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Ice Sheet Stability

Ice Sheet Stability is a theoretical construct in glaciology that denotes the capacity of an ice sheet to maintain its structural and dynamical integrity under external climatic and geophysical forcings, distinguishing it from related concepts by its focus on threshold behavior, feedback mechanisms, and long-term resilience to perturbations.

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1.4K

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533

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2017–2026

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Publications

478

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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Ice sheet grounding line dynamics: Steady states, stability, and hysteresis

Christian Schoof · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2007 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica

Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, Brooke Medley · Science · 2014 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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A 0.5-Million-Year Record of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the North Atlantic

Jerry F McManus, Delia W Oppo, James L. Cullen · Science · 1999 · 937 citations

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Distribution of Hydrogen in the Near Surface of Mars: Evidence for Subsurface Ice Deposits

W. V. Boynton, W. C. Feldman, S. W. Squyres et al. · Science · 2002 · 918 citations

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Authors

1.4K

  1. RB
    Richard B. Alley

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    17 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. RC
    Richard C. A. Hindmarsh

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 956 citations

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  3. DE
    David E. Sugden

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 499 citations

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  4. DP
    David Pollard

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    10 publications · 847 citations

    10

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  5. TJ
    Terence J. Hughes

    University of Maine, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

533

  1. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    32 h-index

    63 publications

    6K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    26 h-index

    61 publications

    8.8K citations

  3. Natural Environment Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    33 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    36 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    71 publications

    12K citations

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

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    19 h-index

    39 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    18 h-index

    37 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    30 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Quaternary Science Reviews

    27 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Glaciology

    35 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Nature

    24 publications · 10.2K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 22 publications · 4.2K citations

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