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Mandy Munro-Stasiuk

Professor and Chair

I am a geomorphologist and applied remote sensing researcher.  Most of my work has been on ancient and contemporary glacial landscapes in Canada, the USA and Iceland, and in particular subglacial meltwater processes.  I study these landscapes through their geomorphology and sedimentology, and I use satellite imagery and ground penetrating radar as my tools.  More recently, using the same methods and tools, I have started research in Yucatan, Mexico, on karst sinkholes and their use by the ancient Maya.

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Recent Selected Publications
  • Munro‐Stasiuk, M.J., Heyman, J., and Harbor, J. (In press) Glacial Erosion ‐ process and form: Erosional Features. In Treatise on Geomoprhology, Elsevier.
  • Saha, K., Wells, N. and MunroStasiuk, M.J., (2011) An objectoriented approach to automated landform mapping: a case study of drumlins. Computers and Geoscience, v.37,1324-1336.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., and Manahan, T.K., (2010) Investigating Ancient Maya Agricultural Adaptation through Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Analysis of Karst Terrain, Northern Yucatan, Mexico. Acta Carsologica, v. 39, 85-97.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Shaw, J., Sjogren, D.B., Brennand, T., Fisher, T., Sharpe, D., Kor, P., Beaney, C., Rains, R.B. (2009) The morphology and sedimentology of landforms created by subglacial megafloods. In Megaflooding on Earth and Mars (Eds. Burr, D., Baker, V., and Carling P.) Cambridge University Press. p. 78-103
  • Saha, K., and Munro-Stasiuk, M. (2009)  Automated extraction of drumlins from digital elevation models through object-oriented classification.  Proceedings of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 10p.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Russell, A.J., and Korte, D. (2009)Subsurface configuration of jökulhlaup-induced hydrofractures and water-escape structures derived from Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Skeidarársandur, Iceland.  Glaciogenic reservoirs and hydrocarbon systems, Geological Society London, 4p.

Recent Selected Presentations

  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Manahan, T.K. , and Koby, P. (2012) The spatial distribution of anthropogenic features around rejolladas (dry sinkholes) at the ancient Maya site of Xuenkal, Yucatan, Mexico.  Association of American Geographers, 2012, New York.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Manahan, T.K. , and Koby, P. (2012) The spatial organization of the ancient Maya site of Xuenkal in relation torejolladas (dry sinkholes), Yucatan, Mexico. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Merida, Yucatan.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Sheridan, S.C., and Manahan, T.K. (2011) The micro-climatology of rejolladas (dry sinkholes) in Yucatán, Mexico and the relevance to the Ancient Maya.  International Congress on Biometeorology, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Sheridan, S.C., and Manahan, T.K. (2011) Rejolladas (dry sinkholes) as micro-climatological niches in Yucatán, Mexico.   Applied Geography Conference, Redlands, California.
  • Stockton, T., Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Saha, K., and Manahan, T.K. (2011) Quantifying Paste Variability in Late and Terminal Classic Slateware Pottery.  Society of American Archaeologists, 2011 Annual Meeting, Sacramento.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M. J.,  Manahan, T.K., and Stockton, T. (2011) Spatial and Physical Characteristics of Rejolladas in Northern Yucatán, Mexico.  Association of American Geographers, 2011 Annual Meeting, Seattle.
  • Stockton, T., Munro-Stasiuk, M.J. and Manahan, T.K. (2010) The View from Xuenkal: Geoecological and Social Determinants of Settlement Location at an Ancient Maya Center. Society of American Archaeologists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Russell, A.J., and Korte, D. (2009) Subsurface configuration of jökulhlaup-induced hydrofractures and water-escape structures derived from Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Skeidarársandur, Iceland. Glaciogenic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Systems, Geological Society, London, England.
  • Russell, A.J., Large, A.R.G. and Munro-Stasiuk, M.J. (2009) Controls on the Sedimentary Architecture and Heterogeneity of a Large-Scale Glacial Outwash System: Skeiðarársandur, Iceland. Glaciogenic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Systems, Geological Society, London, England.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., and Manahan, T.K., (2009) Ground penetrating radar (GPR) analysis of karst environments near the ancient Maya center of Xuenkal, Yucatan, Mexico.  Applied Geography Conference, Baton Rouge.
  • Saha, K., and Munro-Stasiuk, M.J. (2009) Object-oriented image analysis of the Chautauqua Drumlin Field. 7th International Drumlin Symposium, Westport, Ireland.
  • Munro-Stasiuk, M.J., Russell, A.J., and Arnold, B. (2009) A subglacial/subtill origin of the Súla hydrofracture ridges on Skeidarársandur, Iceland. 7th International Drumlin Symposium, Westport, Ireland.

 


 


 


Research Areas
  • Glacial and Karst Environments
  • Terrestrial Remote Sensing
  • Geoarchaeology
Affiliations

Association of American Geographers

Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Mandy Munro-Stasiuk
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Department of Geography
Center for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
Mcgilvrey
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Fax: 330-672-4034
mmunrost@kent.edu
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