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Dr. Professor Dr. Stuart A. Harris

DSc. Geography; PhD., MSc., Hons BSc. Geology.

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Office: +1 (403) 220-7483

Awards

  • General Service medal with Canal Zone Clasp., British Army.. 1955
  • First Westmark Klondike Science award for achievemen in Science by a non-rsident Scientist conducting research in the Yukon Territory., Yukon Science Institute.. 1989
  • Nikolai Mihailovich Prjevalski Medal for my research on the relation of permafrost to climate along the Canadian Western Cordillera. , Russian Geographical Society.. 1996
  • Alberta Centennial Medal for my work for the preservation of Nose Hill Park in Calgary., Alberta Government.. 1996
  • Member, Editorial Board of "Earth Cryosphere" (Russian main permafrost Journal)., Russian Academy of Sciences.. 2006
  • Editorial Board, "Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions", the main Chinese permafrost Journal., Chinese Academy of Sciences.. 2008
  • The book "Geocryology" was judged to be one of the top three Earth Science Books published in North America in 2017., Association of North American Book Publishers.. 2019

Publications

  • The nature,causes,effects and mitigation of climatic change on the environment.. S. A. Harris. IntechOpen. 434 pages.. (2022)
  • Causes and mechanisms of global warming/climate change.. S. A. Harris. IntechOpen, Chapter 2.. 17-44.. (2022)
  • A note on canal and marsh Stratigraphy near Zubediya.. S. A. Harris & R. M. Adams.. Sumer, 13.. 157-163.. (1957)
  • Atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate change, and the survival of the Earth's biota.. S. A. Harris.. Journal of Juniper Horiculture and Arboriculture, 4(1).. 555626-555627.. (2023)
  • Comparison of recently proposed causes of climatic change.. S. A. Harris. Atmosphere, 10.. 1244-1260. (2021)
  • Permafrost and related landforms.. S. A. Harris.. Alderton, D. A. & Elias, S. Editors. Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd Edition, 6 Volumes, 5622p. Volume 5. Academic Press, United Kingdom.e 5a. . 385-411.. (2021)
  • We are headed towards another glaciation.. S. A. Harris.. YouTube Pod #172.. 2023. (2023)
  • Quaternary permafrost in China: Framework and discussions.. Jin, H. J., Vandenburghe, J., Luo, D., Harris, S. A., He, R., Chen, X., Wang, Q., Zhang, Z., Spector, V., Wu, Q. B., & WAng, S.. Quaternary, 3(4).. (2020)
  • Impacts of degrading permafrost on streamflow in the source area of the Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.. Ma, Q, Jin, H. J., Bense< V. F., Luo, D., Marchenko, S. S., Harris, S. A., & Lau, Y. C.. Advances in climatic change research,10(2019).. 225-239.. (2020)
  • The subdivision, dynamics, and history of the Late Wisconsin Cold Event in Northeast Asia and northern North America during the kast 75 ka B.P.. S. A. Harris.. Proc.18th Int, Conference of Cold Regions Engineerig & the 8th. Canadin Permafrost Conference, Quebec City, Canada, August 18-22nd, 2019. ASCE, Bidodean, J-T, Nadeau, D. F., Fortier, D. F., & Coniatori,D. Eds.s.. 570-578.. (2019)
  • The relationship of sea level to climate change in northeast Asia\and northern North America during the last 75 ka B.P.. S. A. Harris. AIMS Environmental Science, 6(1).. 14-40.. (2021)
  • Cryogenic earth hummocks in mineral substrates,. S.A.Harris.. EUCOP, Chamonix, Proceedings.. 817-818.. (2019)
  • Tesselons,topograhy, and glaciations on the Quihai-Tibet Plateau.. Harris, S. A., Jin, H. J.,He,\R. X. & Yang, S. Z.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions,10(3).. 187-206.. (2018)
  • Evolution of permafrost in China during the last 20 ka.. Science China Earth Sciences, 62(8).. 1-17.. (2018)
  • Geocryology. Characteristics and use of frozen ground and permafrost landforms.. Harris, S. A., Brouchkov, A. & Cheng G.. C.R.C. Pess. Boca Raton, Florida.. 765p.. (2017)
  • Probable effects of heat advection on the adjacent environment during oil production at Pridoe Bay, Alaska.. S. A. Harris.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 8(6).. 451-460.. (2016)
  • Identification, characteristics and classification of cryogenic block streans,. Harris, S. A.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 8(3).. 177-186.. (2016)
  • Evolution of permafrost in Northeast China since the Late Pleistocene.. Jin, H. J., Chang, X. L., Luo, D. L.,He,R. X., Lu, L. Z., Yang S. Z.,Guo, D. X., Chen, X. M. & Harris, S. A.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 8(4).. 269-296.. (2016)
  • Permafrost.. Harris, S. A.. Canadian Rncyclopedia, 2nd Edition.. (2016)
  • Numerical similation of formation and preservation of Ningwa ice cave, Shanxi, China .. Harris, S. A.. The Cryosphere Discuss, 9.. RC C935.. (2015)
  • Permafrost in mounntainous regions of Canada.. Gruber, S., Arenson, C., Geertsema, M., Bur, C.R., Harris, S. A., Smith, S., Bonnaventura, P. & Benkert, B,. GeoQuebec.. (2015)
  • Environmental and landuse changes in the Tibetan Plateau section of the Upper Yandtze River Basin during the last fifty years.. Harris, S. A.. Maloney, T. B. & Hutchins B. R, Eds.. Yangtze River: Geography, Pollution and Environmental Implications. Nova Publiahers, New York.. 35-64.. (2013)
  • Climatic change: Causual correlatios over the last 240 Ma.. S. A. Harris.. ciences i, 53.. 259-274.. (2013)
  • The role that distrophism and climate change have played in determining biodiversity in continental North America.. S. A. Harris.. Chapter 10 in Lameede G. A., EDitor. Biodiversity, Conservation and Urilization in a diverse world. InterchOpen.. 233-260.. (2012)
  • Tessellons and "sand wedges" on the Qinhai-Tibet Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental implications.. S. A. Harris & Jin, H.. Hinkel, K., Editor. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Permafrost, Salekhard, Russia. Volume I.. 147-153.. (2012)
  • The Three Gorges Dam: Asset or liability?. S. A. Harris.. Chapter 90. S, D. Brown, Editor. Enineering Earth: The impact of mega engineering projrcts. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Springer Science and Business Media.. 1569-1581.. (2011)
  • The Qinghai-Tibetan Railroad: Innovative construction on warm permafrost in a low-latiude, high-altitude region.. S. A. Harris.. Chapter 43. S. D. Brown, Editor. Engineering Earth: Inpacts of megaengineering ptjects. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Springer Science and Business Media.. 747-765.. (2011)
  • Global warming.. S. A. Harris, Editor.. Scija Oublications, Rijeka, Croatia.. 250p.. (2010)
  • Greeehouse gases and their importance to life,. Harris, S. A., Editor. Global Warming. Chapter II. Scyio.com. 15-22.. (2010)
  • Climatic change in Western North America during the last 15,000 years: The role of chandes in the relative stregths of air masses in producing the changing climates.. S. A. Harris.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 2(5).. 371-383.. (2010)
  • Evidence for increased stability of temperatures in areas of mountain permafrost in interior valleys and closed basins in wide cordilleras in NW North America.. S. A. Harris.. Cryospheric change and its influences. Program and bstracts, Kijiang, China, 12-14th August, 2010.. 52-54.. (2010)
  • Climatic change and permafrost stability inn the eastern Canadian Corddillera: The results of 33 years of measrements.. S. A. Harris.. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 1(5).. 381-403.. (2009)
  • Climatic change and permafrost stability in the Eastern Canadian Cordillera.. S. A. Harris.. Kane, D. L. % Hinkel, K. M. Editors. 9th International Conference on Permafrost. Extended Abstracts.. 93-94.. (2008)
  • iversity of vascular plant species in the Montane Boreal Forest of Western North America in response to climatic changes during the last 25 ka, fire and land use.. S. A. Harris.. Erdkunde, 62(1).. 57-73.. (2008)
  • The influence of below-cloud secondary effects on the stable isotope composition of hydrogen and oxygen in precipitation at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.. Peng, H., Mayer, B., Harris, S. A. & Ktouse, R. H.. Tellus, 59(4).. 698-704.. (2007)
  • Reaction of continental mountain climates to the postulated "global warming": Evidence from Alaska and the Yukon Territory.. S. A. Harris.. Earth Cryosphere, 11(3). Russian Acadeny of Science.. 78-84. [In Russian.]. (2007)
  • Biodiversity of thealpine vascular flora of the NW North American Cordillera: The evidence from Phyto-Geography.. S. A. Harris.. Erdkunde, 62 940.. 344-357.. (2007)
  • Comments on some fundamental concepts in Cryology.. S. A. Harris.. Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences, "Cryogenic resoursesof polar regions", Salekhard City, West Siberia. Volume 1.,. 44-47.. (2007)
  • Active block streams in the Chinese Tian han.. S. A. Harris, Cheng Guodong & C. Zhijiu.. Abstracts, Asian Conference on Permafrost, Lanzhou,China. 106.. (2006)
  • Thermal history of the Arctic Ocean environs adjacent to North America during the last 3.5 Ma and a possible mechanism for the cause of the cold eveents (Major glaciations and permafrost events).. S. A. Harris.. Progress in Physical Geography, 29(2).. 1-19. (2006)
  • Reaction of continetal mountain climates to the postulated "Global warming": Evidence from Alaska and the Yukon Territory.. S. A. Harris.. Russian Academy of Sciences Interational Conference, Proceedings Earth Cryosphere Assessment:Theory, Applications, and Prognosis of Alterations, Tyamenn, Russia. Volume1.. 49-54.. (2006)
  • A 10-year reord of stable isotope compositions of hydrogen and oxygen in precipitation at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.anada.. H. Peng, B. Mayer, S. A. Harris, & H. R. Krouse.. Tellus,56B.. 147-159.. (2004)
  • Evidence for multiple layers in the active layer in certain warm permafrost enmvironments (Canada).. S. A. Harris.. Earth Cryology, 9. (In Russian).. 3-12.. (2005)
  • New records of Cyperaceae and Juncaceae from the Yuko Territory.. S. A. Harris & P Ball.. The Canadian Field-Nturalist,\118.. 266-267.. (2004)
  • Source areas of North Cordillern endemic flora: Evidence from Sheep and Outpost Mountains, Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory.. S. A. Harris.. Erdkunde, 58.. 62-81.. (2004)
  • Global Heat Budget, Plate Tectonics, and Climatic Change.. S. A. Harris.. Geografiska Annaler, 84A.. 1-10.. (2002)
  • Biodiversity of the vascular timberline flora in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Koerner , C, and Spehn, E., Editors. Mountain Biodiversity: A global assessment. Parthenon Publishing group, Lancashire, U. K... 49-57.. (2002)
  • Causes and consequences of rapid thermokarst development in permafrost or glacial terrain.. S. A. Harris.. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 13.. 237-242.. (2001)
  • Slope processes: Mass transfers of coarse-grained materials and their morphology and sedimentalogical expression.. H. van Steijn, J. Boelhuwers, S. A. Harris, & B.Hetu. . Progress in Physical Geography, 26.. 551-575.. (2002)
  • Twenty years of data on climate-permafrost-active layer variations at the lower limit of alpine permafrost, Marmot Basin, Jasper National Park, Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Geografiska Annaler, 83A.. 1-13.. (2001)
  • Sequence of glaciations and permafrost events.. S. A. Harris.. Permafrost Response on Economic Deveopment, Environmental Security and Natural Resources. R. Paape & V. Melnikov, Editors. Kluwer Academic Publishers.. 227-252.. (2001)
  • Modelling permafrost distribution in the Canadian Rocky Mountains: A GIS-based approach.. C. G. Woodsma, J. F. N. Jensen, 7 S. A. Harris.. bIuletyn Peryglacjalny, 39.. 83-94.. (2000)
  • Conditions of formation of stratified screes, Slims River valley, Yukon Territory: A possible analogue witj some deposits from Belgium.. S. A. Harris & A. Prick.. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 25.. 463-481.. (2000)
  • Pliocene and Pleistocene glaciations and permafrost events proven to date in the Cordillera of western North America.. S. A. Harris.. Earth Cryology,4. [In Russian].. 24-43.. (2000)
  • Heat transfer processes at the limit of Alpine permfrost, Marmot Basin, Jasper National Park, Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, 38.. 73-93.. (1999)
  • Thermal regimes beneath coarse blocky materials.. S. A. Harris and D. E. Pedersen. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 9.. 107-120.. (1998)
  • Nonsorted circles on Plateau Mountain, S. W. Alberta, Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Proceedings, 7th International Permafrost Conference, Yellowknife. Collection Nordicana.. 441-448.. (1998)
  • La signification paleoclimatique des lithalsas (palsas minerales).. A. Pissart, S. A. Harris, A. Prick and B. Van Vleit-Lanoe.. biuletyn Peryglacjalny, 37.. 141-154.. (1998)
  • Effects of vegetation cover on soil heat flux in the southern Yukon Territory.. S. A. Harris.. Erdkunde, 52(4).. 265-285.. (1998)
  • Nature and dynamics of an active block stream, Kunlun Pass, Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China.. S. A. Harris, Cheng Guodong, Xinfeng Zhoa and Yongquin Ding.. Geografiska Annler, 80A(2).. 123-133.. (1998)
  • Origin of a louldery diamicton, Kunlun Pass, QInghai-Xiang Plateau, People's Republic of China: Gelifluction deposit or rock glacier.. Harris, S. A., Cui Zhijiu and Cheng Guodong.. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 23.. 943-952.. (1998)
  • Frequency of debris flows on the Sheep Mountain Fan, Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory.. S. A. Harris and G. McDermid.. Zetschrft fur Geomorphologie, N. F., 42.. 159-175.. (1997)
  • The periglacial environment of Plateau Mountain: An overview of current periglacial research... Polar Geography, 21.. 113-136.. (1997)
  • A relict of Late Quaternary permafrost on a former nunatak at Plateau Mountain, Alberta. [In Russian].. S. A. Harris.. Earth Cryosphere, 1(4).. 20-27.. (1997)
  • Relict Late Quaternary permafrost on a former nunatak at Plateau Mpountain, S. W. Alberta, Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Biuletyn Peryglacjalny 36.. 47-63.. (1997)
  • Relict Late Quaternary permafrost on a former nunatak at Plateau Mountain, S. W. Alberta, Canada. [In Polish].. S. A. Harris.. Biuletin Peryglacjalny, 36.. 65-72.. (1997)
  • Canada: Permafrost Map 2.1.. Harris, S. A.. National Atlas of Canada, 5th Edition. Review, Catrograpia, vol. 32(3).. 65.-66. (1996)
  • Lower mean annual ground temperature beneath a block stream in the Kunlun Pass, Qinghai Province, China.. S. A. Harris.. Proceedings, 5th Chinese Permafrost Conference, Lanzhou.. 227-237.. (1996)
  • Status report on Wood's Sagebrush, Artemisia rupestris ssp. woodii in Canada.. S. A. Harris.. Prepared for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Species in Canada.. 179.. (1996)
  • Climate-permafrost interaction between 18 ka and 8 ka B.P. in northwestern North America.. S. A. Harris.. Erdkunde, 50.. 133-138.. (1996)
  • Comparison of three methods of calculating air temperature from electronic measuurements.. S. A. Harris and J. Pedersen. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 39.. 203-210.. (1995)
  • Temperature conditions in permafrost areas of the mountains of southwestern Alberta and the Europeam Alps.. S. A. Harris.. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 39.. 211-235.. (1995)
  • Comparison of the water frainge from an active near-slope rock glacier and a glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory. S. A. Harris, W. K. Blumsrengel, D. Cook, H. R. Krouse, & G. Whitney.. Erdkunde, 48.. 81-91.. (1994)
  • Chronostratigraphy of glaciations and permafrost episodes in the Cordillera of Western North America.. S. A. Harris.. Progress in Physical Geography, 18.. 366-395.. (1994)
  • Climatic zonality of periglacial landforms in mountain areas.. S. A. Harris.. Arctic, 47.. 184-192.. (1994)
  • Mounyain Permafrost and climatic change.. W. Haeberli, Cheng Guodng. A. P. Gorbunov, and S. A. Harris.. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 4.. 165-174.. (1993)
  • Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes and the origin of the ice in peat plateaus: Reply.. S. A. Harris, N. M. Waters, and H. R. Ktouse.. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 4(3).. 269-275. (1993)
  • Status Report on Haplopappus macleanii.. S. A. Harris.. Contracr Report ti the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. . 34p.. (1993)
  • Permafrost in the mountain ranges of North America.. S. A. Harris and J, R. Giardino.. Permafrost, 6th International Conference on Permafrost, South China University of Technology Press, Wushan. Volume 2.. 1019-1021.. (1993)
  • A guide to the permafrodt and environmet of the Qinhai-Xizang Plateau.. Guo Donzin, Zhao Xinfeng, Wang Baolai, S. A. Harris, and Ding Yunqing.. 6th International Conference on Permafrost.. 56p.. (1993)
  • Status report on the Yello Aster, Aster yulonensis.. S. A. Harris.. Contract Report to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.. 31p.. (1992)
  • Status Report on the Narros-leaved Wallflower, Erysimum angustatum.. S. A. Harris.. Contract Report to the Committee on the Status of Endangred Wildlife in Canada.. 36p.. (1992)
  • Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes and the origin of the ice in peat plateaus.. S. A. Harris, I. H. Schmidt, and H. R. Krouse.. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 3(1).. 19-27.. (1992)
  • Climatic Zonality of periglacial lindforms in mountain areas.. Harris, S. A.. Arctic, 47(2).. 184-192.. (1992)