J. Brian Sissons

Publications in cryosphere research affiliated to University of Edinburgh:

Sissons, J. B. (1983, May) The Quaternary geomorphology of the Inner Hebrides: A review and reassessment. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 94 (2), 165-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7878(83)80007-8.

Sissons, J. B. & R. Cornish (1983, February) Fluvial landforms associated with ice-dammed lake drainage in upper Glen Roy, Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 94 (1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7878(83)80026-1.

Sissons, J. B. (1983) Shorelines and isostasy in Scotland. In D. E. Smith & A. G. Dawson, Eds. Shorelines and Isostasy, Academic Press, London, 209-225.

Sissons, J. B. & R. Cornish (1982, November) Differential glacio-isostatic uplift of crustal blocks at Glen Roy, Scotland. Quaternary Research, 18 (3), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(82)90075-8.

Sissons, J. B. & R. Cornish (1982, May 20) Rapid localized glacio-isostatic uplift at Glen Roy, Scotland. Nature, 297 (5863), 213-214. https://doi.org/10.1038/297213a0.

Sissons, J. B. (1982, May) The so-called high ‘interglacial’ rock shoreline of western Scotland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 7 (2), 205-216. https://www.jstor.org/stable/622222.

Sissons, J. B. (1982, March) Interstadial and last interglacial deposits covered by till in Scotland: A reply. Boreas, 11 (1), 123-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1982.tb00529.x.

Sissons, J. B. (1982, February) A former ice-dammed lake and associated glacier limits in the Achnasheen area, central Ross-shire. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 7 (1), 98-116. https://www.jstor.org/stable/621914.

Sissons, J. B. (1981, June 11) British shore platforms and ice sheets. Nature, 291 (5815), 473-475. https://doi.org/10.1038/291473a0.

Sissons, J. B. & A. G. Dawson (1981, May) Former sea levels and ice limits in part of Wester Ross, northwest Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 92 (2), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7878(81)80012-0.

Sissons, J. B. (1981, March) Lateglacial marine erosion and a jökulhlaup deposit in the Beauly Firth. Scottish Journal of Geology, 17 (1), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg17010007.

Sissons, J. B. (1981, March) The last Scottish Ice Sheet: Facts and speculative discussion. Boreas, 10 (1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1981.tb00464.x.

Sissons, J. B. (1981) Ice-dammed lakes in Glen Roy and vicinity: A summary. In J. Neale & J. R. Flenley, Eds., The Quaternary in Britain, Pergamon, Oxford, 174-183.

Sissons, J. B. (1980, June) The glaciation of the Outer Hebrides. Scottish Journal of Geology, 16 (1), 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg16010081.

Sissons, J. B. (1980, February) The Loch Lomond Advance in the Lake District, northern England. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 71 (1), 13-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300013468.

Sissons, J. B. (1980) Palaeoclimatic inferences from Loch Lomond Advance glaciers. In J. J. Lowe, J. M. Gray & J. E. Robinson, Eds. Studies in the Lateglacial of North-West Europe, Pergamon, Oxford, 31-43.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, July 19) The Loch Lomond Stadial in the British Isles. Nature, 280 (5719), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1038/280199a0.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, June) The Loch Lomond Advance in the Cairngorm Mountains. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 95 (2), 66-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227908736423.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, May) The limit of the Loch Lomond Advance in Glen Roy and vicinity. Scottish Journal of Geology, 15 (1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg15010031.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, April 05) Paleoclimatic inferences from former glaciers in Scotland and the Lake District. Nature, 278 (5704), 518-521. https://doi.org/10.1038/278518a0.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, March) Catastrophic lake drainage in Glen Spean and the Great Glen, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 136 (2), 215-224. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.136.2.0215.

Sissons, J. B. (1979, February) The later lakes and associated fluvial terraces of Glen Roy, Glen Spean and vicinity. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 4 (1), 12-29. https://doi.org/10.2307/621921.

Sissons, J. B. (1978, December) The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy and adjacent glens, Scotland. Boreas, 7 (4), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00281.x.

Sissons, J. B. (1977, April) Former ice-dammed lakes in Glen Moriston, Inverness-shire, and their significance in upland Britain. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2 (2), 224-242. https://doi.org/10.2307/621859.

Sissons, J. B. (1977, March) The Loch Lomond Readvance in southern Skye and some palaeoclimatic implications. Scottish Journal of Geology, 13 (1), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg13010023.

Sissons, J. B. (1977) The Loch Lomond Readvance in the northern mainland of Scotland. In Gray, J. M. & J. J. Lowe, Eds. Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment, Pergamon, Oxford, 45-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-020498-7.50009-1.

Sissons, J. B. (1976, November) A remarkable protalus rampart complex in Wester Ross. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 92 (3), 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227608736346.

Sissons, J. B. & D. G. Sutherland (1976, September) Climatic inferences from former glaciers in the south-east Grampian Highlands, Scotland. Journal of Glaciology, 17 (76), 325-346. https://doi.org/10.3189/S0022143000013617.

Whalley, W. B., J. B. Sissons & M. A. J. Piasecki (1976, July) A fossil rock glacier in Wester Ross (correspondence). Scottish Journal of Geology, 12, 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg12020175.

Sissons, J. B. (1976, March) Lateglacial marine erosion in south east Scotland. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 92 (1), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227608736323.

Sissons, J. B. (1976) The Geomorphology of the British Isles: Scotland, Methuen, London, 150pp.

Peacock, J. D. & J. B. Sissons (1975, September) Quaternary of Scotland — Discussion. Scottish Journal of Geology, 11 (2), 174-177. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg11020174.

Sissons, J. B. (1975, May) A fossil rock glacier in Wester Ross. Scottish Journal of Geology, 11 (1), 83-86. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg11010083.

Sissons, J. B. (1975, January) The Quaternary in Scotland: A review. Scottish Journal of Geology, 10 (4), 311-337. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg10040311.

Sissons, J. B. (1974, August) Lateglacial marine erosion in Scotland. Boreas, 3 (2), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1974.tb00826.x.

Sissons, J. B. (1974, July) A Lateglacial ice cap in the central Grampians, Scotland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 62, 95-114. https://doi.org/10.2307/621517.

Sissons, J. B. & M. J. C. Walker (1974, June 28) Lateglacial site in the central Grampian Highlands. Nature, 249 (5460), 822-824. https://doi.org/10.1038/249822a0.

Sissons, J. B., J. J. Lowe, K. S. Thompson & M. J. C. Walker (1973, July 06) Loch Lomond readvance in Grampian Highlands of Scotland. Nature Physical Science, 244 (135), 75-77.

Sissons, J. B. (1973, July) Delimiting the loch Lomond Readvance in the eastern Grampians. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 89 (2), 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227308736252.

Sugden, D. E. & J. B. Sissons (1973, May) Hypotheses of deglaciation in the Eastern Grampians, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 9 (1), 94-96. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg09010094.

Sissons, J. B. (1972, November) The last glaciers in part of the south-east Grampians. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 88 (3), 168-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227208736225.

Sissons, J. B. & A. J. H. Grant (1972, June) The last glaciers in the Lochnagar area, Aberdeenshire. Scottish Journal of Geology, 8 (2), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg08020085.

Sissons, J. B. (1972, March) Dislocation and non-uniform uplift of raised shorelines in western part of Forth Valley. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 55, 145-159. https://doi.org/10.2307/621727.

Sissons, J. B. & C. L. Brooks (1971, December 13) Dating of early postglacial land and sea-level changes in the western Forth Valley. Nature Physical Science, 234, 124-127. https://doi.org/10.1038/physci234124a0.

Sissons, J. B. (1971, November) The geomorphology of central Edinburgh. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 87 (3), 185-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369227108736195.

Rhind, D. W. & J. B. Sissons (1971) Data banking of drift-borehole records for the Edinburgh area. Institute of Geological Sciences Report, 71/15, 19pp. Online repository.

Sissons, J. B. (1970, December) Geomorphology and foundation conditions around Grangemouth. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 3 (3), 183-191. https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1970.003.03.03.

Sissons, J. B. & D. W. Rhind (1970, November) Drift stratigraphy and buried morphology beneath the Forth at Rosyth. Scottish Journal of Geology, 6 (3), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg06030272.

Sissons, J. B. (1969, December) Drift stratigraphy and buried morphological features in the Grangemouth-Falkirk-Airth area, central Scotland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 48, 19-50. https://doi.org/10.2307/621489.

Sissons, J. B. (1969, September) The landforms of East Lothian. Field Studies, 3, 76-83.

Smith, D. E., J. B. Sissons & R. A. Cullingford (1969, March) Isobases for the main Perth raised shoreline in south-east Scotland as determined by trend-surface analysis. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 46, 45-52. https://doi.org/10.2307/621407.

Sissons, J. B. (1967, December) Glacial stages and radiocarbon dates in Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 3 (3), 375-381. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg03030375.

Sissons, J. B. (1967) The Evolution of Scotland’s Scenery. Oliver & Bond, Edinburgh.

Sissons, J. B. (1966, October) Relative sea-level changes between 10,300 and 8,300 B. P. in part of the Carse of Stirling. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 39, 19-29. https://doi.org/10.2307/621672.

Sissons, J. B., D. E. Smith & R. A. Cullingford (1966, October) Lateglacial and postglacial shorelines in South-East Scotland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 39, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.2307/621671.

Sissons, J. B. & D. E. Smith (1965, November) Raised shorelines associated with the Perth Readvance in the Forth Valley and their relation to glacial isostasy. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 66 (8), 143-168. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800023486.

Sissons, J. B. & D. E. Smith (1965, September) Peat bogs in a postglacial sea and a buried raised beach in the western part of the Carse of Stirling. Scottish Journal of Geology, 1 (3), 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg01030247.

Sissons, J. B., R. A. Cullingford & D. E. Smith (1965, July) Some pre‐carse valleys in the Forth and Tay basins. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 81 (2), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369226508735964.

Sissons, J. B. (1965) Quaternary. In Craig, G. Y., Ed. Geology of Scotland, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 467-503.

Sissons, J. B. (1964, March) The Perth Readvance in central Scotland, Part II. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 80 (1), 28-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369226408735917.

Sissons, J. B. (1964) The glacial period. In Watson, J. W. & J. B. Sissons, Eds. The British Isles: A Systematic Geography, Nelson, London, 131-151.

Watson, J. W. & J. B. Sissons (1964) The British Isles: A Systematic Geography, Nelson, London, 452 pp.

Sissons, J. B. (1963, November) The Perth Readvance in central Scotland, Part I. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 79 (3), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369226308735900.

Sissons, J. B. (1963, July) Scottish raised shoreline heights with particular reference to the Forth Valley. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 45 (2-3), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/20014422.1963.11881024.

Sissons, J. B. (1963, June) The glacial drainage system around Carlops, Peeblesshire. Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers), 32, 95-111. https://doi.org/10.2307/621062.

Sissons, J. B. (1962, April) A reinterpretation of the literature on Lateglacial shorelines in Scotland with particular reference to the Forth area. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 19 (1), 83-99. https://doi.org/10.1144/transed.19.1.83.

Sissons, J. B. (1961, October) The central and eastern parts of the Lammermuir-Stranraer Moraine. Geological Magazine, 98 (5), 380-392. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800060854.

Sissons, J. B. (1961, April) A subglacial drainage system by the Tinto Hills, Lanarkshire. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 18 (2), 175-193. https://doi.org/10.1144/transed.18.2.175.

Sissons, J. B. (1961, March) Some aspects of glacial drainage channels in Britain. Part II. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 77 (1), 15-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369226108735817.

Sissons, J. B (1960, November) Some aspects of glacial drainage channels in Britain: Part I. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 76 (3), 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369226008735800.

Sissons, J. B (1960, November) Subglacial, marginal, and other glacial drainage in the Syracuse-Oneida area, New York. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 71 (11), 1575-1588. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1960)71[1575:SMAOGD]2.0.CO;2.

Sissons, J. B (1960, October) Erosion surfaces, cyclic slopes and drainage systems in southern Scotland and northern England. Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers), 28, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.2307/621112.

Sissons, J. B. (1958, November) Subglacial stream erosion in southern Northumberland. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 74 (3), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369225808735722.

Sissons, J. B. (1958, November) Supposed ice-dammed lakes in Britain with particular reference to the Eddleston Valley, southern Scotland. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 40 (3-4), 159-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/20014422.1958.11880929.

Sissons, J. B. (1958, July) The deglaciation of part of East Lothian. Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers), 25, 59-77. https://doi.org/10.2307/621179.