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Alan Aitken

Associate Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6375-2504

  • The University of Western Australia (M006), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Biography

A/Prof Aitken has expertise in the application of geophysical and numerical techniques to study the Earth. He has published broadly on the geology of Australia and Antarctica. His research impacts on strategic development of mineral resources in Australia and in understanding the dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to global sea level change in the past and the future. 

Industry keywords

  • Mining and Resources
  • Government

Research expertise keywords

  • Potential field geophysics
  • Tectonics and lithospheric processes
  • Subglacial Surface Processes
  • Mineral Systems

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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  • Prospectivity analysis using a mineral systems approach - Capricorn case study project (RP04-063-M436)

    Occhipinti, S. (Creator), Lindsay, M. (Creator), Aitken, A. (Creator), Metelka, V. (Creator), Pirajno, F. (Creator), Aurore, J. (Creator), Uren, A. (Creator), Lampinen, H. (Creator), Ramos, L. (Creator), Tyler, I. (Creator), Miller, J. (Creator) & McCuaig, C. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 2 Aug 2019

    DOI: 10.25919/5d43b45d4a7b0, https://doi.org/10.25919%2F5d43b45d4a7b0 and one more link, https://data.csiro.au/collections/#collection/CIcsiro:36617v1/DItrue (show fewer)

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  • BEDMAP3 - Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica - standardised data points

    Fremand, A. (Creator), Fretwell, P. (Creator), Bodart, J. (Creator), Pritchard, H. (Creator), Aitken, A. (Creator), Bamber, J. (Creator), Bell, R. E. (Creator), Bianchi, C. (Creator), Bingham, R. (Creator), Blankenship, D. (Creator), Casassa, G. (Creator), Catania, G. (Creator), Christianson, K. (Creator), Conway, H. (Creator), Corr, H. (Creator), Cui, X. (Creator), Damaske, D. (Creator), Damn, V. (Creator), Drews, R. (Creator), Eagles, G. (Creator), Eisen, O. (Creator), Eisermann, H. (Creator), Ferraccioli, F. (Creator), Forsberg, R. (Creator), Franke, S. (Creator), Fujita, S. (Creator), Gim, Y. (Creator), Goel, V. (Creator), Gogineni, P. (Creator), Greenbaum, J. S. (Creator), Hills, B. (Creator), Hindmarsh, R. (Creator), Holmlund, P. (Creator), Holschuh, N. (Creator), Holt, J. W. (Creator), Humbert, A. (Creator), Jacobel, R. (Creator), Jansen, D. (Creator), Jenkins, A. (Creator), Jokat, W. (Creator), Jordan, T. (Creator), King, E. (Creator), Kohler, J. (Creator), Krabill, W. (Creator), Langley, K. (Creator), Lee, J. (Creator), Leitchenkov, G. (Creator), Leuschen, C. (Creator), Luyendyk, B. (Creator), MacGregor, J. (Creator), MacKie, E. (Creator), Matsuoka, K. (Creator), Morlighem, M. (Creator), Mouginot, J. (Creator), Nitsche, F. (Creator), Nogi, Y. (Creator), Nost, O. (Creator), Paden, J. (Creator), Pattyn, F. (Creator), Popov, S. (Creator), Riger-Kusk, M. (Creator), Rignot, E. (Creator), Rippin, D. (Creator), Rivera, A. (Creator), Roberts, J. (Creator), Ross, N. (Creator), Ruppel, A. (Creator), Schroeder, D. (Creator), Siegert, M. (Creator), Smith, A. (Creator), Steinhage, D. (Creator), Studinger, M. (Creator), Sun, B. (Creator), Tabacco, I. (Creator), Tinto, K. (Creator), Urbini, S. (Creator), Vaughan, D. (Creator), Welch, B. (Creator), Wilson, D. S. (Creator), Young, D. (Creator) & Zirizzotti, A. (Creator), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 28 Feb 2022

    DOI: 10.5285/91523ff9-d621-46b3-87f7-ffb6efcd1847, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01614

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  • BEDMAP3 - Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica - standardised shapefiles and geopackages

    Fretwell, P. (Creator), Pritchard, H. (Creator), Fremand, A. (Creator), Bodart, J. (Creator), Aitken, A. (Creator), Bamber, J. (Creator), Bell, R. E. (Creator), Bianchi, C. (Creator), Bingham, R. (Creator), Blankenship, D. (Creator), Casassa, G. (Creator), Catania, G. (Creator), Christianson, K. (Creator), Conway, H. (Creator), Corr, H. (Creator), Cui, X. (Creator), Damaske, D. (Creator), Damn, V. (Creator), Drews, R. (Creator), Eagles, G. (Creator), Eisen, O. (Creator), Eisermann, H. (Creator), Ferraccioli, F. (Creator), Forsberg, R. (Creator), Franke, S. (Creator), Fujita, S. (Creator), Gim, Y. (Creator), Goel, V. (Creator), Gogineni, P. (Creator), Greenbaum, J. S. (Creator), Hills, B. (Creator), Hindmarsh, R. (Creator), Holmlund, P. (Creator), Holschuh, N. (Creator), Holt, J. W. (Creator), Humbert, A. (Creator), Jacobel, R. (Creator), Jansen, D. (Creator), Jenkins, A. (Creator), Jokat, W. (Creator), Jordan, T. (Creator), King, E. (Creator), Kohler, J. (Creator), Krabill, W. (Creator), Langley, K. (Creator), Lee, J. (Creator), Leitchenkov, G. (Creator), Leuschen, C. (Creator), Luyendyk, B. (Creator), MacGregor, J. (Creator), MacKie, E. (Creator), Matsuoka, K. (Creator), Morlighem, M. (Creator), Mouginot, J. (Creator), Nitsche, F. (Creator), Nogi, Y. (Creator), Nost, O. (Creator), Paden, J. (Creator), Pattyn, F. (Creator), Popov, S. (Creator), Riger-Kusk, M. (Creator), Rignot, E. (Creator), Rippin, D. (Creator), Rivera, A. (Creator), Roberts, J. (Creator), Ross, N. (Creator), Ruppel, A. (Creator), Schroeder, D. (Creator), Siegert, M. (Creator), Smith, A. (Creator), Steinhage, D. (Creator), Studinger, M. (Creator), Sun, B. (Creator), Tabacco, I. (Creator), Tinto, K. (Creator), Urbini, S. (Creator), Vaughan, D. (Creator), Welch, B. (Creator), Wilson, D. S. (Creator), Young, D. (Creator) & Zirizzotti, A. (Creator), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 21 May 2022

    DOI: 10.5285/a72a50c6-a829-4e12-9f9a-5a683a1acc4a, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01502

    Dataset

  • BEDMAP3 - Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica - gridding products

    Pritchard, H. (Contributor), Fretwell, P. (Contributor), Fremand, A. (Contributor), Bodart, J. (Contributor), Kirkham, J. (Contributor), Aitken, A. (Contributor), Bamber, J. (Contributor), Bell, R. (Contributor), Bianchi, C. (Contributor), Bingham, R. (Contributor), Blankenship, D. D. (Contributor), Casassa, G. (Contributor), Catania, G. (Contributor), Christianson, K. (Contributor), Conway, H. (Contributor), Cui, X. (Contributor), Damaske, D. (Contributor), Damn, V. (Contributor), Dorschel, B. (Contributor), Drews, R. (Contributor), Eagles, G. (Contributor), Eisen, O. (Contributor), Eisermann, H. (Contributor), Ferraccioli, F. (Contributor), Field, E. (Contributor), Forsberg, R. (Contributor), Franke, S. (Contributor), Fujita, S. (Contributor), Gim, Y. (Contributor), Goel, V. (Contributor), Gogineni, S. P. (Contributor), Greenbaum, J. S. (Contributor), Hills, B. (Contributor), Hindmarsh, R. (Contributor), Hoffman, A. R. (Contributor), Holmlund, P. (Contributor), Holschuh, N. (Contributor), Holt, J. (Contributor), Horlings, A. (Contributor), Humbert, A. (Contributor), Jacobel, R. (Contributor), Jansen, D. (Contributor), Jenkins, A. (Contributor), Jokat, W. (Contributor), Jordan, T. (Contributor), King, E. (Contributor), Kohler, J. (Contributor), Krabill, W. (Contributor), Langley, K. (Contributor), Lee, J. (Contributor), Leitchenkov, G. (Contributor), Leuschen, C. (Contributor), Luyendyk, B. (Contributor), MacGregor, J. (Contributor), MacKie, E. (Contributor), Matsuoka, K. (Contributor), Moholdt, G. (Contributor), Morlighem, M. (Contributor), Mouginot, J. (Contributor), Nitsche, F. (Contributor), Nogi, Y. (Contributor), Nost, O. (Contributor), Paden, J. (Contributor), Pattyn, F. (Contributor), Popov, S. (Contributor), Kusk-Gillespie, M. (Contributor), Rignot, E. (Contributor), Rippin, D. (Contributor), Rivera, A. (Contributor), Roberts, J. L. (Contributor), Ross, N. (Contributor), Ruppel, A. (Contributor), Schroeder, D. (Contributor), Siegert, M. (Contributor), Smith, A. (Contributor), Steinhage, D. (Contributor), Studinger, M. (Contributor), Sun, B. (Contributor), Tabacco, I. (Contributor), Tinto, K. (Contributor), Urbini, S. (Contributor), Vaughan, D. (Contributor), Welch, B. (Contributor), Wilson, D. (Contributor), Young, D. (Contributor), Zirizzotti, A. (Contributor), Corr, H. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor) & Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 21 Nov 2024

    DOI: 10.5285/2d0e4791-8e20-46a3-80e4-f5f6716025d2, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01615 and one more link, https://data-search.nerc.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01615 (show fewer)

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  • Antarcitca Lithosphere Model

    Li, L. (Contributor), Aitken, A. (Contributor), Gross, L. (Contributor) & Codd, A. (Contributor), Zenodo, 7 Jun 2024

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11516433

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