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Iceberg Calving

Iceberg Calving is the glaciological process by which chunks of ice break off from the terminus or margins of a glacier or ice shelf and detach into the ocean, forming icebergs.

261

Publications

16.6K

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758

Authors

342

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

87

Variants

Glacial Calving

Parents

Publications

261

Iceberg Discharges into the North Atlantic on Millennial Time Scales During the Last Glaciation

Gérard C. Bond, Rusty Lotti · Science · 1995 · 1.3K citations

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Ice mélange dynamics and implications for terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

J. M. Amundson, M. A. Fahnestock, Martin Truffer et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 467 citations · Full text

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Antarctic Ice Sheet melting in the southeast Pacific

Stanley S. Jacobs, Hartmut Hellmer, Adrian Jenkins · Geophysical Research Letters · 1996 · 396 citations · Full text

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Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves

Yan Liu, John C. Moore, Xiao Cheng et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 314 citations · Full text

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Cryoseismology

Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Fabian Walter · Reviews of Geophysics · 2016 · 249 citations · Full text

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Authors

758

  1. JA
    Julian A. Dowdeswell

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 985 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. DR
    Douglas R. MacAyeal

    University of Chicago, United States

    13 publications · 702 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. ER
    Eric Rignot

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    11 publications · 659 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. JM
    J. M. Amundson

    University of Alaska Southeast, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  5. MT
    Martin Truffer

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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Institutions

342

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    4K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    15 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    5.1K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    767 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Glaciology

    39 publications · 2.2K citations

    31

    h-index

  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    24 publications · 2.3K citations

    22

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  3. ˜The œcryosphere

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  4. Annals of Glaciology

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 15 publications · 1.4K citations

    15

    h-index

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