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Basal Lubrication

Basal Lubrication is the process by which meltwater at the base of a glacier reduces friction between the ice and underlying bedrock, thereby enhancing glacier sliding through the localized introduction of fluid pressure that decouples the glacier from its bed.

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172

Authors

108

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2017–2026

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38

Basal Drainage System Response to Increasing Surface Melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Toby Meierbachtol, J. T. Harper, N. F. Humphrey · Science · 2013 · 217 citations

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A two‐phase mechanical model for rock‐ice avalanches

Shiva P. Pudasaini, Michael Krautblatter · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface · 2014 · 174 citations · Full text

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Basal friction of Ice Stream E, West Antarctica

Douglas R. MacAyeal, Robert Bindschadler · Journal of Glaciology · 1995 · 156 citations · Full text

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Ice-dynamic projections of the Greenland ice sheet in response to atmospheric and oceanic warming

Johannes J. Fürst, Heiko Goelzer, Philippe Huybrechts · ˜The œcryosphere · 2015 · 132 citations · Full text

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Enhanced basal lubrication and the contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to future sea-level rise

Sarah Shannon, A. J. Payne, I. D. Bartholomew et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 128 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SA
    S. Anandakrishnan

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 236 citations

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  2. RB
    Robert Bindschadler

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 358 citations

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  3. RB
    Richard B. Alley

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 236 citations

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  4. HG
    Heiko Goelzer

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 273 citations

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  5. BR
    B. R. Parizek

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 210 citations

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Institutions

108

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    300 citations

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    877 citations

  4. St. Olaf College

    Northfield, United States

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    668 citations

  5. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    301 citations

  6. Natural Environment Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    139 citations

  7. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    256 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    228 citations

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  1. Journal of Glaciology

    12 publications · 703 citations

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  2. ˜The œcryosphere

    5 publications · 361 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 281 citations

    5

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

    4 publications · 370 citations

    4

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  5. Annals of Glaciology

    3 publications · 103 citations

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