Basal processes
Glacier dynamics is largely controlled by processes at the glacier base. These are notoriously difficult to observe, due to their remoteness and high-pressure conditions.
Projects
Publications
- (2014) Direct observations of evolving subglacial drainage beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet (Nature)
- (2014) Caterpillar-like ice motion in the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet
- (2014) Sustained high basal motion of the Greenland ice sheet revealed by borehole deformatio
- (2013) Gauging Greenland’s Subglacial Water (Science)
- (2010) Greenland’s glacial basics (Nature)
- (2006) Time-dependent basal stress conditions beneath Black Rapids Glacier, Alaska, USA, inferred from measurements of ice deformation and surface motion