Recent Publications

Recent Publications

REFEREED JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS

Gordon T, Demitroff M. 2008. Field trip: spungs, cripples, blue holes, and savannahs in the Pine Barrens of Atlantic and Cumberland Counties, NJ. Bartonia: Journal of the Philadelphia Botanical Club. (in press).

Demitroff M, Doolittle JA, Nelson FE. 2008. Use of ground-penetrating radar to characterize cryogenic macrostructures in southern New Jersey, USA. In Kane DL, Hinkel, KM (eds.). Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering. University of Alaska, Fairbanks. pp. 355-360.

Demitroff M, Rogov VV, French HM, Konishchev VN, Streletskiy DA, Lebedeva-Verba MP, Alekseeva VA. 2007. Possible evidence for episodes of Late-Pleistocene cryogenic weathering, southern New Jersey, eastern USA. In Russian Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, Vol. II: Cryogenic Resources of Polar Regions, Salekhard City, Polar Cycle, West Siberia, June 2007. pp. 139-141.

French HM, Demitroff M, Forman SL, Newell WL. 2007. A Chronology of Late-Pleistocene permafrost events in southern New Jersey, eastern USA. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 18: 49-59.

French HM, Demitroff, Forman SL. 2005. Evidence for Late–Pleistocene thermokarst in the New Jersey Pine Barrens (latitude 39ºN), eastern USA. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 16: 173—186.

French HM, Demitroff M, Forman SL. 2003. Evidence for Late–Pleistocene permafrost in the New Jersey Pine Barrens (latitude 39ºN). Eastern USA. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 14: 259—274.

French HM, Demitroff M. 2001. On the cold–climate origin of the enclosed depressions and wetlands [‘spungs’] of the Pine Barrens, southern New Jersey, USA. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 12: 337—350.

Levia DF, Demitroff M. (to be submitted, Forest Science) Bark water storage capacity among four co-occurring tree species in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey.

GUIDEBOOKS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOP REPORTS

LeCompte MA, Rock BN, Demitroff M, Reid M-A, Hughes D, Lucas L, Hayden L. 2008. End-Pleistocene soil constituents from selected sites on the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: First Results..(Abstract), American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco, CA. (in press).

Demitroff M, Nelson FE. 2008. The periglacial legacy of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, USA: geomorphic heritage as a land-use management tool. (Abstract). Tough Choices— Land Use Under a Changing Climate, German—US Conference, 2nd/3rd of October 2008, Berlin, a joint NSF/DFG conference. (in press).

Demitroff M. 2006. Cold, dry, and windy: the late-Pleistocene landscape of the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey (Field Trip). In Hellström R, Frankenstein S (eds.). Program and Abstracts, 63^rd Eastern Snow Conference, University of Delaware, Held Jointly with the Cryosphere Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 7-9 June 2006, pp. 84-88.

Demitroff M. 2006. Spungs, cripples, blue holes and savannahs: wetlands of the New Jersey Pinelands and their cold-climate origin. In Hellström R, Frankenstein S (eds.). Program and Abstracts, 63^rd Eastern Snow Conference, University of Delaware, Held Jointly with the Cryosphere Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 7-9 June 2006, p. 83.

Cresson JA, Mounier A, Bonfiglio A, Demitroff M. 2006. Periglacial landforms of southern New Jersey: sites, trails and ancient cultural links. In Hellström R, Frankenstein S (eds.). Program and Abstracts, 63^rd Eastern Snow Conference, University of Delaware, Held Jointly with the Cryosphere Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 7-9 June 2006, p. 72.

French HM, Demitroff M, Forman S. 2006. Late-Pleistocene permafrost events in southern New Jersey, eastern U.S.A. In Abstracts, Asian Conference on Permafrost, Lanzhou, China, August 7-9, 2006. pp. 127-128.

Demitroff M, Lemcke M. 2005. Late–Pleistocene thermokarst in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey. Poster presentation at R. S. Tarr Cryosphere Student Illustrated Poster Competition, 101^st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO, April 5—9, 2005.

Beyer PJ, Pope GA, Applegarth MT, Demitroff MD. 2004. Physical Geography of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: Bog Iron, Pygmy Pines and the Jersey Devil. Field guide, Field Trip for the 100^th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17, 2004. Sponsored by the Water Resources Specialty Group. 40 pp.

Demitroff M. 2003. A geography of spungs and some attendant hydrological phenomena on the New Jersey Outer Coastal Plain. In Hozik MJ, Mihalasky MJ (eds.). Field Guide and Proceedings, 20^th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey, October 10-11, 2003. Pomona, NJ: Richard Stockton College. pp. 51-78.

French HM, Demitroff M. 2003. Late–Pleistocene periglacial phenomena in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey: GANJ Field Excursion Guide, October 11, 2003, In Hozik MJ, Mihalasky MJ (eds.). Field Guide and Proceedings, 20^thAnnual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey, October 10-11, 2003. Pomona, NJ: Richard Stockton College. pp. 117-142.

French HM, Demitroff M. 2003. A glossary of permafrost, periglacial, Pleistocene, and New Jersey Pinelands terms. In Hozik MJ, Mihalasky MJ. (eds.). Field Guide and Proceedings, 20^th Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of New Jersey, October 10-11, 2003. Pomona, NJ: Richard Stockton College. pp. 143–146.

French HM, Mihalasky MJ, Demitroff M. 2003. Late–Pleistocene cold–climate chronostratigraphy of the Dorchester Pit, Port Elizabeth, NJ. Poster presentation at GANJ XX, October 10–11, 2003.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Demitroff M. 2007. Expanding our appreciation and understanding of Pinelands natural history. Pinelands Watch. SE-11 (Special Edition), May 2007: 1-3. (Slightly modified and reprinted as The Newtonville dune field: expanding our appreciation and understanding of Pinelands Natural History. New Jersey Audubon. Fall/Winter 2007-2008 [Special Places Issue]: 32-33).

Demitroff M. 2007. Pine Barrens Wetlands: Geographical Reflections of South Jersey’s Periglacial Legacy. MS thesis, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 224 pp.

Demitroff M. 2002. Origins of the Jewish community in southern New Jersey. In It’s a Mitzvah!: Jewish Life in the Delaware Valley. DVD documentary presentation by WHYY, narrated by Larry Kane.

Mark N. Demitroff

Department of Geography

Permafrost Group

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716–2541

U.S.A.

(856) 696–9759

mdemitrf@udel.edu

Dept. of Geography

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