | supplementary KMZ file

  • Amit, R., Enzel, Y., Mushkin, A., Gillespie, A., Batbaatar, J., Crouvi, O., Vandenberghe, J., An, Z., 2013. Linking coarse silt production in Asian sand deserts and the accretion of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geology, v. 42 no 1, p. 23-26. crossref

  • Smith, M.R., Gillespie, A.R., Montgomery, D.R., and Batbaatar, J., 2009. Crater-fault dating: A new technique for dating fault zones on planetary surfaces. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 284, p. 151-156. crossref

In preparation / In review:

  • Batbaatar, J., Erdene-Ochir, B., Chamberlin, E.P., (in prep.) Degradation of moraines under different climate conditions on Earth and implications for moraines on Mars.

  • Batbaatar, J., (in prep). Staircase surfaces in glacial landscapes.


Conference abstracts:

  • Erdene-Ochir, B., Batbaatar, J., Chamberlin, E.P., 2021. Quantifying moraine degradation as a relative dating technique. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA, December 13–17 (abstract 971500).
  • Mushkin, A., Sletten, R.S., Trombotto, L.D., Batbaatar, J., Amit, R., Halevy, I., Morag, N., Gillespie, A.R., 2021. A terrestrial brine-seepage analog for Martian slope streaks near Salar de Pedernales in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 53, No. 6.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A., Sletten, R., Mushkin, A., 2019. Mapping the zero curtain duration. Temperature-Emissivity Separation Working Group, 50th US-Japanese ASTER Science Team Meeting, June 12, 2019, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A.R., Fink, D., Matmon, A., Lai, Z.P., Koppes, M., 2017. Relative equilibrium-line altitude as an indicator of glacier sensitivity to temperature and precipitation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 49, No. 6.
  • Gillespie, A.R., Batbaatar, J., Sletten, R.S., Trombotto, D., O'Neal, M., Hanson, B., Mushkin, A., Monitoring and mapping soil ice/water phase transitions in arid regions. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 49, No. 6.
  • Gillespie, A., Batbaatar, J., 2017. Satellite remote sensing of the water/ice phase transition in moist soil and permafrost. 48th ASTER Science Team Meeting, June 6, 2017, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Gillespie, A., Batbaatar, J., Sletten, R., Trombotto, D., O'Neal, M., Hanson, B., Mushkin, A., 2017. Monitoring and mapping soil ice/water phase transitions: the role of ASTER thermal imaging. 48th ASTER Science Team Meeting, June 7, 2017, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A., and Turzewski, M., 2016. Dynamics of the paleofloods on the Maly Yenisei river. Fifth International Paleoflood Conference, September 12-15, Rapid City, SD, USA.
  • Wiedmer, M., Gillespie, A., Turzewski, M., Greenberg, H., Batbaatar, J., 2016. Revisiting the Glacial Lake Atna megaflood, Alaska. Fifth International Paleoflood Conference, September 12-15, Rapid City, SD, USA.
  • Batbaatar, J., and Gillespie, A. R., 2015. Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 glaciations in continental climate-regions of Central Asia. XIX INQUA Congress, July 27-August 2, 2015, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Gillespie, A. R., and Batbaatar, J., 2014. Climatic mediation of moisture sources on the southern edge of Siberia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 798.
  • Gillespie, A. R., Ploskey, Z., Batbaatar, J., 2014. Pleistocene ELA depression along the Pacific coast of North America. American Quaternary Association 23rd Biennial Meeting. Seattle, WA, August 8-10.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A. R., 2013. Spatial pattern of equilibrium-line altitude in Central Asia. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 45 (7), Paper No. 101-9.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A. R., 2013. Equilibrium-line altitudes of glaciers in hyper-arid regions of Central Asia. UW Earth and Space Sciences Research Gala. Seattle, April 4-5.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, Alan R., 2012. Equilibrium-line altitudes in cold hyperarid settings. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, December 3-7 (abstract #C43E-06).
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, Alan R., Schrieber, B. Charlotte, 2012. Tectonics and Environment at the western end of the Baikal rift: Paleolake sediment record from Darhad Basin, northern Mongolia. GSA Cordilleran Seciotn: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 56.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A. R., 2010. ASTER reflectance and global DEM used to create map of glacial ELA depression in Central Asia. 37th ASTER Science Team Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Batbaatar, J., Feathers, J. K., and Gillespie A. R., 2009. IRSL feldspar dates for paleolake sediments from Darhad Basin, Mongolia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 382.
  • Gillespie, A. R., Batbaatar, J., Feathers J., K., 2008. First Direct Dating of MIS-2 Paleolake Sediments from Darhad Basin, Mongolia. GSA Joint Meeting, Geological Soceity of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 148.
  • Batbaatar, J., Gillespie, A. R., 2008. Glacial chronology on the southern margin of Siberia. The XIV Glaciological Symposium on Glaciology from International Geophysical Year to International Polar Year, Glaciological Association, Institute of Geography RAS and Institute of Geography of Siberian Branch of RAS, Irkutsk, 3-11 September.
  • Batbaatar, J., Batsukh, N., Aley, M., 2006. Possibility to build geothermal power plant in Shargaljuut, Mongolia. Proceedings of the 7th Asian Geothermal Symposium.

Invited talks & seminars:

  • Mount Holyoke College, Department of Geology colloquium, Dec 2021: Glacial landscapes from local, regional and planetary perspectives.
  • Mongolian University of Science and Technology, School of Geology and Mining, Seminar on hydrogeology, engineering geology and environmental geology, May 2021: Last ice age in Mongolia.
  • Rowan University, Department of Geology, Dec 2019: Understanding the past to predict the future: perspectives from glaciers and permafrost.
  • Western Washington University, Geology Department, Apr 2019: Glacier development in continental climate regions of central Asia.
  • Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Feb 2019: Glacier asynchrony in continental climate settings.
  • Humboldt State University, Geology Colloquium, Apr 2014: Local LGM in the hyperarid Gobi of Mongolia.
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Institute for Environmental Research, Aug 2012: Using cosmogenic 10Be to study the peculiar glaciers of Central Asia.
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences, Feb 2012: Use of in-situ 10Be for studying peculiar glaciers in Central Asia.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Sep 2011: Glaciers as climate recorders: How do we invert geological deposits into paleoclimate data?