Alpine Glacier Project Research has been published in many internationally circulated peer-reviewed scientific journals. A complete publications list can be found below.
International Journals
* contribution having a major international impact
Collins, D. N. 1977 Hydrology of an Alpine glacier as indicated by the chemical composition of meltwater. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie 13, 219-238.
*Collins, D. N. 1979 Quantitative determination of the subglacial hydrology of two Alpineglaciers. Journal of Glaciology 23, 89, 347-362.
Collins, D. N. 1979 Hydrochemistry of meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. Arctic and Alpine Research 11, 3, 307-329.
*Collins, D. N. 1979 Sediment concentration in meltwaters as an indicator of erosion processes beneath an Alpine glacier. Journal of Glaciology 23, 89, 247-257.
Collins, D. N. 1981 Seasonal variation of solute concentration in meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. Annals of Glaciology 2, 11-16.
Collins, D. N. & Young, G. J. 1981 Meltwater hydrology and hydrochemistry in snow and ice-covered mountain catchments. Nordic Hydrology 12, 4-5, 319-334.
*Collins, D. N. 1982 Flow-routing of meltwater in an Alpine glacier as indicated by dye-tracer tests. Beitrage zur Geologie der Schweiz – Hydrologie 28, II, 523-534.
Collins, D. N. 1984 Water and mass balance measurements in glacierised drainage basins. Geografiska Annaler 66A(3) 197-214.
*Collins, D. N. 1985 Climatic variation and runoff from Alpine glaciers. Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie 20, 127-145.
Collins, D. N. 1986 Characteristics of meltwaters draining from the portal of an Alpine glacier during the emptying of a marginal ice-dammed lake. Materialy Glyatsiolokikh 58, 114-122 (Russian), 224-232 (English).
Collins, D. N. 1989 Seasonal development of the subglacial drainage system and suspended sediment delivery to meltwaters beneath an Alpine glacier. Annals of Glaciology 13, 45-50.
Boult, S., Collins, D. N., White, K. and Curtis, C. D. 1994 Metal transport in a stream contaminated by acid mine drainage – the Afon Goch, Anglesey, U.K. Environmental Pollution 84, 279-284.
*Collins, D. N. 1995 Dissolution kinetics, transit times through subglacial hydrological pathways and diurnal variations of solute content of meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. Hydrological Processes 9, 897-910.
Collins, D. N. 1996 A conceptually-based model of the interaction between flowing meltwater and subglacial sediment. Annals of Glaciology 22, 224-232.
Barrett, A. P. & Collins, D. N. 1997 Interaction between water pressure in the basal drainage system and discharge from an Alpine glacier before and during a rainfall-induced subglacial hydrological event. Annals of Glaciology 24, 288-292.
Collins, D. N. 1998 Suspended sediment flux in meltwaters draining from Batura glacier as an indicator of the rate of glacial erosion in the Karakoram mountains. In: Owen, L. A. Mountain glaciation. Quaternary Proceedings 6, 1-10; Journal of Quaternary Science 13, 6, Supplement 1.
*Collins, D. N. 1998 Outburst and rainfall-induced peak runoff events in highly-glacierised Alpine basins. Hydrological Processes 12, 2369-2381.
*Collins, D. N. 1999 Solute flux in meltwaters draining from a glacierised basin in the Karakoram mountains. Hydrological Processes 13, 3001-3015.
Collins, D. N., Harrison, J. & Kitcher, J. M. S. 2002 Climatic variation and solute concentration and flux in meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. Water, Air & Soil Pollution: Focus 2, 191-207.
Collins, D. N. & MacDonald, O. G. 2004 Year-to-year variability of annual solute flux in meltwaters draining from a highly-glacierised basin. Nordic Hydrology 35, 359-367.
Rees, H. G. & Collins, D. N. 2006 Regional differences in response of flow in glacier-fed Himalayan rivers to climatic warming. Hydrological Processes 20, 2157-2169.
Collins, D. N. 2006 Climatic variation and runoff in mountain basins with differing proportions of glacier cover. Nordic Hydrology, 37, 315-326.
*Collins, D. N. 2007 Changes in quantity and variability of runoff from Alpine basins with climatic fluctuation and glacier decline. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication, 318, 75-86.
*#Collins, D. N. 2008 Climatic warming, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins after the Little Ice Age maximum. Annals of Glaciology, 48, 119-124.
#Moors, E. J., Groot, A., Biemans, H., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C., Siderius, C., Stoffel, M., Huggel, Ch., Wiltshire, A., Mathison, C., Ridley, J., Jacob, D., Kumar, P., Bhadwal, S., Gosain, A. & Collins, D. N. 2011 Adaptation to changing water resources in the Ganges basin, northern India. Environmental Science & Policy, 14, 758-769. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2011.03.005.
#Miller, J., Rees, H. G., Young, G. J., Collins, D. N., & Warnaars, T. 2011 What is the evidence about glacier melt across the Himalayas? Systematic Review CEE10-008. Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.
#Siderius, Ch., Biemans, H., Rao, S., Wiltshire, A., Franssen, W.H.P., Kumar, P., Gosain, A. K., van Vliet, M.T.H. & Collins, D. N. 2013 Snowmelt contributions to discharge of the Ganges. Science of the Total Environment (in press).
Collins, D. N., Davenport, J. L. & Stoffel, M. 2013 Climatic variation and runoff in Himalayan headwater basins. Science of the Total Environment (in review). Special Issue on Climate Change and Water Resources in the Ganges.
Other internationally-refereed publications
Collins, D. N. 1982 Temporal variations of meltwater runoff from an Alpine glacier. In: Hydrological Research Basins and their use in Water Resources Planning. Sonderheft 3, 781-789. Landeshydrologie, Bern.
Collins, D. N. 1982 Water storage in an Alpine glacier. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 138, 113-122.
*Collins, D. N. 1983 Solute yield from a glacierised high mountain basin. In: Webb, B., Dissolved loads of rivers and surface water quantity/quality relationships. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 141, 41-49.
Gregory, J., Collins, D. N. & Morris, E. M. 1986 Modelling the effect of snowmelt on stream water quality. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 155, 311-324.
Collins, D. N. 1987 Snow and ice. In: Kundzewicz, Z. W., Gottschalk, L. & Webb, B.(Editors) Hydrology 2000. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 171, 35-50.
Collins, D. N. 1987 Hydrology and hydrologists. In: Kundzewicz, Z. W., Gottschalk, L. & Webb, B. W. (Editors) Hydrology 2000. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 171, 91-100.
Collins, D. N. 1987 Climatic fluctuations and runoff from glacierised Alpine basins. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 168, 77-89
Collins, D. N. 1988 Suspended sediment and solute delivery to meltwaters beneath an Alpine glacier. In: Schnee, Eis und Wasser alpiner Gletscher. Festschrift Hans Röthlisberger. Mitteilungen der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie 94, 147-161.
Collins, D. N. 1988 Influences of climatic fluctuations and changes in glacierised area on runoff from Alpine basins. Seventh Northern Research Basins Symposium, Ilulissat, Greenland, 77-86.
Collins, D. N. 1989 Influence of glacierisation on the response of runoff from Alpine basins to climate variability. In: Climate and Water. Publications of the Academy of Finland 9/89, 1, 319-328.
*Collins, D. N. 1989 Hydrometeorological conditions, mass balance and runoff from Alpine glaciers. In: Oerlemans, J. (Editor) Glacier fluctuations and climatic change, 235-260. Kluwer.
Collins, D. N. 1990 Seasonal and annual variations of suspended sediment transport in meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 193, 439-446.
Collins, D. N. & Taylor, D. P. 1990 Variability of runoff from partially-glacierised Alpine basins. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 193, 365-372.
Collins, D. N. 1991 Climatic and glaciological influences on suspended sediment transport from an Alpine glacier. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 203, 3-12
Collins, D. N. 1995 Diurnal variations of flow-through velocity and transit time of meltwaters traversing moulin-conduit systems in an Alpine glacier. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 228, 363-369.
Collins, D. N. 1995 Daily patterns of discharge, solute content and solute flux in meltwaters draining from two Alpine glaciers. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 228, 371-378.
Collins, D. N. & Hasnain, S. I. 1995 Runoff and sediment transport from glacierised basins at the Himalayan scale. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 226, 17-25.
Collins, D. N. 1996 Sediment transport from glacierised basins in the Karakoram mountains. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 236, 85-96.
Collins, D. N., Lowe, A. T. & Boult, S. 1996 Solute fluxes in meltwaters draining glacierised high mountain basins. Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface, 728-732.
Collins, D. N. & Lowe, A. T. 1997 Remote sensing the ascent of the transient snowline for assessment of runoff variability in the Karakoram mountains. British Hydrological Society Sixth National Symposium 5.19–5.26.
Collins, D. N. 1998 Rainfall-induced high magnitude runoff events in highly-glacierised Alpine basins. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 248, 69-78.
Collins, D. N. 1998 Rainfall-induced flood events in a glacierised Alpine basin during warm summers. Proceedings of Second International Conference on Climate and Water, Espoo, Finland, 1, 380-390.
Lowe, A. T. & Collins, D. N. 2001 Modelling runoff from large glacierised basins in the Karakoram Himalaya using remote sensing of the transient snowline. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication, 267, 99-104.
Collins, D. N. & MacDonald, O. G. 2003 Variability of annual solute flux from an Alpine glacierised basin. Fourteenth Northern Research Basins Symposium, Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, 17-24.
Collins, D. N. 2004 Rain-induced flood events in highly-glacierised basins. Landschaftsoekologie und Umweltforschung, 47, 69-72.
Collins, D. N. 2005 Climatic variation and runoff in mountain basins with differing proportions of glacier cover. Fifteenth Northern Research Basins Symposium, Lulea to Kvikkjokk, Sweden, 21-30.
Rees, H. G. & Collins, D. N. 2006 An assessment of the potential impacts of climatic warming on glacier-fed river flow in the Himalaya. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication, 308, 473-478.
Collins, D. N. 2006 Variability of runoff from Alpine basins. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication, 308, 466-472.
Collins, D. N. 2009 Seasonal variations of water temperature and discharge in rivers draining ice-free and partially-glacierized Alpine basins. 17th International Northern Research Basins Symposium, 67-74.
Non-refereed publications
Collins, D. N. & Young, G. J. 1979 Separation of runoff components in glacierised
Alpine watersheds by hydrochemical analysis. In: Associate Committee on Hydrology, Cold Climate Hydrology 570-585. National Research Council, Canada.
Collins, D. N. & Young, G. J. 1979 Hydrochemical separation of components of discharge in Alpine catchments. Proceedings of Western Snow Conference 47, 1-9.
Collins, D. N. 1981 Glacial processes. In: Goudie, A.S. (Editor), Geomorphological Techniques 213-225. George Allen and Unwin.
Ferguson, R. I., Whalley, W. B. & Collins, D. N. 1984 Techniques for investigating meltwater runoff and erosion. In: Miller, K.J. (Editor) International Karakoram Project Volume 1, 374-382. Cambridge University Press.
Goudie, A. S., Brunsden, D., Collins, D. N., Derbyshire, E., Ferguson, R. I., Hashmet, Z., Jones, D. K. C., Perrott, F. A., Said, M., Waters, R.S. & Whalley, W.B. 1984 Geomorphology of the Hunza Valley, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan. In: Miller, K.J. (Editor) International Karakoram Project Volume 2, 359-410. Cambridge University Press.
Collins, D. N. 1990 Glacial processes. In: Goudie, A.S. (Editor), Geomorphological Techniques. Unwin Hyman. Second Edition, 302-320.
Collins, D. N. 1995 Rainfall-induced high magnitude runoff events in late summer in highly-glacierised Alpine basins. British Hydrological Society Fifth National Hydrology Symposium, 3.55-3.59.
Collins, D. N. 1995 Dissolution kinetics, transit times through subglacial hydrological pathways and diurnal variations of solute content of meltwaters draining from an Alpine glacier. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference 52, 175-188.
Collins, D. N. 1998 Outburst and rainfall-induced peak runoff events in glacierised Alpine basins. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference 55, 27-36.
Collins, D. N. 1999 Solute fluxes in meltwaters draining from a glacierised basin in the Karakoram mountains. Proceedings of the Eastern Snow Conference, 56, 187-198.
Collins, D. N. 1999 Rainfall-induced high-magnitude events in highly-glacierised Alpine basins. In: Price, M. F., (Editor) Global change in the mountains. Parthenon, London, 40-43.
Collins, D. N. 2000 Rainfall-induced floods in Alpine glacierised basins in warm summers. European Conference on Advances in Flood Research Proceedings, 2, 558-569. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK Report 65.
Collins, D. N., MacDonald, O. G., Reynolds, A. C. & Rees, H. G. 2002 Climatic variation, mass balance and runoff from European glacierised mountain basins. British Hydrological Society Eighth National Symposium, 67-73.
de Jong, C., Ranzi, R. & Collins, D. [N.] 2005 Climate and hydrology in mountain areas. In: de Jong, C., Collins, D. [N.], & Ranzi, R., Eds. Climate and hydrology in mountain areas. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 9-11.
Collins, D. N. 2007 Climatic variation, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins. In: Heinonen, M. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water. Helsinki, Finnish Environment Institute, 103-108.
Edited books
de Jong, C., Collins, D. [N.] & Ranzi, R., Eds. 2005. Climate and hydrology in mountain areas. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 315p.
Official reports
Collins, D. N. 1994 Hydrology of glacierised basins in the Karakoram. Overseas Development Administration, 270p.
Rees, H. G. & Collins, D. N. 2004 An assessment of the impacts of deglaciation on thewater resources of the Himalaya. SAGARMATHA Snow and Glacier Aspects of Water Resources Management in the Himalayas Final Technical Report: Volume 2. Natural Environment Research Council. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, 54p.