Publications

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Peer reviewed articles

2025

  1. Gowan, E.J., Tomita, T., Nishioka, D., Zhang, X., Sun, Y., Shi, X., Knorr, G., Krebs-Kanzow, U., Gierz, P., Lohmann, G. and Obase, T., 2025. Impact of topographic change on the East Asian monsoon in Japan and Eastern Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12(1), pp.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00681-4
  2. Hao, S., Zhang, X., Duan, Y., Gowan, E.J., Zhu, J., Cauquoin, A., Chen, J., Werner, M. and Chen, F., 2025. Model seasonal and proxy spatial biases revealed by assimilated mid-Holocene seasonal temperatures. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.03.039
  3. Rovere, A., Pappalardo, M., Richiano, S., Ryan, D.D., Rubio-Sandoval, K., Ruiz, P.M., Montes, A. and Gowan, E.J., 2025. Reconstructing past sea-level changes from storm-built beach ridges. Geomorphology, p.109659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109659

2024

  1. Rubio-Sandoval, K., Ryan, D.D., Richiano, S., Giachetti, L.M., Hollyday, A., Bright, J., Gowan, E.J., Pappalardo, M., Austermann, J., Kaufman, D.S. and Rovere, A., 2024. Quaternary and Pliocene sea-level changes at Camarones, central Patagonia, Argentina. Quaternary Science Reviews, 345, p.108999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108999
  2. Fuchs, M., Jones, M.C., Gowan, E.J., Frolking, S., Anthony, K.W., Grosse, G., Jones, B.M., O’Donnell, J.A., Brosius, L. and Treat, C., 2024. Methane flux from Beringian coastal wetlands for the past 20,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 344, p.108976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108976

2023

  1. Gowan, E.J., 2023. Paleo sea-level indicators and proxies from Greenland in the GAPSLIP database and comparison with modelled sea level from the PaleoMIST ice-sheet reconstruction. GEUS Bulletin, 53. https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v53.8355
  2. Gowan E.J., Hinck, S., Niu, L., Clason, C., and Lohmann, G., 2023. The impact of spatially varying ice sheet basal conditions on sliding at glacial time scales. Journal of Glaciology 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.125
  3. Malmierca-Vallet, I. Sime, L.C., and the D–O community members (includes E.J. Gowan) 2023. Dansgaard–Oeschger events in climate models: review and baseline Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3) protocol. Climate of the Past, 19(5), pp.915-942. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-915-2023

2022

  1. Gowan, E.J., Zhang, X., Khosravi, S., Rovere, A., Stocchi, P., Hughes, A.L., Gyllencreutz, R., Mangerud, J., Svendsen, J.I. and Lohmann, G., 2022. Reply to: Towards solving the missing ice problem and the importance of rigorous model data comparisons. Nature communications, 13(1), pp.1-5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33954-x
  2. Dalton, A.S., Gowan, E.J., Mangerud, J., Möller, P., Lunkka, J.P. and Astakhov, V., 2021. Last interglacial sea-level proxies in the glaciated Northern Hemisphere. Earth System Science Data, 14, pp.1447-1492. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1447-2022
  3. Hinck, S., Gowan, E.J., Zhang, X. and Lohmann, G., 2022. PISM-LakeCC: Implementing an adaptive proglacial lake boundary into an ice sheet model. The Cryosphere, 16, pp. 941–965. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-941-2022
  4. Dalton, A.S., Pico, T., Gowan, E.J., Clague, J.J., Forman, J.J., McMartin, I., Sarala, P., and Helmens, K.F., 2022. The marine δ18O record overestimates continental ice volume during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Global and Planetary Change, p.103814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103814
  5. Yang, H., Krebs-Kanzow, U., Kleiner, T., Sidorenko, D., Rodehacke, C.B., Shi, X., Gierz, P., Niu, L., Gowan, E.J., Hinck, S. and Liu, X., 2022. Impact of paleoclimate on present and future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet. PloS one, 17(1), p.e0259816. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259816

2021

  1. Gowan, E.J., Zhang, X., Khosravi, S., Rovere, A., Stocchi, P., Hughes, A.L., Gyllencreutz, R., Mangerud, J., Svendsen, J.I. and Lohmann, G., 2021. A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80 000 years. Nature communications, 12(1), pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21469-w
  2. Gowan, E.J., Rovere, A., Ryan, D.D., Richiano, S., Montes, A., Pappalardo, M. and Aguirre, M.L., 2021. Last interglacial (MIS 5e) sea-level proxies in southeastern South America. Earth System Science Data, 13(1), pp. 171-197. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-171-2021
  3. Hui, Z., Gowan, E.J., Hou, Z., Zhou, X., Ma, Y., Guo, Z. and Zhang, J., 2021. Intensified fire activity induced by aridification facilitated Late Miocene C4 plant expansion in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 573, p.110437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110437
  4. Niu, L., Lohmann, G., Gierz, P., Gowan, E.J. and Knorr, G., 2021. Coupled climate-ice sheet modelling of MIS-13 reveals a sensitive Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Global and Planetary Change, 200, p.103474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103474
  5. Wang, S., Gong, X., Qiao, F., Gowan, E.J., Streffing, J. and Lohmann, G., 2021. The impact of non-breaking surface waves in upper-ocean temperature simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum. Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), p.034008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe14e

2020

  1. Hinck, S., Gowan, E.J. and Lohmann, G., 2020. LakeCC: a tool for efficiently identifying lake basins with application to palaeogeographic reconstructions of North America. Journal of Quaternary Science, 35(3), pp.422-432. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3182
  2. Yang, H., Lohmann, G., Krebs‐Kanzow, U., Ionita, M., Shi, X., Sidorenko, D., Gong, X., Chen, X. and Gowan, E.J., 2020. Poleward shift of the major ocean gyres detected in a warming climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(5), p.e2019GL085868. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085868
  3. Yang, H., Lohmann, G., Lu, J., Gowan, E.J., Shi, X., Liu, J. and Wang, Q., 2020. Tropical expansion driven by poleward advancing mid‐latitude meridional temperature gradients. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, p.e2020JD033158. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033158
  4. Chen, F., Chen, S., Zhang, X., Chen, J., Wang, X., Gowan, E.J., Qiang, M., Dong, G., Wang, Z., Li, Y. and Xu, Q., 2020. Asian dust-storm activity dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP. Nature communications, 11(1), pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14765-4
  5. Liu, X., Sun, Y., Vandenberghe, J., Cheng, P., Zhang, X., Gowan, E.J., Lohmann, G. and An, Z., 2020. Centennial-to millennial-scale monsoon changes since the last deglaciation linked to solar activities and North Atlantic cooling. Climate of the Past, 16(1), pp.315-324. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-315-2020

2019

  1. Gowan, E.J., Niu, L., Knorr, G. and Lohmann, G., 2019. Geology datasets in North America, Greenland and surrounding areas for use with ice sheet models. Earth System Science Data, 11(1), pp.375-391. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-375-2019
  2. Niu, L., Lohmann, G., Hinck, S., Gowan, E.J. and Krebs-Kanzow, U., 2019. The sensitivity of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets to atmospheric forcing during the last glacial cycle using PMIP3 models. Journal of Glaciology, 65(252), pp.645-661. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.42
  3. Niu, L., Lohmann, G. and Gowan, E.J., 2019. Climate noise influences ice sheet mean state. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083717

2018

  1. Kirchner, N., van Dongen, E., Gowan, E.J., Pattyn, F., Noormets, R., Jakobsson, M. and Ingólfsson, Ó., 2018. GRANTSISM: An Excel™ ice sheet model for use in introductory Earth science courses. Journal of Geoscience Education, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2018.1412177

2016

  1. Gowan, E.J., Tregoning, P., Purcell, A., Lea, J., Fransner, O.J., Noormets, R. and Dowdeswell, J.A., 2016. ICESHEET 1.0: a program to produce paleo-ice sheet reconstructions with minimal assumptions. Geoscientific Model Development, 9(5), pp. 1673-1682. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1673-2016
  2. Gowan, E.J., Tregoning, P., Purcell, A., Montillet, J.-P., and McClusky, S., 2016. A model of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet, using observations of glacial isostatic adjustment. Quaternary Science Reviews, 139, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.003
  3. Kirchner, N., Ahlkrona, J., Gowan, E.J., Lötstedt, P., Lea, J.M., Noormets, R., von Sydow, L., Dowdeswell, J.A. and Benham, T., 2016. Shallow ice approximation, second order shallow ice approximation, and full Stokes models: A discussion of their roles in palaeo-ice sheet modelling and development. Quaternary Science Reviews, 135, pp.103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.032

2013

  1. Gowan, E.J., 2013. An assessment of the minimum timing of ice free conditions of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews 75, pp. 100–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.001

2009

  1. Gowan, E.J., Ferguson, I.J., Jones, A.G., Craven, J.A., 2009. Geoelectric structure of the northeastern Williston basin and underlying Precambrian lithosphere. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46, pp. 441–464. https://doi.org/10.1139/E09-028
  2. James, T., Gowan, E.J., Hutchinson, I., Clague, J.J., Barrie, J.V., Conway, K.W., 2009a. Sea-level change and paleogeographic reconstructions, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 28, 1200–1216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.12.022
  3. James, T.S., Gowan, E.J., Wada, I., Wang, K., 2009b. Viscosity of the asthenosphere from glacial isostatic adjustment and subduction dynamics at the northern Cascadia subduction zone, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 114. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB006077

2006

  1. Frederiksen, A.W., Ferguson, I.J., Eaton, D., Miong, S.K., Gowan, E.J., 2006. Mantle fabric at multiple scales across an Archean–Proterozoic boundary, Grenville Front, Canada. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 158, pp. 240–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.025

Theses

  • Gowan, E.J., 2014. Model of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet, North America. Ph.D. thesis. The Australian National University. Canberra, ACT, Australia. https://doi.org/10.25911/5d70f158a97f3
  • Gowan, E.J., 2007. Glacio-isostatic adjustment modelling of improved relative sea-level observations in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Master’s thesis. University of Victoria.
    Victoria, B.C., Canada. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/263
  • Gowan, E.J., 2005. Investigation of the electrical resistivity of the crust in southern Manitoba using the magnetotelluric method. Honours thesis. University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

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