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Jon Harbor

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1986

Publications

331

Citations

10,119

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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Jon Harbor's research centers on glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost, examining how landscapes are shaped by past and present ice and frozen ground, particularly in Antarctica, the Tibetan Plateau, and Central Asia. His work combines fieldwork, geomorphological modeling, and dating techniques to reconstruct past climate and glacier histories, alongside a separate line of work on science education, professional training, and academic leadership practices in geography departments.

Glacial and ice-sheet geomorphologyPermafrost and cold-region landscapesPaleoclimate reconstruction using dating methodsTopographic and erosion modelingScience and geography education practices

Publication output was higher a decade ago (around 15 papers/year in 2017-2018) and has generally slowed since, with more modest and somewhat variable output (roughly 2-7 papers/year) in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 15 publications15172018: 15 publications15182019: 6 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Quaternary Science Reviews×8
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)×7
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×6
  • Communications Earth & Environment×3
  • Geomorphology×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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