Jeremy Shakun
Jeremy is a paleoclimatologist interested in using the geologic record of past climate to inform our understanding of future climate change. He has been working with Paul Bierman and Lee Corbett since 2010 to reconstruct the stability of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets over the past several million years from downcore records of cosmogenic nuclides in marine sediments. They have more recently been reconstructing the 3-D collapse of the southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet by measuring 10Be dipsticks down New England mountainsides.
PhD disseration, Geology (Oregon State University, 2010)
Analyzing large paleoclimate datasets: Implications for past and future climate changeMS Thesis, Geology (Univeristy of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2006)
A high-resolution speleothem record of Indian Ocean climate over the last glacial terminationBA Thesis, Geology (Middlebury College, 2003)
Last Glacial Maximum equilibrium-line altitudes and paleoclimate, northeastern UtahUndergraduate Degree
Middlebury College, B.A. Geology, Summa Cum Laude, 2003Related Links
Jeremy's Boston College web pageEmail Address
jeremy.shakun@bc.eduCurrent Position and Contact Information (7/2018)
Associate ProfessorBoston College
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Devlin Hall 213
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Refereed Papers
Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Underwood, K., Rizzo, D. M., Zimmerman, S. R., Caffee, M. and Naish, T. (2018) Minimal East Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat onto land during the past 8 Myr. Nature. v. 558, p. 284-287. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0155-6(see press coverage)
Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J., Portenga, E., Rood, D, and Corbett, L. B. (2018). Directly dating post-glacial Greenlandic emergence at high resolution using in situ 10Be. Quaternary Research. Published online: 12 April 2018. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.6
Koester, A., Shakun, J., Bierman, P. R.R., Corbett, L. B., Davis, P.T., Braun, D. and Zimmerman, S. (2017) Rapid thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in coastal Maine, USA during late Heinrich Stadial 1. Quaternary Science Reviews. v. 163, p. 180-192. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.03.005
Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J., Rood, D, Corbett, L. B. and Zimmerman, S. (2016) Marine-sediment 10Be and 26Al records of a persistent and dynamic East Greenland Ice Sheet over the past 7.5 Myr. Nature. v. 540, p. 256–260. doi:10.1038/nature20147
(see press coverage)
(Vermont Public Radio interview)
(read Nature news report)
(read Todays Science report)
Nelson, A. H., Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J. D. and Rood, D. H. (2014) Using in situ cosmogenic 10Be to identify the source of sediment leaving Greenland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. v. 39, p. 1087-1100. doi:10.1002/esp.3565
Abstracts
Halsted, C. T., Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T., Goehring, B. M., Koester, A. J., and Caffee, M. W. (2019) Reconstructing the deglacial thinning history of the southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet using in-situ cosmogenic 10Be and 14C: a glacial dipstick approach. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. v. 51(5), Abstract 121-3. doi:10.1130/abs/2019AM-339553
Williamson, L., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J. D., and Rood, D. H. (2019) Rapid post-glacial emergence rates measured with 10Be match GPS-determined contemporary uplift rates in southeast Greenland. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. v. 51(5), Abstract 121-2. doi:10.1130/abs/2019AM-339223
Halsted, C. T., Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T., Koester, A. J., and Caffee, M. W. (2019) Determining the timing and rate of southeastern Laurentide ice sheet thinning using in-situ cosmogenic 10Be. GSA NE section meeting, Portland, ME. Abstract 13-4. doi:10.1130/abs/2019NE-327929
Fowler, B. K., Davis, P. T., Shakun, J. D., Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B., Mattison, P., and Mattison, R. (2019) A new cosmogenic exposure age for emplacement of New Hampshire's Madison boulder, reputedly the largest erratic in North America. GSA NE section meeting, Portland, ME. Abstract 13-5. doi:10.1130/abs/2019NE-327778
Bruan, D. D., Thompson, W. B., Davis, P. T., Shakun, J. D., Bierman, P. R., and Corbett, L. B. (2019) Correlation of the Eastern Maine Pineo Ridge system to moraines on Mount Desert Island through LiDAR imagery and 10Be Surface exposure ages. GSA NE section meeting, Portland, ME. Abstract 13-3. doi:10.1130/abs/2019NE-328006
Fowler, B. K., Davis, P. T., Shakun, J. D., Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B., Mattison, P., and Mattison, R. (2019) A new cosmogenic exposure age for emplacement of New Hampshire's Madison boulder, reputedly the largest erratic in North America. GSA Abstracts with Programs, SE section meeting, Charleston, SC. doi:10.1130/abs/2019NE-327778
Bierman, P., Corbett, L., and Shakun, J. (2018) Cosmogenic isotopes and the interpretation of Greenland’s long-term weathering history. MagellanPlus Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark. (download pdf)
Shakun, J., Halsted, C., Koester, A. J., Corbett, L. B., Goehring, B. M., Zimmerman, S. R. H., and Caffee, M. (2018) Constraining the timing and rate of southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet thinning during the last deglaciation with cosmogenic nuclide dipsticks. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. Abstract PP13C-1335. (download pdf)
Halsted, C. T., Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T., Caffee, M. W., and Koester, A. J. (2018) Determining the timing and rate of southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet thinning using in-situ 10Be dipsticks. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. v. 50(6), Abstract 92-6. doi:10.1130/abs/2018AM-324108
Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Wright, S. F., Shakun, J. D., Davis, P. T., Halsted, C. T., Goehring, B. M., Koester, A. J., Caffee, M. W., and Zimmerman, S. H. (2018) Multiple cosmogenic nuclides constrain Laurentide Ice Sheet history and process on Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak (invited presentation). GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. v. 50(6), Abstract 92-5. doi:10.1130/abs/2018AM-316174
Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Underwood, K., Rizzo, D. M., Zimmerman, S. R., Caffee, M., Naish, T. and Golledge, N. R. Hay (2018) Eight million years of polar ice sheet variations from cosmogenic nuclides in marine sediments. Goldschmidt Conference, Boston. (download pdf)
Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T., Shakun, J. D., Koester, A. J. and Halsted, C. (2018) Constraining glacial history and process on Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, with in situ cosmogenic 10Be. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Burlington, VT. v. 50(2), Abstract 26-4. doi:10.1130/abs/2018NE-310323
Halsted, C., Shakun, J., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P.T., Corbett, L. B. and Caffee, M. (2018) Measuring 10Be ages from top to bottom in Franconia Notch, NH to constrain Laurentide Ice Sheet history. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Burlington, VT. v. 50(2), Abstract 26-5. doi:10.1130/abs/2018NE-311291
Davis, P. T., Shakun, J. D., Bierman, P. R., Koester, A. J., Corbett, L. B. and Halsted, C. T. (2018) Boise Rock, not the glacial erratic that we thought, but rather part of the landslide history of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Burlington, VT. v. 50(2), Abstract 26-6. doi:10.1130/abs/2018NE-310785
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B. and Shakun, J. (2017) Implications for sea level change over thousands to millions of years – tracing Greenland ’s ice using cosmogenic nuclides. PALSEA final meeting, Cancun, Mexico. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Shakun., J. and Corbett, L. (2017) Deciphering the history and processes of Greenland’s Ice Sheet(s) over thousands to millions of years using cosmogenic nuclides. NSF Greenland Ice Sheet stability workshop, Buffalo NY. p. 46. (download pdf)
Bierman, P., Corbett, L., Shakun, J. and Schmidt, A. H. (2017) Counting atoms to place human impacts in a geologic context. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 92-1. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-306223
Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P. R., Neumann, T. A., Graly, J. G., Shakun, J. D., Marc, W., Caffee, M. W. and Dunai, T. (2017) Analysis of three cosmogenic isotopes in subglacial cobbles helps unravel Greenland’s exposure and erosion history. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 51-3. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-302307
Shakun, J., Corbett, L., Bierman, P. and Zimmerman, S. (2017) Pliocene Greenland ice sheet growth recorded by in situ 10Be decrease in multiple marine sediment. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 51-1. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-305299
Koester, A., Shakun, J., Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L., Davis, P. T., Goerhing, B., Vickers A. and Zimmerman, S. (2017) Rapid thinning of the Laurentide ice sheet at Mt. Washington, NH during the Bolling warming, constrained by analysis of cosmogenic 14C and 10Be. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. v. 49(6), Abstract 51-6. doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-306822
Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B. and Bierman, P. R. (2016) Eight million years of land-based Antarctic ice sheet stability recorded by in situ 10Be from the Andrill-1b core. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, ALbany, NY. v. 48(2), Abstract 15-10. doi:10.1130/abs/2016NE-272035
Koester, A. J., Shakun, J. D., Bierman, P. R., Davis, P. T. and Corbett, L. B. (2016) Rapid thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in coastal Maine, USA during late Heinrich Stadial 1. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract PP11E-06. (download pdf)
Shakun, J. D., Corbett, L. B. and Bierman, P. R. (2015) Eight million years of land-based Antarctic Ice Sheet stability recorded by in situ 10Be from the ANDRILL-1B core. EOS, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract PP11E-03. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Corbett, L. B., Shakun, J. and Rood, D. (2014) Cosmogenic Isotopic Tracing of Sediment Generated By the Greenland Ice Sheet. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP33C-3652. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R. and Shakun, J. (2013) In situ produced 10Be in marine sediment records 7 million years of Greenland ice sheet erosion in response to changing climate. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Boulder, CO. v. 45(7), p. 260, Abstract 101-6. (download pdf)
Bierman, P. R., Rood, D., Corbett, L. B., Nelson, A. and Shakun, J. (2013) Using 10Be in sediment to understand the long-term behavior of the Greenland Ice Sheet. European Geosciences Union. Abstract EGU2013-8159. (download pdf)
Nelson, A., Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J. and Rood, D. (2013) 10Be concentration in Greenland sediment indicates source and exposure history. GSA Abstracts with Programs, NE section meeting, Bretton Woods, NH. v. 45(1), p. 85, Abstract 33-5. (download pdf)
Shakun, J. and Bierman, P. R. (2013) A 7 Myr record of Greenland glaciation and erosion from in situ 10Be in marine sediments. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract C31C-08. (download pdf)
Nelson, A., Bierman, P. R., Shakun, J., Rood, D. (2012) 10Be concentration in sediments indicates exposure, erosion, and transportation along the Greenland Ice Sheet margin. EOS, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA. Abstract EP53C-1035. (download pdf)