Glacier Permeability

Glacier Permeability is the measure of a glacier's capacity to transmit water through its porous and fractured ice matrix, distinguishing it from other hydrological conductivity measures by specifically characterizing fluid flow within glacial ice and its internal conduits.

104

Publications

4.8K

Citations

240

Authors

120

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Glacier Hydrology

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Critical Permeability ThresholdsGrain-scale PermeabilityHydrofracture InitiationImpurity Effects On PermeabilityPercolation Zone ProcessesPermeability ParameterizationPore Closure DynamicsPore Structure EvolutionRadar Estimation Of PermeabilitySeasonal Permeability Variability

Publications

104

Flow, thermal structure, and subglacial conditions of a surge-type glacier

Garry K. C. Clarke, Sam G. Collins, David E. Thompson · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1984 · 294 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Cryosphere Studies +16

Retention of Greenland runoff by refreezing: Implications for projected future sea level change

W. T. Pfeffer, Mark F. Meier, Tissa H. Illangasekare · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 290 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Hydrology +17

A Theory of Water Percolation in Snow

S. C. Colbeck · Journal of Glaciology · 1972 · 261 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Hydrology +17

Fracture mechanics approach to penetration of bottom crevasses on glaciers

C. J. van der Veen · Cold Regions Science and Technology · 1998 · 191 citations

Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences +13

Rapid expansion of Greenland’s low-permeability ice slabs

Michael MacFerrin, Horst Machguth, D. van As et al. · Nature · 2019 · 173 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +9

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Authors

240

MR
M. R. Albert
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, United States
7 publications · 314 citations
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Louis Lliboutry
Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, France
5 publications · 302 citations
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EA
Edvard A. Hemmingsen
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States
4 publications · 115 citations
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HE
Hajo Eicken
University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
4 publications · 134 citations
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MM
Michael MacFerrin
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
3 publications · 232 citations
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Institutions

120

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Journal of Glaciology
24 publications · 1.2K citations
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The cryosphere
6 publications · 211 citations
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Annals of Glaciology
6 publications · 248 citations
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Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
JGR · 3 publications · 504 citations
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Cold Regions Science and Technology
3 publications · 287 citations
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