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Glaciology

Glaciology is a subdiscipline within Earth sciences that investigates the physical and mechanical processes governing glaciers and ice sheets, as well as their paleoclimatic records and geomorphological effects.

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<i>Planck</i> 2018 results

N. Aghanim, Y. Akrami, M. Ashdown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2020 · 14.1K citations · Full text

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Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

Jean‐Robert Petit, J. Jouzel, Dominique Raynaud et al. · Nature · 1999 · 6.7K citations · Full text

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Anomalous collapses of Nares Strait ice arches leads to enhanced export of Arctic sea ice

G. W. K. Moore, Stephen Howell, Mike Brady et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 5.2K citations · Full text

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Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record

W. Dansgaard, S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen et al. · Nature · 1993 · 4.8K citations

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A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation

Richard G. Fairbanks · Nature · 1989 · 4.6K citations

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    M. R. van den Broeke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    245 publications · 40.3K citations

    101

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  2. ER
    Eric Rignot

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    206 publications · 41.4K citations

    93

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  3. RB
    Richard B. Alley

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    231 publications · 28K citations

    91

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  4. IJ
    Ian Joughin

    University of Washington, United States

    145 publications · 22.5K citations

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  5. JA
    Julian A. Dowdeswell

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    241 publications · 20.3K citations

    80

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    186 h-index

    5.6K publications

    1.3M citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    160 h-index

    1.6K publications

    179K citations

  3. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    159 h-index

    2.3K publications

    245.2K citations

  4. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    159 h-index

    1.7K publications

    222.1K citations

  5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    151 h-index

    1.3K publications

    337.2K citations

  6. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    148 h-index

    2.9K publications

    272.9K citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    143 h-index

    1.6K publications

    205.3K citations

  8. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    138 h-index

    1.6K publications

    262.9K citations

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  1. Nature

    683 publications · 158.5K citations

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  2. Science

    474 publications · 120.8K citations

    189

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 1.4K publications · 145.3K citations

    183

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  4. Journal of Glaciology

    3.4K publications · 197.6K citations

    178

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  5. Quaternary Science Reviews

    1.3K publications · 116.8K citations

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See also

Glaciology

Ice Dynamics

Mass Balance

Paleoclimate Records

Observation Techniques

Glacial Landforms