Mandy Munro-Stasiuk
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
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Munro‐Stasiuk, M.J., Heyman, J., and Harbor, J. (In press) Glacial Erosion ‐ process and form: Erosional Features. In Treatise on Geomoprhology, Elsevier.
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Saha, K., Wells, N. and Munro‐Stasiuk, M.J., (2011) An object‐oriented approach to automated landform mapping: a case study of drumlins. Computers and Geoscience, v.37,1324-1336.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Saha, K., and Munro-Stasiuk, M.J. (2009) Object-oriented image analysis of the Chautauqua Drumlin Field. 7th International Drumlin Symposium, Westport, Ireland.
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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
OFFICE
Department of GeographyCenter for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
Mcgilvrey
OFFICE HOURS
OFFICE HOURS:
Mon and Wed: 12.15 - 1pm
CONTACT INFO
Phone: 330-672-2045Fax: 330-672-4034
mmunrost@kent.edu
EXPERTISE
- Glacial and karst Geomorphology
- Remote Sensing
- Geoarchaeology
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