The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all
materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily …

We review the major subglacial till forming processes as presently understood by glacial
researchers and define the parameters within which tills are produced and reconcile them …

Antarctica's ice shelves modulate the grounded ice flow, and weakening of ice shelves due
to climate forcing will decrease their 'buttressing'effect, causing a response in the grounded …

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

Ice sheets are expected to shrink in size as the world warms, which in turn will raise sea
level. The West Antarctic ice sheet is of particular concern, because it was probably much …

We present a method that uses a global seismic model of the crust and upper mantle to
guide the extrapolation of existing heat-flow measurements to regions where such …

The shallow shelf approximation, a balance of membrane stresses for ice flow, is an effective
“sliding law” for ice sheet modeling. Our use of it as a sliding law becomes a standard model …

Data from laboratory geotechnical tests on till recovered from beneath Ice Stream B, West
Antarctica, at the Upstream B camp (hereinafter the UpB till) show that failure strength of this …

Basal sliding is one of the most important components in the dynamics of fast–flowing
glaciers, but remains poorly understood on a theoretical level. In this paper, the problem of …

Recent observations of dynamic water systems beneath the Greenland and Antarctic ice
sheets have sparked renewed interest in modelling subglacial drainage. The foundations of …