Elizabeth N. Orr
Geomorphology, Glacial geology, Geochronology, Tea drinker
​
Postdoctoral Researcher
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Institute for Geosciences, University of Potsdam
‘When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe’
John Muir (1838−1914)
**Please check out my new website: elizabethorr.co.uk **
This site will be decommissioned shortly.
NEWS/UPDATE (last updated 04/2020)
09/2019: New paper on Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Himalaya and Tibet . Well done Sourav Saha!
Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N., Caffee, M.W., 2019. High-frequency Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Himalaya and Tibet. Quaternary Science Reviews. 220, 372-400.
​
08/2019: Successful field campaign to the Toro Basin, NW Argentina. Great scientific discussions and company. Thanks are extended to Steffi Tofelde, Taylor Schildgen, Peter van der Beek and Yanina Rojo! Excited to begin processing samples for new project testing for orbitally-driven climate forcing in the Toro fan record.
​
10/2019: Elected Council Chair of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists. Looking forward to the 2019/2020 term!
​
11/2019: New paper on rockwall slope erosion in the NW Himalaya. Check it out!
Orr, E.N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S. and Caffee, M.W., 2019. Rates of rockwall slope erosion in the upper Bhagirathi catchment, Garhwal Himalaya. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4720
​
01/2020: New methods paper out-
Saha, S., Owen, L.A., Orr, E.N. and Caffee, M.W., 2020. A statistical and numerical modeling approach for spatiotemporal reconstruction of glaciations in the Central Asian mountains. MethodsX, 100820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100820
​
04/2020: New paper on fan surface abandonment in the commemorative GSA Special Paper for Stephen C. Porter.
Orr, E. N., Owen, L.A., Saha, S., Caffee, M. 2020. Climate-driven late Quaternary fan surface abandonment in the NW Himalaya. ‘Untangling the Quaternary Period: A Legacy of Stephen C. Porter’. GSA Special Paper, edit. Waitt, R., Thackray, G., Gillespie, A. https://doi.org/10.1130/2020.2548(04)
​
06/2019: Started postdoctoral scholar position with the IRTG-StRATEGy group at the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Potsdam and the Institute for Geosciences, University of Potsdam. Very excited to start work in Argentina this summer!
04/2019: Successful defense of my PhD work on 'Deciphering the tectonic and climatic controls on erosion and sediment transfer in the NW Himalaya'. Thank you to everyone involved!
03/2019: New paper accepted in ‘Ice-Age glaciers, water, and wind — Interdisciplinary Quaternary science round the world.’ GSA Special Paper in honor of Stephen C. Porter.
Orr, E.N., Owen, L. A., (in press). Climate-driven late Quaternary fan surface abandonment in the NW Himalaya. ‘Ice-Age glaciers, water, and wind — Interdisciplinary Quaternary science round the world.’ GSA Special Paper in honor of Stephen C. Porter, edit. Waitt, R., Thackray, G., Gillespie, A.
01/2019: Release of the State of Environmental Science for Svalbard (SESS) 2018 report.
Orr, E. N., Hansen, G., Lappalainen, H., Hübner, C., Lihavainen, H., (eds) 2019. ‘State of Environmental Science for Svalbard’, SESS report 2018, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System.
​
​