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Temperate Glaciers

Temperate Glaciers is a type of mountain glacier characterized by ice that remains at the pressure melting point throughout the year, distinguishing it from colder glacier types by enabling rapid basal sliding and hydrological activity.

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1.1K

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2017–2026

68

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Publications

447

Movement of Water in Glaciers

Ronald L. Shreve · Journal of Glaciology · 1972 · 754 citations

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Water flow through temperate glaciers

Andrew G. Fountain, Joseph S. Walder · Reviews of Geophysics · 1998 · 747 citations · Full text

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Fast tidewater glaciers

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

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Stability of Temperate Ice Caps and Ice Sheets Resting on Beds of Deformable Sediment

G. S. Boulton, Alison Snow Jones · Journal of Glaciology · 1979 · 442 citations · Full text

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Sliding motion of glaciers: Theory and observation

Barclay Kamb · Reviews of Geophysics · 1970 · 414 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. BH
    Bryn Hubbard

    Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 446 citations

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  2. LL
    Louis Lliboutry

    Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, France

    10 publications · 608 citations

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  3. HB
    Heinz Blatter

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    10 publications · 916 citations

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  4. YY
    Yu. Ya. Macheret

    Institute of Geography, Russia

    9 publications · 332 citations

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  5. CR
    Charles R. Warren

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 563 citations

    9

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Institutions

425

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    108 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    61 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    17 h-index

    45 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    16 h-index

    30 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    16 h-index

    59 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    15 h-index

    33 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Glaciology

    152 publications · 9.1K citations

    49

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    62 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. ˜The œcryosphere

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

    14 publications · 696 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 12 publications · 1.3K citations

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