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Surging Glaciers

Surging Glacier is a type of glacier characterized by periodic episodes of dramatically accelerated ice flow followed by prolonged periods of relative quiescence, distinguishing it from steadily flowing glaciers through its nonlinear and cyclical dynamic behavior.

169

Publications

13.2K

Citations

364

Authors

186

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

38

Variants

Surge-type Glaciers

Parents

Publications

169

Glacier Surge Mechanism: 1982-1983 Surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska

Barclay Kamb, C. F. Raymond, William D. Harrison et al. · Science · 1985 · 762 citations

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What are glacier surges?

Mark F. Meier, Austin Post · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1969 · 544 citations

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Fast tidewater glaciers

M. F. Meier, Austin Post · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1987 · 536 citations

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Glacier Surge After Ice Shelf Collapse

Hernán De Angelis, Pedro Skvarca · Science · 2003 · 397 citations

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Climatic and geometric controls on the global distribution of surge-type glaciers: implications for a unifying model of surging

Heïdi Sevestre, Douglas I. Benn · Journal of Glaciology · 2015 · 357 citations · Full text

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Authors

364

  1. AP
    Austin Post

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

    10

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  2. JA
    Julian A. Dowdeswell

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 773 citations

    9

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  3. GK
    Garry K. C. Clarke

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    9 publications · 702 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. LC
    Luke Copland

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    7 publications · 625 citations

    7

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  5. TM
    Tavi Murray

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 837 citations

    6

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Institutions

186

  1. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    741 citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    944 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    719 citations

  6. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    649 citations

  8. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Glaciology

    49 publications · 3.3K citations

    30

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  3. ˜The œcryosphere

    10 publications · 771 citations

    10

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

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  5. Remote Sensing

    8 publications · 261 citations

    8

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