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List of works by Donald D. Blankenship

A Magnetic Data Correction Workflow for Sparse, Four-Dimensional Data

scientific article

A Method of Repeat Photoclinometry for Detecting Kilometer-Scale Ice Sheet Surface Evolution

A detailed radiostratigraphic data set for the central East Antarctic Plateau spanning from the Holocene to the mid-Pleistocene

scientific article

A detailed radiostratigraphic data set for the central East Antarctic Plateau spanning the last half million years

preprint

A dynamic early East Antarctic Ice Sheet suggested by ice-covered fjord landscapes

scientific article

A high-resolution synthetic bed elevation grid of the Antarctic continent

scientific article published in 2017

A high-resolution synthetic bed elevation grid of the Antarctic continent

A large tectonic-controlled subglacial lake with ocean drainage in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

scientific article

A magnetic data correction workflow for sparse, four dimensional data

preprint

A magnetic data correction workflow for sparse, four dimensional data (MDCWS-4D)

preprint

A newly discovered subglacial lake in East Antarctica likely hosts a valuable sedimentary record of ice and climate change

scholarly article

A revised inventory of Antarctic subglacial lakes

article

A site for deep ice coring in West Antarctica: results from aerogeophysical surveys and thermo-kinematic modeling

scholarly article

Accelerated Antarctic ice loss from satellite gravity measurements

scholarly article by J. L. Chen et al published 22 November 2009 in Nature Geoscience

Accumulation patterns around Dome C, East Antarctica, in the last 73 kyr

scholarly article

Active formation of ‘chaos terrain’ over shallow subsurface water on Europa

scientific article published on November 16, 2011

Active subglacial volcanism in West Antarctica as assessed by airborne geophysics: Distribution and context

Active volcanism beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet and implications for ice-sheet stability

scientific article published in Nature

Aerogeophysical characterization of Titan Dome, East Antarctica, and potential as an ice core target

scientific article

Aerogeophysical characterization of an active subglacial lake system in the David Glacier catchment, Antarctica

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Aerogeophysical characterization of an active subglacial lake system in the David Glacier catchment, Antarctica

Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica)

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Aeromagnetic evidence for a volcanic caldera(?) Complex beneath the divide of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

scientific article published in 1998

Aeromagnetic map of the eastern Ross Transect Zone, West Antarctica, Folio A

scientific article published in 1994

Air and shipborne magnetic surveys of the Antarctic into the 21st century

scientific article

Along-Track Focusing of Airborne Radar Sounding Data From West Antarctica for Improving Basal Reflection Analysis and Layer Detection

article

An Interferometric Approach to Cross-Track Clutter Detection in Two-Channel VHF Radar Sounders

An extensive subglacial lake and canyon system in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

article

Antarctic Mapping Tools for Matlab

Antarctic Slope Current Modulates Ocean Heat Intrusions Towards Totten Glacier

scientific article published in 2021

Antarctic regional ice loss rates from GRACE

article by J.L. Chen et al published February 2008 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Assessing the potential for measuring Europa's tidal Love number h2 using radar sounder and topographic imager data

Assessing the potential for passive radio sounding of Europa and Ganymede with RIME and REASON

scientific article

Basal channels drive active surface hydrology and transverse ice shelf fracture.

scientific article

Basal conditions for Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, determined using satellite and airborne data

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Basal topographic controls on rapid retreat of Humboldt Glacier, northern Greenland

scientific article published in 2015

Bathymetry Beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, Revealed by Airborne Gravity

scholarly article

Bayesian estimation of englacial radar chronology in Central West Antarctica

Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica

scientific article

Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica

preprint

Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

article

Brine Migration and Impact‐Induced Cryovolcanism on Europa

scholarly article

CASERTZ aeromagnetic data reveal late Cenozoic flood basalts(?) in the West Antarctic rift system

scholarly article

Chapter 7.5 Active subglacial volcanism in West Antarctica

scientific article

Characterization of Titan Dome, East Antarctica, and potential as an ice core target

preprint

Characterizing near-surface firn using the scattered signal component of the glacier surface return from airborne radio-echo sounding

scholarly article

Comparison of measurements from different radio-echo sounding systems and synchronization with the ice core at Dome C, Antarctica

article

Correlation confidence limits for unevenly sampled data

Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

Deformation of till beneath ice stream B, West Antarctica

scientific article published in Nature

Delivering 21st century Antarctic and Southern Ocean science

Dielectric Brine-Ice Mixtures on Europa, and the Need for New Experiments

conference paper published in 2018

Discovery of a hypersaline subglacial lake complex beneath Devon Ice Cap, Canadian Arctic

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Dynamic distributed drainage implied by the flow evolution of the 1996–1998 Adventure Trench subglacial lake discharge

article

Echo source discrimination in single‐pass airborne radar sounding data from the Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Implications for orbital sounding of Mars

scientific article published in 2006

Evidence for a water system transition beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Evidence for elevated and spatially variable geothermal flux beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

scientific article

Evidence of a hydrological connection between the ice divide and ice sheet margin in the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica

scholarly article

Fabric in Ice Sheets: Development and Prediction

scientific article

First airborne gravity results over the Thwaites Glacier catchment, West Antarctica

Five decades of radioglaciology

scholarly article

Five decades of radioglaciology — CORRIGENDUM

scholarly article published in Annals of Glaciology

Force balance along an inland tributary and onset to Ice Stream D, West Antarctica

scholarly article

Geologic Controls on the Initiation of Rapid Basal Motion for West Antarctic Ice Streams: A Geophysical Perspective Including New Airborne Radar Sounding and Laser Altimetry Results

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

Geometric determination of ionospheric total electron content from dual frequency radar sounding measurements

scholarly article

Getz Ice Shelf melt enhanced by freshwater discharge from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

scholarly article

Getz Ice Shelf melt enhanced by freshwater discharge from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

preprint

Glacial removal of late Cenozoic subglacially emplaced volcanic edifices by the West Antarctic ice sheet

scientific article published in 1995

Greenland subglacial lakes detected by radar

article

High resolution boundary conditions of an old ice target near Dome C, Antarctica

High-resolution boundary conditions of an old ice target near Dome C, Antarctica

scientific article published in 2017

Hot rocks in a cold place: high sub-glacial heat flow in East Antarctica

article by Chris J. Carson et al published 30 September 2013 in Journal of the Geological Society

Ice Shell Structure and Composition of Ocean Worlds: Insights from Accreted Ice on Earth

scientific article published in 2022

Ice flow direction change in interior West Antarctica.

scientific article

Identifying Major Sedimentary Basins Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from Aeromagnetic Data Analysis

Identifying flowlines and limitations of flux analyses in the interior of Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica

scholarly article

Influence of subglacial geology on the onset of a West Antarctic ice stream from aerogeophysical observations

Initiation and long-term instability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

scientific article published in December 2017

Insights into geological evolution of Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica-clues for continental suturing and breakup since Rodinian time

scientific article published in August 2020

Integral correlation for uneven and differently sampled data, and its application to the Law Dome Antarctic climate record

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Interferometric discrimination of cross-track bed clutter in ice-penetrating radar sounding data

scholarly article

Investigating the Martian Surface at Decametric Scale: Population, Distribution, and Dimension of Heterogeneity from Radar Statistics

scientific article published in October 2022

Is there 1.5 million-year old ice near Dome C, Antarctica?

Is there 1.5-million-year-old ice near Dome C, Antarctica?

scientific article

Jupiter ICY moon explorer (JUICE): Advances in the design of the radar for Icy Moons (RIME)

Land-ice elevation changes from photon-counting swath altimetry: first applications over the Antarctic ice sheet

scholarly article

Magnetic and gravity views of crust and lithosphere heterogeneity in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin of East Antarctica

Meltwater intensive glacial retreat in polar environments and investigation of associated sediments: example from Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

scholarly article

Microearthquake Source Locations and Mechanisms: Ice Stream B, West Antarctica (Abstract)

scientific article

Microearthquakes Under and Alongside Ice Stream B, Antarctica. Detected By A New Passive Seismic Array

scientific article

Mobilization of Near-Surface Brine on Europa

conference paper published in 2017

Multisystem Synthesis of Radar Sounding Observations of the Amundsen Sea Sector From the 2004–2005 Field Season

scientific article

Natural radio emission of Jupiter as interferences for radar investigations of the icy satellites of Jupiter

New 3D bathymetry and sediment distribution in Lake Vostok: Implication for pre-glacial origin and numerical modeling of the internal processes within the lake

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New Antarctic Gravity Anomaly Grid for Enhanced Geodetic and Geophysical Studies in Antarctica

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

New Frontiers of Seismic Surveying in Antarctica: The Mapping of A Thin Layer at the Base of Ice Stream B (Abstract)

scientific article

New Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic

scholarly article by A. V. Golynsky et al published 6 July 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

New airborne laser altimetry over the Thwaites Glacier catchment, West Antarctica

New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Subglacial topography of the Thwaites and Smith glacier catchments

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New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier

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New magnetic anomaly map of East Antarctica and surrounding regions

scientific article published in 2007

Ocean access to a cavity beneath Totten Glacier in East Antarctica

scientific article (publication date: 16 March 2015)

Ocean forced variability of Totten Glacier mass loss

scholarly article by Jason Roberts et al published 23 August 2017 in Geological Society Special Publication

Ocean heat drives rapid basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf.

scientific article

Ocean-driven heating of Europa’s icy shell at low latitudes

Optimal site selection for a high resolution ice core record in East Antarctica

Optimal site selection for a high-resolution ice core record in East Antarctica

Organized flow from the South Pole to the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf: An assessment of balance velocities in interior East Antarctica using radio echo sounding data

scholarly article

Patagonia Icefield melting observed by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

scientific article published in 2007

Patterns of late Cenozoic volcanic and tectonic activity in the West Antarctic rift system revealed by aeromagnetic surveys

scientific article published in June 1996

Planetary landing-zone reconnaissance using ice-penetrating radar data: Concept validation in Antarctica

Possible groundwater dominance in the subglacial hydrology of ice sheet interiors: example at Dome C, East Antarctica

scholarly article by Brad T. Gooch et al published 15 July 2016 in The Cryosphere discussions TCD

Previously unknown topographic features beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, revealed by airborne gravity

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

RIME: Radar for Icy Moon Exploration

Radar signal propagation through the ionosphere of Europa

Radar sounding survey over Devon Ice Cap indicates the potential for a diverse hypersaline subglacial hydrological environment

scientific article

Radar sounding survey over Devon Ice Cap indicates the potential for a diverse hypersaline subglacial hydrological environment

scientific article published on 2 February 2022

Radar stratigraphy connecting Lake Vostok and Dome C, East Antarctica, constrains the EPICA/DMC ice core time scale

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Radar-based subglacial lake classification in Antarctica

Radio-echo sounding measurements and ice-core synchronization at Dome C, Antarctica

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Refined broad-scale sub-glacial morphology of Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica derived by an ice-dynamics-based interpolation scheme

scientific article published in 2011

Remote Sensing of the Ross Ice Streams and Adjacent Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

scientific article

Removal of ‘strip noise’ in radio-echo sounding data using combined wavelet and 2-D DFT filtering

scientific article

Repeated large-scale retreat and advance of Totten Glacier indicated by inland bed erosion.

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Science potential from a Europa lander.

scientific article

Seasonal dynamics of Totten Ice Shelf controlled by sea ice buttressing

scholarly article

Seasonal dynamics of Totten Ice Shelf controlled by sea ice buttressing

Seismic Evidence for a Thin Basal Layer at a Second Location on Ice Stream B, Antarctica

scholarly article

Seismic Investigations of The Firn-Ice Structure at Dome C, East Antarctica (Abstract only)

scholarly article

Seismic Measurement of the Gross Crystalline Structure of a West Antarctic Ice Stream (Abstract)

scholarly article

Seismic detection of a subglacial lake near the South Pole, Antarctica

scholarly article

Seismic detection of an active subglacial magmatic complex in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

article by Amanda C. Lough et al published 17 November 2013 in Nature Geoscience

Seismic measurements reveal a saturated porous layer beneath an active Antarctic ice stream

scientific article published in Nature

Seismic stratigraphy of the Sabrina Coast shelf, East Antarctica: Early history of dynamic meltwater-rich glaciations

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Seismic-Reflection Profiling of a Widespread Till Beneath Ice Stream B, West Antarctica (Abstract)

scholarly article

Shallow-source aeromagnetic anomalies observed over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet compared with coincident bed topography from radar ice sounding—new evidence for glacial “removal” of subglacially erupted late Cenozoic rift-related volcanic edif

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Stable accumulation patterns around Dome C, East Antarctica, over the last glacial cycle

Steep reverse bed slope at the grounding line of the Weddell Sea sector in West Antarctica

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Strain-rate enhancement at Dye 3, Greenland

scholarly article by Tiirostur Thorsteinsson et al published 1 June 1999 in Journal of Glaciology

Subglacial controls on dynamic thinning at Trinity-Wykeham Glacier, Prince of Wales Ice Field, Canadian Arctic

Subglacial hydrological connectivity within the Byrd Glacier catchment, East Antarctica

scholarly article

Subglacial sediments: A regional geological template for ice flow in West Antarctica

scientific article published on 15 September 2001

Supplementary material to "Getz Ice Shelf melt enhanced by freshwater discharge from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet"

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Supplementary material to "Optimal site selection for a high resolution ice core record in East Antarctica"

Supplementary material to "Radar sounding survey over Devon Ice Cap indicates the potential for a diverse hypersaline subglacial hydrological environment"

scientific article

Surface and basal boundary conditions at the Southern McMurdo and Ross Ice Shelves, Antarctica – CORRIGENDUM

scholarly article

The 1500 m South Pole ice core: recovering a 40 ka environmental record

The Australo-Antarctic Columbia to Gondwana transition

scientific article published in 2016

The Climate Data Toolbox for MATLAB

scholarly article

The Sedimentary Signature of Deforming Glacier Beds in the Ross Embayment, Antarctica

scholarly article

The distribution of basal water between Antarctic subglacial lakes from radar sounding.

scientific article published in January 2016

The subglacial geology of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

scholarly article by A. R. A. Aitken published in April 2014

Till beneath ice stream B: 3. Till deformation: Evidence and implications

scientific article published in 1987

Totten Glacier subglacial hydrology determined from geophysics and modeling

scholarly article

Two independent methods for mapping the grounding line of an outlet glacier – an example from the Astrolabe Glacier, Terre Adélie, Antarctica

scientific article published in 2014

Unveiling lithosphere heterogeneity beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin

scientific article

Variable crustal thickness beneath Thwaites Glacier revealed from airborne gravimetry, possible implications for geothermal heat flux in West Antarctica

scientific article published in December 2014

Water-Pressure Dependence of the Velocity of Ice Stream B, Antarctica

scholarly article

Weak bed control of the eastern shear margin of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

scholarly article

Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest Ice" ice core

Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

article by Hubertus Fischer et al published 5 November 2013 in Climate of the Past

Wind causes Totten Ice Shelf melt and acceleration

scientific article