An online version of the program is available here. * Printed copies of the program will be available at the conference.

An online version of the abstracts is available here 

A PDF of Abstracts IGSBB Abstracts.pdf  *An index on the final two pages lists presentations alphabetically. Each entry is linked to the corresponding page number.

 

 

Monday 15 September

 
8.30-9.00Registration 
9.00-10.30

Session 1 – Earth Observation + more 

(Chairedby: Amy Morgan,Sammie Buzzard)

 
9.00Welcome & Introductory remarks 
9.15

Tomos Morgan*

Assessing lake-terminating glacierclassification in Svalbard from 1985-2024 using an Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) approach in Google Earth Engine (GEE)

9.30

Karla Boxall

Using CryoSat-2, ICESat-2 and airborne data to prepare for ice-sheet monitoring with CRISTAL

 
9.45

Devin Harrison

The recentcollapse of Endurance Glacier, Elephant Island

 
10.00

Noel Gourmelen

The influence of subglacial lake discharge on Thwaites Glacierice-shelf melting and grounding-line retreat

 
10.15

Adrian Luckman

Ongoing dynamic change at Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1

 
10.30-11.00Break 
11.00-12.30

Session 2 – Antarctica + more

(Chaired by: PolinaSevastyanova, Anne Le Brocq)

 
11.00

Kasia Warburton

Mechanics of the Thwaites grounding zone inferred fromGPS and tiltmeter data

 
11.15

Felipe Napoleoni

Linking Bed Reflectivity and Englacial Stratigraphy to Subglacial Hydrology beneath Thwaites Glacier

 
11.30

Alex Bradley

To whatextent is climate change responsible forretreat of thePine Island Glacier?

 
11.45

Harry Davis*

A combined radiostratigraphy- and ice-core- derived age scalefor a new ice

core at the dividebetween the Amundsen, Bellingshausen and Weddellseas, West Antarctica

 
12.00

Clara Nyqvist*

Stability of East Antarctica’s upper Wilkes Subglacial Basin since before the Last Glacial Maximum investigated by radar-imaged englacial stratigraphy

 
12.15

Bernd Kulessa

New insights into West Antarctic sedimentary basins and crustal structure from magnetotelluric imaging

 
12.30-13.30Lunch 
13.45-15.00

Session 3 – IceFlow + more

(Chaired by: Hannah Barnett, Rob Bingham)

 
13.45

Ryan Strickland

Ice stream bifurcation: A simple framework for revealing flow instability

 
14.00

Joseph Mallalieu

Global influence of terminus environment on glacier velocity and mass loss

 
14.15

Connie Harpur*

Ice-marginal lakes enhance outlet glacier velocities across Greenland

 
14.30

Yefan Wang

Catastrophic drainage from ice-marginal lakesregulates ice-motion at a Greenlandic lake-terminating glacier

 
14.45

William Harcourt

The distribution of glacier surgebehaviour in Svalbard and implications for understanding unstable ice flow

 
15.00-15.30Break 
15.30-17.00Posters (see below) 
17.30Walk to Cherwell Boathouse (map) 
18.00Punting / pre-dinner drinks 
19.30Dinner 

 

 


 

Tuesday 16 September

9.00-10.30

Session 4 – Calving + more (Chaired by: Yiliang Ma, Jim Jordan)

9.00

Doug Benn

Calving lawsand where to find them

9.15

Tim Hageman

Computational modelsof ice to capture both shear and tensile fracture, applied to ice-cliff collapses

9.30

Daniel Richards

A viscoelastic phase-field model for calving and fracture in ice

9.45

Jaime Otero

On the modelling of transition fromland- to lake-terminating glaciers

10.00

Andrew Mackintosh

Global Glacier ClimateDisequilibrium: Committed Mass Loss and Sea Level Rise

10.15

Tryggvi Unnsteinsson*

Running fromthe heat: glaciervelocity oddities nearvolcanoes

10.30-11.00Break
11.00-12.30

Session 5 – Supraglacial processes + more 

(Chaired by: Jiao Chen, Becky Dell)

11.00

Doug Mair

Modelling the evolution of near-surface ice layers and their impacton runoff generation processes across a High Arctic ice cap

11.15

Emily Glen*

Uncovering Widespread Slush on the Greenland Ice Sheet: Insights from a Nine-Year Satellite Record

11.30

Laura Stevens

Inland advance of ice-sheet hydro-fracture not accelerated by low-elevation lake drainages

11.45

Holly Wytiahlowsky*

Insights into the physical properties and detection of supraglacial channels on mountain glaciers.

12.00

Ben Graves

Modelling Surface Ablation of a Central Himalayan Glacier

12.15David Vaughanaward
12.30-13.00AGM
13.00-14.00Lunch
14.00-16.00

Session 6 – Subglacial processes + more 

(Chaired by: Sourav Laha, Liz Bagshaw)

14.00

Michael Prior-Jones

Cryoegg and friends: wireless instruments revealsubglacial and moulin hydrology

14.15

Rob Storrar

SHARDS: Subglacial Hydrological Analysis usingRepeat Drone Surveys

14.30

Harry Stuart*

Modelling of Subglacial Discharge from a Surface Lake Drainage Event

14.45

Hanwen Zhang

A Unified Framework for BlisterDynamics and Subglacial Hydrology Following Lake Drainage Events

15.00

John Hillier

Symmetrical till-cored drumlins highlight wherepast ice sheetsflowed faster

15.15

Jonathan Hawkins

Subglacial hydrology at Isunnguata Sermia, West Greenland: insights from new geophysical observations

15.30Prize giving& Closing remarks
16.00Finish


 

 


 

 


 

 

 

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