Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Henry, A. Clara J. ORCID record for Henry, A. Clara J.. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Drews, Reinhard ORCID record for Drews, Reinhard. (2026) Modelling the three-dimensional, diagnostic fabric anisotropy field of an ice rise.

Goel, Vikram ORCID record for Goel, Vikram. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Matsuoka, Kenichi. Pratap, Bhanu. Moholdt, Geir. Dey, Rahul ORCID record for Dey, Rahul. Laluraj, Chavarukonam M. Thamban, Meloth. (2026) A new coastal ice-core site identified in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, for high-resolution climate reconstructions to the Last Glacial Maximum.

2025

Parrenin, Frédéric ORCID record for Parrenin, Frédéric. Chung, Ailsa ORCID record for Chung, Ailsa. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. (2025) age_flow_line-1.0: a fast and accurate numerical age model for a pseudo-steady flow tube of an ice sheet [Model description paper].

Hills, Benjamin H. Young, T.J. Lilien, David A. Babock, Esther. Bienert, Nicole. Blankenship, Donald. Bradford, John. Brighi, Giancorrado. Brisbourne, Alex ORCID record for Brisbourne, Alex. Dall, Jørgen. Drews, Reinhard. Eisen, Olaf. Ershadi, M. Reza. Gerber, Tamara A. Holschuh, Nicholas. Jansen, Daniela. Jordan, Thomas M. Karlsson, Nanna B. Li, Jilu. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Matsuoka, Kenichi. May, Daniel. Oraschewski, Falk M. Paden, John. Rathmann, Nicholas M. Ross, Neil. Schroeder, Dustin M. Siegert, Martin. Siegfried, Matthew. Smith, Emma. Zeising, Ole. (2025) Radar Polarimetry in Glaciology: Theory, Measurement Techniques, and Scientific Applications for Investigating the Anisotropy of Ice Masses.

Bingham, Robert G. Bodart, Julien A. Cavitte, Marie G.P. Chung, Ailsa. Sanderson, Rebecca J. Sutter, Johannes C.R. Eisen, Olaf. Karlsson, Nanna B. MacGregor, Joseph A. Ross, Neil. Young, Duncan A. Ashmore, David W. Born, Andreas. Chu, Winnie. Cui, Xiangbin. Drews, Reinhard. Franke, Steven. Goel, Vikram. Goodge, John W. Henry, A. Clara J. Hermant, Antoine. Hills, Benjamin H. Holschuh, Nicholas. Koutnik, Michelle R. Leysinger Vieli, Gwendolyn J.-M.C. MacKie, Emma J. Mantelli, Elisa. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Ng, Felix S. L. Oraschewski, Falk M. Napoleoni, Felipe. Parrenin, Frédéric. Popov, Sergey V. Rieckh, Therese. Schlegel, Rebecca. Schroeder, Dustin M. Siegert, Martin J. Tang, Xueyuan. Teisberg, Thomas O. Winter, Kate. Yan, Shuai. Davis, Harry. Dow, Christine F. Fudge, Tyler J. Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Jordan, Tom A.. Kulessa, Bernd. Matsuoka, Kenichi. Nyqvist, Clara J. Rahnemoonfar, Maryam. Siegfried, Matthew R. Singh, Shivangini. Višnjević, Vjeran. Zamora, Rodrigo. Zuhr, Alexandra. (2025) Review article: AntArchitecture – building an age–depth model from Antarctica’s radiostratigraphy to explore ice-sheet evolution.

Zeising, Ole. Arenas-Pingarrón, Alvaro ORCID record for Arenas-Pingarrón, Alvaro. Brisbourne, Alex M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, Alex M.. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. (2025) Brief communication: Reduced bandwidth improves the depth limit of the radar coherence method for detecting ice crystal fabric asymmetry.

Arenas-Pingarrón, Álvaro ORCID record for Arenas-Pingarrón, Álvaro. Brisbourne, Alex M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, Alex M.. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Corr, Hugh F.J. Robinson, Carl ORCID record for Robinson, Carl. Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Jordan, Tom A.. Brennan, Paul V. (2025) An alternative representation of Synthetic Aperture Radar images as an aid to the interpretation of englacial observations.

Ershadi, M. Reza. Drews, Reinhard. Tison, Jean-Louis. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Henry, A. Clara J. Oraschewski, Falk Marius. Tsibulskaya, Veronica. Sun, Sainan. Wauthy, Sarah. Koch, Inka. Bons, Paul. Eisen, Olaf. Pattyn, Frank. (2025) Investigating the dynamic history of a promontory ice rise using radar data.

2024

Goel, Vikram. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Matsuoka, Kenichi. (2024) Evolution of ice rises in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land, over the last millennium.

2023

Chung, Ailsa. Parrenin, Frédéric. Steinhage, Daniel. Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Cavitte, Marie G. P. Lilien, David A. Helm, Veit. Taylor, Drew. Gogineni, Prasad. Ritz, Catherine. Frezzotti, Massimo. O'Neill, Charles. Miller, Heinrich. Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe. Eisen, Olaf. (2023) Stagnant ice and age modelling in the Dome C region, Antarctica.

Kufner, S.-K. ORCID record for Kufner, S.-K.. Wookey, J. Brisbourne, A.M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, A.M.. Martín, C. ORCID record for Martín, C.. Hudson, T.S. Kendall, J.-M. Smith, A.M. ORCID record for Smith, A.M.. (2023) Strongly depth-dependent ice fabric in a fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream revealed with icequake observations.

2022

Jordan, T.M. Martín, C. ORCID record for Martín, C.. Brisbourne, A.M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, A.M.. Schroeder, D.M. Smith, A.M. ORCID record for Smith, A.M.. (2022) Radar characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic viscosity within an Antarctic ice stream.

Ershadi, M. Reza. Drews, Reinhard. Martin Garcia, Carlos ORCID record for Martin Garcia, Carlos. Eisen, Olaf. Ritz, Catherine. Corr, Hugh. Christmann, Julia. Zeising, Ole. Humbert, Angelika. Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. (2022) Polarimetric radar reveals the spatial distribution of ice fabric at domes and divides in East Antarctica.

2021

Hillebrand, Trevor R. Conway, Howard. Koutnik, Michelle. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Paden, John. Winberry, J. Paul. (2021) Radio-echo sounding and waveform modeling reveal abundant marine ice in former rifts and basal crevasses within Crary Ice Rise, Antarctica.

Buizert, Christo. Fudge, T.J. Roberts, William H.G. Steig, Eric J. Sherriff-Tadano, Sam. Ritz, Catherine. Lefebvre, Eric. Edwards, Jon. Kawamura, Kenji. Oyabu, Ikumi. Motoyama, Hideaki. Kahle, Emma C. Jones, Tyler R. Abe-Ouchi, Ayako. Obase, Takashi. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Corr, Hugh. Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. Beaudette, Ross. Epifanio, Jenna A. Brook, Edward J. Martin, Kaden. Chappellaz, Jérôme. Aoki, Shuji. Nakazawa, Takakiyo. Sowers, Todd A. Alley, Richard B. Ahn, Jinho. Sigl, Michael. Severi, Mirko. Dunbar, Nelia W. Svensson, Anders. Fegyveresi, John. He, Chengfei. Liu, Zhengyu. Zhu, Jiang. Otto-Bliesner, Bette. Lipenkov, Vladimir Y. Kageyama, Masa. Schwander, Jakob. (2021) Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. Rix, Julius ORCID record for Rix, Julius. Polfrey, Scott. Grieman, Mackenzie. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Rowell, Isobel. Tuckwell, Rebecca ORCID record for Tuckwell, Rebecca. Wolff, Eric. (2021) Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica.

Lilien, David A. Steinhage, Daniel. Taylor, Drew. Parrenin, Frédéric. Ritz, Catherine. Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Yan, Jie-Bang. O'Neill, Charles. Frezzotti, Massimo. Miller, Heinrich. Gogineni, Prasad. Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe. Eisen, Olaf. (2021) Brief Communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Ma at Little Dome C..

Young, Tun Jan. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Christoffersen, Poul. Schroeder, Dustin M. Tulaczyk, Slawek M. Dawson, Eliza J. (2021) Rapid and accurate polarimetric radar measurements of ice crystal fabric orientation at the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core site.

2020

Hruby, Kate. Gerbi, Christopher. Koons, Peter. Campbell, Seth. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Hawley, Robert. (2020) The impact of temperature and crystal orientation fabric on the dynamics of mountain glaciers and ice streams.

Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Burton-Johnson, Alex. Dziadek, Ricarda. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. (2020) Geothermal heat flow in Antarctica: Current and future directions.

Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Burton-Johnson, Alex. Dziadek, Ricarda. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Halpin, Jacqueline A. Whitehouse, Pippa L. Ebbing, Jörg. Martos, Yasmina. Martin, Adam. Schroeder, Dustin. Shen, Weisen. Ritz, Catherine. Goodge, John. Van Liefferinge, Brice. Pattyn, Frank. Reading, Anya. Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Ferraccioli, Fausto. (2020) Antarctic geothermal heat flow: future research directions.

2019

Brisbourne, Alex M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, Alex M.. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Smith, Andy M. ORCID record for Smith, Andy M.. Baird, A.F. Kendall, J.M. Kingslake, J. (2019) Constraining recent ice flow history at Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica, using radar and seismic measurements of ice fabric.

2018

Jordan, T.A. ORCID record for Jordan, T.A.. Martin, C. ORCID record for Martin, C.. Ferraccioli, F. ORCID record for Ferraccioli, F.. Matsuoka, K. Corr, H. Forsberg, R. Olesen, A. Siegert, M. (2018) Anomalously high geothermal flux near the South Pole.

Goel, Vikram. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Matsuoka, Kenichi. (2018) Ice-rise stratigraphy reveals changes in surface mass balance over the last millennia in Dronning Maud Land.

Leysinger Vieli, GJ-MC. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Hindmarsh, Richard ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard. Lüthi, MP. (2018) Basal freeze-on generates complex ice-sheet stratigraphy.

2017

Smith, Emma C. Baird, Alan F. Kendall, Michael. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. White, Robert S. Brisbourne, Alex M. ORCID record for Brisbourne, Alex M.. Smith, Andrew M. ORCID record for Smith, Andrew M.. (2017) Ice fabric in an Antarctic ice stream interpreted from seismic anisotropy.

Wang, Bangbing. Sun, Bo. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Ferraccioli, Fausto. Steinhage, Daniel. Cui, Xiangbin. Siegert, Martin J. Editors: Siegert, M.J. Jamieson, S.S.R. White, D.A (2017) Summit of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet underlain by thick ice-crystal fabric layers linked to glacial-interglacial environmental change.

Farinotti, Daniel. Brinkerhoff, Douglas J. Clarke, Garry K. C. Fürst, Johannes J. Frey, Holger. Gantayat, Prateek. Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien. Girard, Claire. Huss, Matthias. Leclercq, Paul W. Linsbauer, Andreas. Machguth, Horst. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Maussion, Fabien. Morlighem, Mathieu. Mosbeux, Cyrille. Pandit, Ankur. Portmann, Andrea. Rabatel, Antoine. Ramsankaran, RAAJ. Reerink, Thomas J. Sanchez, Olivier. Stentoft, Peter A. Singh Kumari, Sangita. van Pelt, Ward J. J. Anderson, Brian. Benham, Toby. Binder, Daniel. Dowdeswell, Julian A. Fischer, Andrea. Helfricht, Kay. Kutuzov, Stanislav. Lavrentiev, Ivan. McNabb, Robert. Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. Li, Huilin. Andreassen, Liss M. (2017) How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment.

2016

Kingslake, Jonathan. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Arthern, Robert J. ORCID record for Arthern, Robert J.. Corr, Hugh F.J. King, Edward C. ORCID record for King, Edward C.. (2016) Ice-flow reorganization in West Antarctica 2.5 kyr ago dated using radar-derived englacial flow velocities.

2015

Matsuoka, Kenichi. Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.. Moholdt, Geir. Bentley, Michael J. Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Pritchard, Hamish D.. Brown, Joel. Conway, Howard. Drews, Reinhard. Durand, Gael. Goldberg, Daniel. Hatterman, Tore. Kingslake, Jonathan. Lenaerts, Jan T.M. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. Nicholls, Keith ORCID record for Nicholls, Keith. Pattyn, Frank. Ross, Neil. Scambos, Ted. Whitehouse, Pippa L. (2015) Antarctic ice rises and rumples: their properties and significance for ice-sheet dynamics and evolution.

Drews, R. Matusoka, K. Martín, C. ORCID record for Martín, C.. Callens, D. Bergeot, N. Pattyn, F. (2015) Evolution of Derwael Ice Rise in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, over the last millennia.

2014

Kingslake, Jonathan. Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.. Aðalgeirsdóttir, Guðfinna. Conway, Howard. Corr, Hugh F.J. Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. King, Edward C. ORCID record for King, Edward C.. Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Mulvaney, Robert. Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Pritchard, Hamish D.. (2014) Full-depth englacial vertical ice-sheet velocities measured using phase-sensitive radar.

Martín, C. ORCID record for Martín, C.. Mulvaney, R. ORCID record for Mulvaney, R.. Gudmundsson, G.H. ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G.H.. Corr, H. (2014) Inferring palaeo-accumulation records from ice-core data by an adjoint-based method: application to James Ross Island’s ice core.

Sun, B. Moore, J. C. Zwinger, T. Liyun, Z. Steinhage, D. Tang, X. Zhang, D. Cui, X. Martin, C. ORCID record for Martin, C.. (2014) How old is the ice beneath Dome A, Antarctica?.

Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. King, Edward C. ORCID record for King, Edward C.. (2014) Modelling of Kealey Ice Rise, Antarctica, reveals stable ice-flow conditions in East Ellsworth Land over the millennia.

2013

Zwinger, T. Schäfer, M. Martín, Carlos ORCID record for Martín, Carlos. Moore, J.C. (2013) Influence of anisotropy on velocity and age distribution at Scharffenbergbotnen blue ice area.

Gagliardini, O. Zwinger, T. Gillet-Chaulet, F. Durand, G. Favier, L. de Fleurian, B. Greve, R. Malinen, M. Martín, C. ORCID record for Martín, C.. Råback, P. Ruokolainen, J. Sacchettini, M. Schäfer, M. Seddik, H. Thies, J. (2013) Capabilities and performance of Elmer/Ice, a new-generation ice sheet model.

Drews, Reinhard. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Steinhage, Daniel. Eisen, Olaf. (2013) Characterizing the glaciological conditions at Halvfarryggen ice dome, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

2012

Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. (2012) Effects of nonlinear rheology, temperature and anisotropy on the relationship between age and depth at ice divides.

2011

Pattyn, F. Perichon, L. Ashwanden, A. Breuer, B. de Smedt, B. Gagliardini, O. Gudmundsson, G.H. ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G.H.. Hindmarsh, R.C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, R.C.A.. Hubbard, A. Johnson, J.V. Kleiner, T. Konovalov, Y. Martin, C. ORCID record for Martin, C.. Payne, A.J. Pollard, D. Price, S. Rückamp, M. Saito, F. Souček, O. Sugiyama, S. Zwinger, T. (2011) Benchmark experiments for higher-order and full-Stokes ice sheet models (ISMIP-HOM).

2010

Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.. Navarro, Francisco J. (2010) On the effects of divide migration, along-ridge flow and basal sliding on isochrones near an ice divide.

Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar ORCID record for Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar. Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Pritchard, Hamish D.. Gagliardini, Olivier. (2010) On the effects of anisotropic rheology on ice flow, internal structure, and the age-depth relationship at ice divides.

Otero, Jaime. Navarro, Francisco J. Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Martin, Carlos. Cuadrado, Maria L. Corcuera, Maria I. (2010) A three-dimensional calving model: numerical experiments on Johnsons Glacier, Livingston Island, Antarctica.

• Arenas Pingarron, A., Brisbourne, A., Corr, H., Jordan, T., Robinson, C., Martin, C., Nicholls, K., & Smith, A. (2023). Ice-sounding airborne synthetic aperture radar depth profiles from Recovery Ice Stream 2016/17 and Rutford Ice Stream 2019/20 to test the RGB-Doppler-Decomposition method. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/40c2f86b-1a02-4106-934a-42769682df66

• Kufner, S., Brisbourne, A., Smith, A., Wookey, J., Martin, C., Hudson, T., & Kendall, J. (2022). Shear wave splitting catalogue, Rutford Ice Stream (West Antarctica), November 2018 to February 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6fcc17ad-425b-4367-bd23-c4133a38e359

• Mulvaney, R., King, E., Martin, C., Rix, J., Cavitte, M., Ritz, C., & Frezotti, M. (2022). Ice radar data from Little Dome C, Antarctica, 2016-2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3ea504d8-41c2-40dc-86dc-284c341badaa

• Corr, H., Ritz, C., & Martin, C. (2021). Polarimetric ApRES data on a profile across Dome C, East Antarctica, 2013-2014 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/634ee206-258f-4b47-9237-efff4ef9eedd

• Jordan, T., Martin, C., Brisbourne, A., Schroeder, D., & Smith, A. (2020). Radar characterization of ice crystal orientation fabric and anisotropic rheology within Rutford Ice Stream, 2017-2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/d5b7e5a1-b04d-48d8-a440-c010658ec146

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