Structures and deformation in glaciers and ice sheets

SJA Jennings, MJ Hambrey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to:(a) describe and interpret structures in valley glaciers in
relation to strain history; and (b) to explore how these structures inform our understanding of …

Glacial water: a dynamic microbial medium

G Varliero, PH Lebre, B Frey, AG Fountain, AM Anesio… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial communities and nutrient dynamics in glaciers and ice sheets continuously
change as the hydrological conditions within and on the ice change. Glaciers and ice sheets …

The evolution and preservation potential of englacial eskers: An example from Breiðamerkurjökull, SE Iceland

A Lally, A Ruffell, AMW Newton, BR Rea… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Directly observing glacial drainage systems (englacial and subglacial) is challenging. The
distribution, morphology and internal structure of eskers can provide valuable information …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the seasonal changes of an englacial conduit network using repeated ground-penetrating radar measurements

G Church, M Grab, C Schmelzbach, A Bauder… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Englacial conduits act as water pathways to feed surface meltwater into the subglacial
drainage system. A change of meltwater into the subglacial drainage system can alter the …

Finetuning ground penetrating radar velocity analysis from hyperbola fitting using migration

JS Rønning - Near Surface Geophysics, 2023 - earthdoc.org
The widely used tool, ground penetrating radar (GPR), has proven to be an excellent
research method for glaciological studies. The total ice thickness and englacial structures …

[HTML][HTML] Ground-penetrating radar imaging reveals glacier's drainage network in 3D

G Church, A Bauder, M Grab, H Maurer - The Cryosphere, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Hydrological systems of glaciers have a direct impact on the glacier dynamics. Since the
1950s, geophysical studies have provided insights into these hydrological systems …

Drainage system and thermal structure of a High Arctic polythermal glacier: Waldemarbreen, western Svalbard

J Karušs, K Lamsters, I Sobota, J Ješkins… - Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Understanding glacier drainage system behaviour and its response to increased meltwater
production faces several challenges in the High Arctic because many glaciers are …

Landscape Modeling, Glacier and Ice Sheet Dynamics, and the Three Poles: A Review of Models, Softwares, and Tools

S Mitra, R Devrani, M Pandey, A Arora… - Advances in Remote …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter is dedicated to the assessment of the applicability of the existing models toward
the study of the landscape evolution in the three poles, that is, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and …

Morphology, flow dynamics and evolution of englacial conduits in cold ice

JE Kamintzis, TDL Irvine‐Fynn, TO Holt… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Meltwater routing through ice masses exerts a fundamental control over glacier dynamics
and mass balance, and proglacial hydrology. However, despite recent advances in mapping …

Surface nuclear magnetic resonance for studying an englacial channel on Rhonegletscher (Switzerland): Possibilities and limitations in a high-noise environment

L Gabriel, M Hertrich, C Ogier… - …, 2025 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Surface nuclear magnetic resonance (SNMR) is a geophysical technique that is directly
sensitive to liquid water. In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of SNMR for detecting and …