Bromley, G., Bunce, C., Hall, B., Putnam, A., McDermott, F., 2026. Deglaciation of the Burren glacio-karst, western Ireland, during Termination I: Implications for North Atlantic climate and karstification. Journal of Quaternary Science. PDF Supplementary Material:PDF
Hall, B.,L., Putnam, A.E., Lowell, T.V., Denton, G.H., Soteres, R.L., *Spoth, M.M., *Miles, M.M., *Thomas, S.G., Moreno, P.I., Schwartz, R., Schaefer, J.M., 2026. Rapid thinning of the Cordillera Darwin ice field at the onset of Termination I. Quaternary Science Reviews 373, 109754. PDF Hall, B., Lowell, T., Bromley, G., Putnam, A., Allen, K., 2025. Rapid deglaciation of eastern Maine, northeastern North America, during Heinrich Stadial 1. Quaternary Science Reviews 363, 109444. PDF
Shu, P., Zhou, W., Putnam, A.E., Li, B., Kang, S., Sha, Y., Kong, W., Shi, Z., Ming, G., Wang, H., Sun, Y., Wright, D.K., Liu, W., Liu X., Cheng, P., Song, Y., Niu, D., Dodson, J.R., Du, H., Zhao, J., Zhang, Z., Qiu, Y., An, Z., 2025. Intensified monsoonal rainstorm events over westerly-dominated Asian interior during the warm mid-Holocene. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 6, 72. PDF
*Strand, P.S., Putnam, A.E., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., 2024. Tracking rapid ice recession in a major Southern Alps valley during the last glacial termination. Quaternary Science Reviews 335, 108737. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Schaefer, J.M. 2023. A 10Be chronology of the Esmark Moraine and Lysefjorden region, southwestern Norway: Evidence for coeval glacier resurgence in both polar hemispheres during the Antarctic Cold Reversal. Quaternary Science Reviews 316, 108259. PDF
*Tirrell, A.J.., Putnam, A.E., Cianchette, M.I.J., Gill, J.L., 2023. Using photogrammetry to create virtual permanent plots in rare and threatened plant communities. Applications in Plant Sciences e11534. PDF
*Chesler, A., Winski, D., Kreutz, K., Koffman, B., Osterberg, E., Ferris, D., Thundercloud, Z., Mohan, J., Cole-Dai, J., Wells, M., Handley, M., Putnam, A., Anderson, K., *Harmon, N., in press. Non-spherical micro-article shape in Antarctica during the last glacial period affects dust-volume related metrics. In press at Climate of the Past. PDF
*Audet, A.C., Putnam, A.E., Russell, J.L., Lorrey, A., Mackintosh, A., Anderson, B., Denton, G.H., 2022. Correspondence among mid-latitude equilibrium line altitudes, atmospheric temperatures, and westerly wind fields. Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL099897. PDF
Denton, G.H., Toucanne, S., Putnam, A.E., Barrell, D.J.A., Russell, J.L., 2022. Heinrich Summers. Quaternary Science Reviews 295, 107750. PDF
Putnam, A.E., 2022. Sediment study finds the pulse of tropical glaciers. Nature 607, 241-243. PDF
*Strand, P.D, Putnam, A.E., Sambuu, Oyungerel, Putnam, David E., Denton, G.H., Schaefer, J.M., Radue, M.J., Dorj, A., Amarsaikhan, P., Stevens, J., Cole, D.G., 2022. A 10Be moraine chronology of the Last Glaciation and termination at 49°N in the Mongolian Altai of Central Asia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 37, e2022PA004423. PDF Denton, G.H., Putnam, A.E., Russell, J.L., Barrell, D.J.A., Schaefer, J.M., Kaplan, M.R., Strand, P.D.*, 2021. The Zealandia Switch: Ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines. Quaternary Science Reviews 257, 106771. PDF
Mayewski, P.A., Gajurel, A.P., Elvin, S., Athans, P., Dinley, T., Sherpa, P., Elmore, A.C., Ghimire, J., Perry, L.B., Matthews, T., Anker, C., Guilford, S.W., Hubbard, M.S., Putnam, A.E., Seimon, T.A., Seimon, A., Ghimire, S., Tait, A.M., 2020. Pushing Climate Change Science to the Roof of the World. One Earth 3, 556-560. PDF
Maurer, J.M., Schaefer, J.M., Russell, J.B., Rupper, S., Wangdi, N., Putnam, A.E., Young, N., 2020. Seismic observations, numerical modeling, and geomorphic analysis of a glacier lake outburst flood in the Himalayas. Science Advances 6, eaba3645. PDF
Hall, B.L., Lowell, T.V., Bromley, G.R.M., Denton, G.H., Putnam, A.E., 2019. Holocene glacier fluctuations on the northern flank of Cordillera Darwin, southernmost South America. Quaternary Science Reviews 222, 105904. PDF
Strand, P.D.*, Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Koffman, T.N.B., Schwartz, R., 2019. Millennial-scale pulsebeat of glaciation in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 220, 165-177. PDF
Barrell, D.J.A., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., 2019. Reply to comment received from J. Shulmeister et al. regarding "Reconciling the onset of deglaciation in the upper Rangitata Valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand" (Quaternary Science Reviews 203 (2019), 141-150.). Quaternary Science Reviews 219, 316-318. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Bromley, G.R.M., Rademaker, K., Schaefer, J.M., 2019. In situ 10Be production-rate calibration from a 14C-dated late-glacial moraine belt in Rannoch Moor, central Scottish Highlands. Quaternary Geochronology 50, 109-125. PDF
Barrell, D.J.A., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H, 2019. Reconciling the onset of deglaciation in the upper Rangitata valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 203, 141-150. PDF
Bromley, G.R.M., Putnam, A.E., Borns, H.W., Jr., Lowell, T.V., Sandford, T., Barrell, D.J.A., 2018. Interstadial Rise and Younger Dryas Demise of Scotland’s Last Ice Fields. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 33, 412-429. PDF
Hatchett, B.J., Boyle, D.P., Garner, C.B., Kaplan, M.L., Bassett, S.D., Putnam, A.E., 2018. Sensitivity of a western Great Basin terminal lake to winter northeast Pacific storm track activity and moisture transport, in: Starratt, S.W., Rosen, M.R. (Eds.), From Saline to Freshwater: The Diversity of Western Lakes in Space and Time. Geological Society of America. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Broecker, W.S., 2017. Human-induced changes in the distribution of rainfall. Science Advances 3, e1600871.PDF
Koffman, T.N.B., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Rowan, A.V., Finkel, R.C., Rood, D.H., Schwartz, R., Plummer, M.A., Brocklehurst, S.H., 2017. A beryllium-10 chronology of late-glacial moraines in the upper Rakaia valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand supports Southern-Hemisphere warming during the Younger Dryas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 170, 14-25. PDF
Hatchett, B.J., Daudert, B., Garner, C.B., Oakley, N.S., Putnam, A.E., White, A.B., 2017. Winter snow level rise in the northern Sierra Nevada from 2008 to 2017. Water 9, 899. PDF Hall, B.L., Denton, G.H., Lowell, T.V., Bromley, G.R.M., Putnam, A.E., 2017. Retreat of the Cordillera Darwin icefield during Termination I. Cuardernos de Investigacion Geografica43, DOI: http//doi.org/10.18172. PDF
Doughty, A.M., Mackintosh, A.N., Anderson, B.M., Dadic, R., Putnam, A.E., Barrell, D.J.A., Denton, G.H., Chinn, T.J.H., Schaefer, J.M., 2017. An exercise in glacier length modeling: Interannual climatic variability alone cannot explain Holocene glacier fluctuations in New Zealand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 470, 48-53. PDF
Hatchett, B.J.*, Boyle, D.P., Garner, C.B., Kaplan, M.L., Bassett, S.D., Putnam, A.E., 2016. Magnitude and frequency of wet years under a megadrought climate in the western Great Basin, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews. PDF
Bromley, G.R.M., Putnam, A.E., Lowell, T.V., Hall, B.L., Schaefer, J.M., 2016. Comment on ‘Was Scotland deglaciated during the Younger Dryas?’ by Small and Fabel (2016). In press at Quaternary Science Reviews. PDF
Solomina, O.N., Bradley, R.S., Jomelli, V., Geirsdottír, A., Kaufman, D.S., Koch, J., McKay, N.P., Masiokas, M., Miller, G., Nesje, A., Nicolussi, K., Owen, L.A., Putnam, A.E., Wanner, H., Wiles, G., Yang, B., 2016. Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews 149, 61-90. PDF Supplementary Material PDF
Bromley, G.R.M., Schaefer, J.M., Hall, B.L., Rademaker, K.M., Putnam, A.E., Todd, C.E., Hegland, M., Winckler, G., Jackson, M.S., Strand, P.D., 2016. A cosmogenic 10Be chronology for the local last glacial maximum and termination in the Cordillera Oriental, southern Peruvian Andes: Implications for the tropical role in global climate. Quaternary Science Reviews 148, 54-67. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Putnam, D.E., Andreu-Hayles, L., Cook, E.R., Palmer, J.D., Clark, E.H., Wang, C., Chen, F., Denton, G.H., Boyle, D.P., Bassett, S.D., Birkel, S.D., Martin-Fernandez, J., Hajdas, I., Southon, J, Garner, C.B., Cheng, H., and Broecker, W.S., 2016. Little Ice Age wetting of interior Asian deserts and the rise of the Mongol Empire. Quaternary Science Reviews 131, 33-50. PDF
Hatchett, B.J., Boyle, D. P., Putnam, A.E., Bassett, S.D., 2015. Placing the 2012-2015 California-Nevada drought into a paleoclimatic context. Geophysical Research Letters 42, 8632-8640. PDF
Broecker, W.S., Yu, J., Putnam, A.E., 2015.Two contributors to the glacial CO2 decline. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 429, 191-196. PDF
Moreno, P.I., Denton, G.H., Moreno, H., Kaplan, M.R., Putnam, A.E., 2015.Radiocarbon chronology of the last glacial maximum and its termination in northwestern Patagonia. Quaternary Science Reviews 122, 233-249. PDF
Krusic, P.J., Cook, E.R., Dukpa, D., Putnam, A.E., Rupper, S., Schaefer, J.S., 2015.Six hundred thirty-eight years of summer temperature variability over the Bhutanese Himalaya. Geophysical Research Letters 42, 2988-2994. PDF
Putnam, A.E., 2015.A glacial zephyr. Nature Geoscience 8, 175-176. PDF
Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Kaplan, M.R., Doughty, A., Kelley, S.E., Barrell, D.J.A., Finkel, R.C., Winckler, G., Anderson, R.F., Ninnemann, U.S., Barker, S., Schluechter, C., 2015.The Southern Glacial Maximum 65,000 years ago and its Unfinished Termination. Quaternary Science Reviews 114, 52-60.PDF
Doughty, A.M., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Kaplan, M.R., Barrell, D.J.A., Andersen, B.G., Kelley, S.E., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., 2015. Mismatch of glacier extent and summer insolation at Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. Geology 43, 407-410. PDF
Chiang, J.C.H., Lee, S.-Y., Putnam, A.E., Wang, X., 2014.South Pacific Split Jet, ITCZ shifts, and atmospheric North-South linkages during abrupt climate changes of the last glacial period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 406, 233-246. PDF
Kelley, S.E., Kaplan, M.R., Schaefer, J.M., Andersen, B.G., Barrell, D.J.A., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Schwartz, R., Finkel, R.C., Doughty, A.M., 2014. High-precision 10Be chronology of moraines in the Southern Alps indicates synchronous cooling in Antarctica and New Zealand 42,000 years ago. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 405, 194-206. PDF
Bromley, G.R.M., Putnam, A.E., Rademaker, K.M., Lowell, T.V., Schaefer, J.M., Hall, B.L., Winckler, G., Birkel, S.D., Borns, H.W., Jr., 2014.Younger Dryas Deglaciation of Scotland Driven by Warming Summers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 6215-6219. PDF
Schimmelpfenig, I., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Koffman, T., Benedetti, L., Ivy-Ochs, S., ASTER team, Schlüchter, C., 2014.36Cl production rate from K-spallation in the European Alps (Chironico landslide, Switzerland). Journal of Quaternary Science 29, 407-413. PDF Putnam, A.E., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Andersen, B.G., Koffman, T.N.B.K., Rowan, A.V., Finkel, R.C., Rood, D.H., Schwartz, R., Vandergoes, M.J., Plummer, M.A., Brocklehurst, S.H., Kelley, S.E., Ladig, K.L., 2013.Warming and glacier recession in the Rakaia valley, Southern Alps of New Zealand, during Heinrich Stadial 1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 382, 98-110. PDF
Broecker, W.S., Putnam, A.E.Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil-fuel CO2, 2013. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, 16710-16715. PDF
Kaplan, M.R., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Doughty, A.M., Barrell, D.J.A., Chinn, T.J.H., Putnam, A.E., Andersen, B.G., Mackintosh, A., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., Anderson, B., 2013.The anatomy of long-term warming since 15 ka in New Zealand based on net glacier snowline rise. Geology 41, 887-890. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Sean D. Birkel, Kaplan, M.R., Andersen, B.G., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., Doughty, A.M., 2013.The last glacial maximum at 44°S documented by a 10Be moraine chronology at Lake Ohau, Southern Alps of New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 62, 114-141. PDF
Doughty, A.M., Anderson, B.M., Mackintosh, A.N., Kaplan, M.R., Vandergoes, M.J., Chinn, T.J.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Denton, G.H., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., 2013.Evaluation of Lateglacial temperatures in the Southern Alps of New Zealand based on glacier modelling at Irishman Stream, Ben Ohau Range.Quaternary Science Reviews 74, 160-169. PDF
Ackert, R.P., Jr., Putnam, A.E., Mukhopadhyay, S., Pollard, D., DeConto, R.M., Kurz, M.D., Borns, H.W., Jr., 2013.Controls on interior West Antarctic Ice Sheet elevations:Inferences from geologic constraints and ice sheet modeling. Quaternary Science Reviews 65, 26-38. PDF
Broecker, W.S., Putnam, A.E., 2012.How did the hydrological cycle respond to the two-phase mystery interval? Quaternary Science Reviews 57, 17-25. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Andersen, B.G., Schwartz, R., Finkel, R.C., Doughty, A.M., 2012.Regional climate control of glaciers in New Zealand and Europe during the pre-industrial Holocene. Nature Geoscience 5, 627-630. Article - PDF Supplementary Information - PDF
Schimmelpfennig, I., Schaefer, J.M., Goehring, B.M., Lifton, N., Putnam, A.E., Barrell, D.J.A., 2012.Calibration of the in situ cosmogenic 14C production rate in New Zealand’s Southern Alps.Journal of Quaternary Science 27, 671-674. PDF
Birkel, S.D., Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Koons, P.O., Fastook, J.L., Putnam, D.E., and Maasch, K.A., 2012.Climate inferences from a Glaciological Reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene Wind River Ice Cap, Wind River Range, Wyoming. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44, 265-276. PDF
Barker, S., Knorr, G., Edwards, R.L., Parrenin, F., Putnam, A.E., Skinner, L., Wolff, E., Ziegler, M., 2011.800,000 years of abrupt climate variability. Science 334, 347-351. PDF
Ackert, R.P., Jr., Mukhopadyay, S., Pollard, D., DeConto, R.M., Putnam, A.E., Borns, H.W., Jr., 2011.West Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevations in the Ohio Range: Geologic constraints and ice sheet modeling prior to the last highstand. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, 83-93. PDF
Kaplan, M.R., Strelin, J.A., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., Putnam, A.E., Vandergoes, M.J., Goehring, B.M., Travis, S.G., 2011.In-situ cosmogenic 10Be production rate at Lago Argentino, Patagonia: Implications for late-glacial climate chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 309, 21-32. PDF
Strelin, J.A., Denton, G.H., Vandergoes, M.J., Ninnemann, U.S., Putnam, A.E., 2011. Radiocarbon chronology of the late-glacial Puerto Bandera moraines, southern Patagonian Icefield, Argentina.Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 19-20. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Denton, G.H., Schaefer, J.M., Barrell, D.J.A., Andersen, B.G., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., Doughty, A.M., Kaplan, M.R., Schlüchter, C., 2010.Glacier advance in southern middle-latitudes during the Antarctic Cold Reversal. Nature Geoscience 3, 700-704. Article - PDF Supplementary Information - PDF
(Featured in “NEWS AND VIEWS” by D. Hodgson and L. Sime entitled: Southern westerlies and CO2, in the same issue of Nature Geoscience)
Kaplan, M.R., Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Barrell, D.J.A., Chinn, T.J.H., Putnam, A.E., Andersen, B.G., Finkel, R.C., Schwartz, R., Doughty, A.M., 2010.Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas Stadial. Nature 467, 194-197.PDF
(Featured in “NEWS AND VIEWS” by M. Kirkbride entitled: A glacial test of timing in the same issue of Nature)
Denton, G.H., Anderson, R.F., Toggweiler, J.R., Edwards, R.L., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., 2010.The last glacial termination. Science 328, 1652-1656. PDF
Putnam, A.E., Schaefer, J.M., Vandergoes, M., Barrell, D.J.A., Denton, G.H., Kaplan, M.R., Schwartz, R., Finkel, R.C., Goehring, B.M., and Kelley, S.E., 2010.In situ cosmogenic 10Be production rate from the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Quaternary Geochronology 5, 392-409.PDF
Broecker, W.S., Denton, G., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., and Putnam, A.E., 2010.Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context.Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 1078-1081. PDF
Siddall, M., Kaplan, MR., Schaefer, J.M., Putnam, A.E., Kelly, M.A., and Goehring, B., 2010.Changing influence of Antarctic and Greenland temperature records on sea-level over the last glacial cycle.Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 410-423. PDF
Putnam, A.E., and Putnam, D.E., 2009.Inactive and relict rock glaciers of the Deboullie Lakes Ecological Reserve, northern Maine, USA.Journal of Quaternary Science 4, 773-784. PDF
Schaefer, J.M., Denton, G.H., Kaplan, M.R., Putnam, A.E., Finkel, R.C., Barrell, D.J.A., Andersen, B.G., Schwartz, R., Mackintosh, A., Chinn, T., and Schlüchter, C., 2009.High-frequency Holocene glacier fluctuations in New Zealand differ from the northern signature.Science 324, 622-625.PDF
(Featured in “PERSPECTIVE” by Balco entitled: The geographic footprint of glacier change, in the same issue of Science)