John Menzies

Professor, Earth Sciences

Office: Mackenzie Chown D421
905 688 5550 x3865
jmenzies@brocku.ca

Books

  • Menzies, J., Meer, J.J.M., (Editors) 2018.  Past Glacial Environments (Second Edition).  Elsevier, p.859.
  • Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments . Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, U.K. 543 p.
  • Menzies, J. (ed.), 1996. Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques . Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, UK, 598 p.
  • Menzies, J. (ed.), 1995. Modern Glacial Environments: Processes, Dynamics and Sediments . Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, UK, 621 p.
  • Menzies, J. and Rose, J. (Eds.), 1987. Drumlin Symposium: Proceedings of the Drumlin Symposium, First International Conference on Geomorphology, Manchester, 1985. Balkema, Rotterdam & Boston, 360 p.

Refereed articles, Reports, Reviews, Conferences, Posters and Book Chapters (since 1995)

  • Reitner, J. M. and Menzies, J.: Till formation and subglacial deformation in a stratigraphic complex Late Pleistocene sequence (Einödgraben / Aurach, Kitzbühel Alps, Austria), EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-4566,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4566, 2024.

  • Menzies, J., Paulen, R.C., Reitner, J.M., Gao, C., Hodder, T., Ross, M., 2023. Subglacial tills: a process model based on microsedimentological clues. Journal of Sedimentary Research 93, 705-728. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.017

  • Menzies, J., Paulen, R.C., Rice, J.M., 2023. A time-transgressive model for microstructures in subglacial tills – Examples from beneath the Late Wisconsinan (MI 2) Laurentide Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.05.005
  • L. Zoet, D. D. Hansen, N. Morgan-Witts, J. Menzies, P. Sobol and N. Lord , 2023. An experimental baseline for ice-till strain indicators. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-007
  • Menzies J., (2023) A micromorphological perspective on the Neoproterozoic Smalfjord and Mortensnes Formation diamictites—Varangerfjord, Norway: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0019.
  • Menzies, J., 2023. Glacial microsedimentology—a new lens to investigate glacial sediments—a review. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60(4): 366-387.https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2022-0048
  • Menzies, J., (2022) Differentiation of diamictons (glacigenic – non-glacigenic) using microstructure abundancies and types. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 133(6): 603-615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2022.07.006
  • Menzies, J., and Ross, M. 2020. Glacial Processes and Landforms—Transport and Deposition. In Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. 21pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00027-4
  • Reitner, J. M., & Menzies, J., 2020. Microsedimentology of tills near Ainet, Austria – were palaeo-ice streams in the European Alps underlain by soft deforming bed zones? Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 113(1), 71-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17738/ajes.2020.0005
  • Rice, J., Menzies, J., Paulen, R.C., and McClenaghan, M.B. 2018.  Microsedimentological evidence of vertical fluctuations in subglacial stress from the northwest sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Northwest Territories, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:  363-379.  doi:  10.1139/cjes-2018-0201.
  • Menzies, J., and Reitner, J.M. 2019.  Microstructures, subglacial till deposition, and shear band development revealing up-section changes in shear-A study from Weissbach, Austria.  Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130(2):  196-209.  doi:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.11.001.
  • Menzies, J., 2018. Glacial Geomorphology, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, p. 16 pp.
  • Menzies, J., Meer, J.J.M., 2018.  Micromorphology and Microsedimentology of Glacial Sediments Chapter 21, in:  Menzies, J., Meer van der, J.J.M. (Ed.), Past Glacial Environments (Second Edition).  Elsevier, pp. 753-806.
  • Menzies, J., van der Meer, J.J.M., 2018. glacial Environments:  Themes and Issues, Chapter 22, in:  Menzies, J., Meer van der, J.M.M. (Eds.), Past Glacial Environments (Second Edition).  Elsevier, pp. 809-815.
  • Menzies, J., Meer van der, J.J.M., Shilts, W.W., 2018. Subglacial Processes and Sediments, Chapter 5 in :  Menzies, J., Meer van der, J.J.M. (Eds.), Past Glacial Environments (Second Edition).  Elsevier, PP. 105-158.
  • Buechi, M.W., Frank, S.M., Graf, H.R., Menzies, J., Anselmetti, F.S., 2017. Subglacial emplacement of tills and meltwater deposits at the base of overdeepened bedrock troughs. Sedimentology 64, 658–685.
  • Menzies, J., van der Meer, J.J.M.  & Ravier, E., 2016. A kinematic unifying theory of microstructures in subglacial tills. Sedimentary Geology. 344, 57-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.03.024.
  • Menzies, J. & Reitner, J. M. 2016: Microsedimentology ice stream tills from the Eastern Alps, Austria – a new perspective on till microstructures. Boreas, 45, 804-827: doi. 10.1111/bor.12189.
  • Buechi, M. W., Menzies, J., & Anselmetti, F.S. 2016.  Stratified basal diamicts and their implications for subglacial conditions in deeply incised bedrock troughs.  EGU General Assembly 2016, 17-22 April, 2016 Vienna Austria, p.7030.
  • Riley, S.C., Binder, T.R., Tucker, T.R., Menzies, J., Eyles, N., Janssen, J., Muir, A.M., Esselman, P.C., Wattrus, N.J., Krueger, C.C., 2016. Islands in the ice stream: were spawning habitats for native salmonids in the Great Lakes created by paleo-ice streams? Fish and Fisheries, doi: 10.1111/faf.12173.
  • Menzies, J., Hess, D., Rice, J.M., Wagner, K.G., Ravier, E. 2016. A case study in the New York Drumlin Field, an investigation using microsedimentology, resulting in the refinement of a theory of drumlin formation. Sedimentary Geology, 338, 84-96.  doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.01.017.
  • Hodder, T.J., Ross, M., Menzies, J., 2016. Sedimentary record of ice divide migration and ice streams in the Keewatin core region of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Sedimentary Geology. 338, 97-114. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.01.001.
  • Larson, G. J., Menzies, J., Lawson, D. E., Evenson, E. B. & Hopkins, N. R. 2015: Macro- and micro-sedimentology of a modern melt-out till – Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, USA. Boreas 45, 235-251. doi: 10.1111/bor.12149.
  • Menzies, J. & Ellwanger, D. 2015 Climate and paleo-environmental change within the Mannheim Formation near Heidelberg, Upper Rhine Valley, Germany: A case study based upon microsedimentological analyses. Quaternary International 386, 137-147.
  • Ravier, E., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Menzies, J., Guiraud, M., Portier, E.  2015 Clastic injection dynamics during ice front oscillations: A case example from Sólheimajökull (Iceland). Sedimentary Geology, 323, 92-109.
  • Ravier, E., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Menzies, J., Guiraud, M., Clerc, S., Portier, E., 2015. Does porewater or meltwater control tunnel valley genesis? Case studies from the Hirnantian of Morocco.  Conference: 3rdPlanetary Cryosphere Workshop, Nantes, 26-28th Jan, 2015.
  • Ellis, C.J., Keron, J.R., Menzies, J., S.G., M., Stewart, A., 2015. For Immediate Occupancy: Cosy 3000 Year Old Heritage Winter House with River View Near Lake Huron. Apply to Terminal Archaic Realty., In: Redmond, B.G.G., R.A. (Ed.), Building the Past: Studies of Prehistoric Wooden Post Architecture in the Ohio Valley-Great Lakes Region,. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL, pp. 29-62.
  • Jaeger, D. & Menzies, J., 2015 Micromorphology in unconsolidated landslide sediments – investigating mass movement deposits at a different scale. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-2916.
  • Ravier, E., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Menzies, J., Guiraud, M., Clerc, S., Portier, E., 2015. Does porewater or meltwater control tunnel valley genesis? Case studies from the Hirnantian of Morocco. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 418, 359-376.
  • Jäger, D. Menzies, J., Terhorst, B. 2014 Micromorphology in landslide sediments – a different approach for investigating mass movement deposits.  International Conference Analysis and Management of Changing Risks for Natural Hazards, 18‐19 November 2014 l Padua, Italy, AP17, 10pp.
  • Riley, S.C., Binder, T.R., Wattrus, N.J., Faust, M.D., Janssen, J., Menzies, J., Marsden, J.E., Ebener, M.P., Bronte, C.R., He, J.X., Tucker, T.R., Hansen, M.J., Thompson, H.T., Muir, A.M., Krueger, C.C., 2014. Lake trout in northern Lake Huron spawn on submerged drumlins. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40, 415-420.
  • Ravier, E., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Clerc, S., Guiraud, M., Menzies, J., Portier, E., 2014. Sedimentological and deformational criteria for discriminating subglaciofluvial deposits from subaqueous ice-contact fan deposits: A Pleistocene example (Ireland). Sedimentology 61, 1382-1410. doi: /10.1111/sed.12111.
  • Ravier, E., Buoncristiani, J.-F., Guiraud, M., Menzies, J., Clerc, S., Goupy, B., Portier, E., 2014. Porewater pressure control on subglacial soft sediment remobilization and tunnel valley formation: a case study from the Alnif Tunnel Valley (Morocco). Sedimentary Geology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.02.005.
  • Rice, J.M., Paulen, R.C., Menzies, J., McClenaghan, M.B., 2014. Micromorphological descriptions of till from pit K-62, Pine Point mining district, Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7526, 30 p    doi:10.4095/293478.
  • Menzies, J., Gao, C., & Kodors, C., 2013. Microstructural analyses of a Middle Pliocene till from the James Bay Lowlands, Canada—evidence of “potential” fast ice streaming. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 124(5), 790-801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2012.07.002
  • Menzies, J., 2013. Glacitectonics-Field Guide, E. Phillips, J.R. Lee, H.M. Evans (Eds.). Quaternary Research Association (2012), ISBN: 0907780830. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 124(6): 1022-1023.
  • Gao, C.; McAndrews, J.H.; Wang, X.; Menzies, J.; Turton, C.L.; Wood, B.D.; Pei, J.; and Kodors, C.  2013. Late Tertiary glacial and none-glacial deposits in the James Bay Lowland, Canada. CANQUA-CGRG 2013. Canadian Quaternary Association and Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Conference. August 2013. University of Alberta, Edmonton. Issue : Program and Abstracts. P. 103.
  • Rice, J.M.; Paulen, R.C.; Menzies, J.; and McClenaghan, M.B.  2013. Stratigraphic and micromorphologic analysis of the Quaternary sediment cover in the southern Great Slave Lake region, Northwest Territories: Implications for glacial history of the western sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. CANQUA-CGRG 2013. Canadian Quaternary Association and Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Conference. August 2013. University of Alberta, Edmonton. Issue : Program and Abstracts. P. 209.
  • Rice, J.M., Paulen, R.C., Menzies, J., McClenaghan, M.B and Oviatt, N.M. 2013.  Glacial stratigraphy of the Pine Point Pb-Zn mine site, Northwest Territories: Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2013-5, 14p. doi: 10.4095/292184
  • Menzies J. & Hess D.P. 2013. Depositional Features. In: John F. Shroder (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology, Vol. 8, pp. 127-140. San Diego: Academic Press.
  • Narloch, W., Piotrowski, J. A., Wysota, W., Larsen, N.K., Menzies, J. (2012) The signature of strain magnitude in tills associated with the Vistula Ice Stream of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet, central Poland, Quaternary Science Reviews 57, 105-120. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.022.
  • Menzies, J., 2012. The Micromorphology of the Mannheim Formation Sediments from the Heidelberg Basin Drilling Project – the elucidation of a Quaternary succession. Abstract.  Quaternary International 279–280, 323.
  • Menzies, J. & Ellwanger, D. 2012. Micromorphology of the Mannheim Formation taken from the UniNord Core, Heidelberg Basin Depocentre, Upper Rhine Graben. – LGRB-Informationen, v. 26: 87-106.
  • Linch, L. D., van der Meer, J. J. M., and Menzies, J., 2012, Micromorphology of iceberg scour in clays: Glacial Lake Agassiz, Manitoba, Canada: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 55, 125-144.  doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.008.
  • Gao, C., McAndrews, J.H., Wang, X., Menzies, J., Turton, C.L., Wood, B.D., Pei, J., Kodors, C., 2012. Glaciation of North America in the James Bay Lowland, Canada, 3.5 Ma. Geology  doi:10.1130/G33092.1.
  • Menzies, J., 2012 Strain pathways, till internal architecture and microstructures – perspectives on a general kinematic model – a ‘blueprint’ for till development. Quaternary Science Reviews 50:105-124.
  • Menzies, J., 2012. Jeremy P. Ingham, ,Geomaterials Under the Microscope: A Colour Guide (2011) Manson Publishing 978-1-84076-132-0 £50.00. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 123, 226-227.
  • Menzies, J. & Ellwanger, D. 2011. Insights into subglacial processes inferred from the micromorphological analyses of complex diamicton stratigraphy near Illmensee-Lichtenegg, Höchsten, Germany. Boreas, 40 (2), 271-288. doi.10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00194.x.ISSN 0300-9483.
  • Eyles, N., Eyles, C., Menzies, J. & Boyce, J. 2011. End Moraine construction by incremental till deposition below the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Southern Ontario, Canada. Boreas, Vol. 40, pp. 92-104. doi.10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00171.x.
  • van der Meer, J.J.M. and Menzies, J. (2011) The micromorphology of unconsolidated sediments. Sedimentary Geology, 238 (3-4), 213-232. doi.org/10.10.16/j.sedgeo.2011.04.013
  • Menzies, J. 2011. Glacial Geomorphology. In Gregory, K.J. & Goudie, A.S. (eds.) Handbook of Geomorphology, Chapter 22, 378-393.  SAGE Publications, London.
  • Mahaney W.C.; Kalm, V.; Menzies, J.; Milner, M.W. 2010. Reconstruction of the Early Mérida, pre-LGM glaciation with comparison to Late Glacial Maximum till, northwestern Venezuelan Andes. Sedimentary Geology, 226, 29-41.
  • Ellwanger, D. Gabriel, G., Hahne, J., Hoselmann, Ch., Menzies, J., Simon, Th., Weidenfeller, M., &  Wielandt-Schuster, U., 2010. The Heidelberg Basin Drilling Project – Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Quaternary succession Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vol. 12, EGU2010-6882.
  • Menzies, J., van der Meer, J.J.M., Domack, E., & Wellner, J.S. 2010. Micromorphology: as a tool in the detection, analyses and interpretation of (glacial) sediments and man-made materials Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 121, 281-292, doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.07.005.
  • Menzies, J. 2009. Glacial Geomorphology. In : Gornitz, V. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Springer, 361–374.
  • Menzies, J. 2009. Diamicton. In : Gornitz, V. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Springer, 278–279.
  • Menzies, J. & Whiteman, C. 2009. A comparative analyses of microstructures from Late Jurassic diamictic units, near Helmsdale, Northeast Scotland and a Pleistocene diamicton from near Milton, southern Ontario, Canada – a differential diagnostic method of sediment typing using micromorphology. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw, 88(1), 75–94.
  • Menzies, J. 2007. Glacial geology and landforms, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, vol. 8, 104-115.
  • Menzies, J. 2007. Glacial history, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, vol. 8, 115-123.
  • Larsen, N. K., Piotrowski, J. A. and Menzies, J. 2007. Microstructural evidence of low-strain, time-transgressive subglacial deformation. Journal of Quaternary Science 22, 593–608.
  • Menzies, J., and Brand, U. 2007. The internal sediment architecture of a drumlin, Port Byron, New York State, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 322–335.
  • Larsen, N.K., Piotrowski, J.A., Christoffersen, P. and Menzies, J., 2006. Formation and deformation of basal till during a glacier surge; Elisebreen, Svalbard. Geomorphology 81, 217–234.
  • Menzies, J., van der Meer, J.J.M. and Rose, J., 2006.  Till-as a glacial “tectomict”, its internal architecture, and the development of a “typing” method for till differentiation.  Geomorphology , 75 (1-2): 172–200.
  • Piotrowski, J.A., Larsen, N.K., Menzies, J. and Wysota, W., 2006. Formation of subglacial till under transient bed conditions: deposition, deformation, and basal decoupling under a Weichselian ice sheet lobe, central Poland.  Sedimentology, 53 (1): 83–106.
  • Menzies, J. 2004. Drumlins – streamlined terrain markers of glaciation, p. 72–75. In : Harrison, S. et al., (eds.), Patterned Ground, Reaktion Books, Routledge publishers U.K., 312 p.
  • Mahaney, W.C., Dirszowsky, R.W., Milner, M.W., Menzies, J., Stewart, A., Kalm, V. and Bezada, M., 2004. Quartz microtextures and microstructures owing to deformation of glaciolacustrine sediments in the northern Venezuelan Andes. Journal of Quaternary Science, 19(1), 23–33.
  • Menzies, J., 2003. Drumlins (#1) and Subglacial Geomorphology (#2) – invited contributions to the new Encyclopaedia of Geomorphology – A. Goudie (ed.) Publisher International Association of Geomorphologists with Routledge Press.
  • Menzies, J., 2003. Tills and Tillites invited contribution to the Encyclopaedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks. In: G. Middleton et al., (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 744–747.
  • Menzies, J. and Taylor, J.M., 2003. Seismically induced soft-sediment microstructures (seismites) from Meikleour, western Strathmore, Scotland. Boreas, 32, 314–327.
  • Menzies, J. and Zaniewski, K. , 2003. Microstructures within a modern debris flow deposit derived from Quaternary glacial diamicton – a comparative micromorphological study. Sedimentary Geology, 157, 31–48.
  • van der Meer, J.J.M., Menzies, J. and Rose, J., 2003. Subglacial till: the deforming glacier bed. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 1659–1685.
  • Menzies, J., 2002. Glacial environments – modern and past, p. 1–13. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J. (with contributions by Hughes, T.J.) 2002. Glaciers and ice sheets, p. 53–78. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments . Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 2002. Ice flow and hydrology, p. 79–130. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., and Shilts, W.W., 2002. Subglacial environments, p. 183–278. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Johnson, W.H., and Menzies, J., 2002. Supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms, p. 317–333. In: Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Rose, J., and Menzies, J., 2002. Glacial stratigraphy, p. 445–473. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 2002. Problems and perspectives, p. 475–481. In : Menzies, J. (ed.) 2002. Modern & Past Glacial Environments. Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 2002. The Pleistocene Legacy: Glaciation. In : Orme, A.R. (ed.) The Physical Geography of North America. Oxford University Press, Chapter 2, 36–54.
  • Menzies, J., 2001. The Quaternary sedimentology and stratigraphy of small, ice-proximal, subaqueous grounding-line moraines in the central Niagara Peninsula, southern Ontario. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, 55 (1), 75–86.
  • Menzies, J. , 2000. Micromorphological analyses of microfabrics and microstructures indicative of deformation processes in glacial sediments. In: Maltman, A.J. et al., (eds.) Deformation of Glacial Materials. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 176, 245–257.
  • Menzies, J. , 2000. Microstructures within diamictites of the Lower Gowganda Formation (Huronian), near Elliot Lake, Ontario. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 35, 210–216.
  • Hicock, S.R. and Menzies, J., 2000. Aleksis Dreimanis: a legacy in Quaternary Science. Quaternary Science Reviews, 19, 1665–1676.
  • Menzies, J. and van der Meer, J.J.M., 1998. Sedimentological and micromorphological examination of Late Devensian multiple diamicton sequence near Moneydie, Perthshire, east-central Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 34(1), 15–21.
  • Menzies, J. , and Taylor, E.M., 1998. Urban Geology of St. Catharines–Niagara Falls, Region Niagara. In : P.F. Karrow and O.L. White (eds.), Urban Geology of Canadian Cities. Geological Association of Canada, Special Paper 42, 287–321.
  • Menzies, J., Zaniewski, K., and Dreger, D., 1997. Evidence, from microstructures, of deformable bed conditions within drumlins, Chimney Bluffs, New York State. Sedimentary Geology, 111, 161–176.
  • Menzies, J., 1996. Past Glacial Environments, p. 1–14. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., and Shilts, W.W., 1996. Subglacial Environments, p. 15–136. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Johnson, W.H., and Menzies, J., 1996. Pleistocene supraglacial and ice-marginal deposits and landforms, p. 137–160. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Rose, J., and Menzies, J., 1996. Glacial stratigraphy, p. 253–284. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques . Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 1996. Problems and perspectives, p. 479–485. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Past Glacial Environments: Sediments, Forms and Techniques. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 1995. Glacial environments, p. 1–7. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Modern Glacial Environments: Processes, Dynamics and Sediments. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., 1995. Glaciers and ice sheets, p. 101–138. In: Menzies, J. (ed.), Modern Glacial Environments: Processes, Dynamics and Sediments. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., Oxford, U.K.
  • Menzies, J., Woodward, J., 1993. Preliminary study of subglacial diamicton microstructures as reflected in drumlin sediments at Chimney Bluffs, New York, In: Aber, J.S. (Ed.), Glaciotectonics and mapping glacial deposits. Proceedings of the INQUA Commission on Formation and Properties of Glacial Deposits, Volume 1. Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina, Regina, pp. 36-45.

Glacial Geology, Glacial Sedimentology, Microsedimentology / Micromorphology,  Drumlins, Till, Subglacial Environments, Glacial Gemorphology, Sedimentology, Glacial Micromorphology / Microsedimentology, Geomaterials

Career History

  • 2000–present: Professor of Earth Sciences and Geography, Brock University
  • 1997–2000: Chair of Geography, Brock University
  • 1995–2000: Adjunct Professor of Geology, Graduate Program, McMaster University
  • 1990–present: Professor of Geography, Brock University
  • 1984–1990: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Brock University
  • 1982–1984: Chair, Department of Geography, Brock University
  • 1977–1981: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Brock University
  • 1975–77: Higher Scientific Officer, Dept. of Soil Survey, Macaulay Institute of Soil Research, U.K .

Qualifications

  • Professional Geoscientist, Ontario (Association of Professional Geologists)
  • Ph.D. University of Edinburgh
  • B.Sc. University of Aberdeen

Activities

Internal Activities

  • Member of BUFA Grievance Committee

External Activities

International Committees and Editorial Boards

  • 1990 – Member of the Editorial Board of Quaternary Science Reviews
  • 1990 – Member of the Editorial Board of Sedimentary Geology
  • 1995 – Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Glacial Geology & Geomorphology (electronic journal)

Workshops (since 2000)

  • Co-Organised Technical Micromorphology Workshops in U. London (R. Holloway) (2000), Tübingen, Germany (2001), SUNY Oneonta (2001), U. London (QMC, 2005)
  • Micromorphology Technical Workshop – Inst. Geol. U. Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2001

Recent Invited Lectures

  • Invited Professor: Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge (June 2005)
  • Invited Professor: Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Aug. 2004)
  • Invited Visiting Professor: University of Siena, Italy (Aug. 2004)
  • Invited Guest Professor: University of Bern, Swizerland (Sept. 2003, 2005)
  • Invited Guest Professor: University of Leipzig, Germany (Aug. 2003)
  • Invited Guest Professor: University of Regensburg, Germany (Aug. 2003)
  • Invited Lecturer: Dept. of Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA (Dec. 2003)

Teaching

  • ERSC 1F01 Planet Earth
  • ERSC / Geog 2P05 Principles of Geomorphology
  • ERSC / Geog 3P24 Glacial Geology / Geomorphology
  • ERSC / Geog 4P24 Glacial Sedimentology

Research

Research into subglacial diamictons and landforms, non-glacial debris flows and other terrestrial and marine diamictons / diamictites.

Specific research interests and activities

  • Glacial sedimentology at Lichtenegg, Baden-Wurttemburg
  • Micromorphology of Antarctic marine diamictons
  • Structural geology of tills
  • The Science of GeoMaterials

Research student supervision (2000-2005)

  • Edouard Ravier (PhD U. Burgundy)
  • Daniel Jaeger (PhD U. Wurzberg)
  • Kaleb Wagner (M.Sc. Brock)
  • Jessey M. Rice (M.Sc. Brock)
  • Marius Buchi (PhD U Bern)
  • Holly Arnold (M.Sc., Brock)
  • Lorna Linch (PhD, Queen Mary, UK)
  • Christina Mandri (M.Sc., Brock)
  • John M. Taylor (M.Sc., Brock)
  • Mark Carpenter (M.Sc. – Wilfird Laurier)
  • Carole Theler (Diplom. EPFL Lausaanne, CH)
  • Nic Larsen (Ph.D. ,Aarhus. Denmark)