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59
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Mark Fahnestock publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Fahnestock sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 159 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Mark Fahnestock D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Fahnestock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark Fahnestock is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on atmospheric science. Their research primarily involves cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics. Additional topics of interest include winter sports injuries and performance, landslides and related hazards, geology and paleoclimatology research, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

The scientist has published extensively, with 36 publications related to atmospheric science. Their frequent publication venues include the Journal of Glaciology, where they have appeared four times, The Cryosphere with three publications, the Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface and Geophysical Research Letters with two papers each, and Reviews of Geophysics with one publication.

Significant recent papers by Mark Fahnestock comprise:

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Topographic Correction of Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland and Antarctica, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Spatial variability and regional trends of Antarctic ice shelf surface melt duration over 1979-2020 derived from passive microwave data, 2021, Journal of Glaciology
  • The age of surface-exposed ice along the northern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • Rapid Reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet Coastal Margin, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Frequent collaborators include Joseph A. MacGregor, Martin Truffer, J. W. Holt, William Colgan, and T. A. Scambos, reflecting extended cooperative research in glaciology and earth surface processes.

Best Publications

  • The Link Between Climate Warming and Break-Up of Ice Shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula

    Ted A. Scambos;Christina L. Hulbe;Mark A. Fahnestock;Jennifer Bohlander

  • Large fluctuations in speed on Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier

    Ian Joughin;Ian Joughin;Waleed Abdalati;Mark Fahnestock

  • MODIS-based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) data sets: Continent-wide surface morphology and snow grain size

    T.A. Scambos;T.M. Haran;M.A. Fahnestock;T.H. Painter

  • Ice mélange dynamics and implications for terminus stability, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland

    J. M. Amundson;M. Fahnestock;M. Truffer;J. Brown

  • Physical Conditions at the Base of a Fast Moving Antarctic Ice Stream

    Hermann Engelhardt;Neil Humphrey;Barclay Kamb;Mark Fahnestock

  • Climate‐Induced Ice Shelf Disintegration in the Antarctic Peninsula

    Ted Scambos;Christina Hulbe;Mark Fahnestock

  • Rapid large-area mapping of ice flow using Landsat 8

    Mark Fahnestock;Ted Scambos;Twila Moon;Twila Moon;Alex Gardner

  • Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Properties and Ice Dynamics from ERS-1 SAR Imagery

    Mark Fahnestock;Robert Bindschadler;Ron Kwok;Ken Jezek

  • High geothermal heat flow, Basal melt, and the origin of rapid ice flow in central Greenland.

    Mark Fahnestock;Waleed Abdalati;Ian Joughin;John Brozena

  • Interferometric estimation of three-dimensional ice-flow using ascending and descending passes

    I.R. Joughin;R. Kwok;M.A. Fahnestock

  • Continued evolution of Jakobshavn Isbrae following its rapid speedup

    Ian Joughin;Ian M. Howat;Mark Fahnestock;Ben Smith

  • Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams

    Robin E. Bell;Michael Studinger;Christopher A. Shuman;Mark A. Fahnestock

  • Synchronous retreat and acceleration of southeast Greenland outlet glaciers 2000–06: ice dynamics and coupling to climate

    Ian M. Howat;Ian Joughin;Mark Fahnestock;Benjamin E. Smith

  • Submarine melting of the 1985 Jakobshavn Isbræ floating tongue and the triggering of the current retreat

    Roman J. Motyka;Martin Truffer;Mark Fahnestock;John Mortensen

  • Ice sheet motion and topography from radar interferometry

    R. Kwok;M.A. Fahnestock

  • Catastrophic ice-shelf break-up by an ice-shelf-fragment-capsize mechanism

    Douglas R. MacAyeal;Ted A. Scambos;Christina L. Hulbe;Mark A. Fahnestock

  • Ice-front variation and tidewater behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland

    Ian Joughin;Ian Howat;Richard B. Alley;Goran Ekstrom

  • Radiostratigraphy and age structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Mark A. Fahnestock;Ginny A. Catania;John D. Paden

  • Ecological impact of a large Antarctic iceberg

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Gert L. van Dijken;David G. Ainley;Mark A. Fahnestock

  • A Mini-Surge on the Ryder Glacier, Greenland, Observed by Satellite Radar Interferometry

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Mark Fahnestock;Ron Kwok

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Christopher A. Shuman
Christopher A. Shuman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Richard B. Alley
Richard B. Alley Pennsylvania State University
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Richard B. Lammers
Richard B. Lammers University of New Hampshire
Jeremie Mouginot
Jeremie Mouginot Grenoble Alpes University

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