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64
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12415
World Ranking
1527
National Ranking
680

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Slawek Tulaczyk is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work in Environmental Science. The scientist's studies encompass multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geophysics.

The main topics covered in their research include cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, polar research and ecology, winter sports injuries and performance, landslides and related hazards, climate change and permafrost, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Several recent publications illustrate Slawek Tulaczyk's research interests:

  • Ice retreat in Wilkes Basin of East Antarctica during a warm interglacial, 2020, Nature
  • The role of electrical conductivity in radar wave reflection from glacier beds, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Tidal Pressurization of the Ocean Cavity Near an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grounding Line, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Strong MARSIS Radar Reflections From the Base of Martian South Polar Cap May Be Due to Conductive Ice or Minerals, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Did Holocene climate changes drive West Antarctic grounding line retreat and readvance?, 2021, The Cryosphere

The scientist has frequently published in several venues including:

  • The Cryosphere (8 publications)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (4 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (2 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface (2 publications)
  • Science Advances (2 publications)

Slawek Tulaczyk has collaborated often with other researchers such as Gavin Piccione, Terrence Blackburn, Jill A. Mikucki, Neil Foley, and Denys Grombacher, with the number of coauthored works ranging from six to ten with each of these colleagues.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Basal mechanics of Ice Stream B, west Antarctica: 1. Till mechanics

    Slawek Tulaczyk;W. Barclay Kamb;Hermann F. Engelhardt

  • An inventory of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica detected by ICESat (2003-2008)

    Benjamin E. Smith;Helen A. Fricker;Ian R. Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • Pleistocene collapse of the west antarctic ice sheet

    Reed P. Scherer;Ala Aldahan;Slawek Tulaczyk;Göran Possnert

  • Rapid retreat and acceleration of Helheim Glacier, east Greenland

    Ian M Howat;I Joughin;S Tulaczyk;S Gogineni

  • Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change

    Edward Hanna;Francisco J. Navarro;Frank Pattyn;Catia M. Domingues

  • Basal mechanics of Ice Stream B, west Antarctica: 2. Undrained plastic bed model

    Slawek Tulaczyk;W. Barclay Kamb;Hermann F. Engelhardt

  • Bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean: the significance of the iceberg conveyor belt

    Rob Raiswell;Liane G Benning;Martyn Tranter;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • Evidence for subglacial water transport in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet through three‐dimensional satellite radar interferometry

    Laurence Gray;Ian Joughin;Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Vandy Blue Spikes

  • Positive mass balance of the Ross Ice Streams, West Antarctica.

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk

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

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Jonathan L. Bamber;Don Blankenship

  • Sedimentary processes at the base of a West Antarctic ice stream; constraints from textural and compositional properties of subglacial debris

    Slawek Tulaczyk;Barclay Kamb;Reed P. Scherer;Hermann F. Engelhardt

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

    J. L. Wadham;S. Arndt;S. Arndt;S. Tulaczyk;M. Stibal

  • Basal shear stress of the Ross ice streams from control method inversions

    Ian Joughin;Ian Joughin;Douglas R. MacAyeal;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • Changes in west Antarctic ice stream velocities: Observation and analysis

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Robert Bindschadler;Stephen F. Price

  • Extensive retreat and re-advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Holocene

    J. Kingslake;R. P. Scherer;T. Albrecht;J. Coenen

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

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Mark Fahnestock;Ron Kwok

  • Were deforming subglacial beds beneath past ice sheets really widespread

    Jan A. Piotrowski;David M. Mickelson;Slawek Tulaczyk;Dariusz Krzyszkowski

  • A groove-ploughing theory for the production of mega-scale glacial lineations, and implications for ice-stream mechanics

    Chris D. Clark;Slawek M. Tulaczyk;Chris R. Stokes;Miquel Canals

  • Deep groundwater and potential subsurface habitats beneath an Antarctic dry valley

    Jill A. Mikucki;E. Auken;S. Tulaczyk;R. A. Virginia

  • Ice stream sticky spots: A review of their identification and influence beneath contemporary and palaeo-ice streams

    Chris R. Stokes;Chris D. Clark;Olav B. Lian;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • Basal mechanics of Ice Stream B, West Antarctica

    Slawek Tulaczyk;W. Barclay Kamb;Hermann F. Engelhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross D. Powell
Ross D. Powell Northern Illinois University
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington
Matthew R. Siegfried
Matthew R. Siegfried Colorado School of Mines
Poul Christoffersen
Poul Christoffersen University of Cambridge
Helen A. Fricker
Helen A. Fricker University of California, San Diego
Reed P. Scherer
Reed P. Scherer Northern Illinois University
Peter T. Doran
Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University
Esben Auken
Esben Auken Aarhus University
Jan A. Piotrowski
Jan A. Piotrowski Aarhus University
John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University

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