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Erin Pettit
Faculty in Geology and Geophysics
Associate professor
Office:
Elvey 401B
Phone:
(206) 619-1752
Email:
ecpettit@alaska.edu
Education:
1994 Sc.B. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University
1994-97 interlude designing electric and hybrid cars at Aerovironment
2003 Ph.D. in Geophysics/Glaciology from University of Washington
Erin is originally from Seattle, Washington and blames Mount Rainier for her love of glaciers.
Erin's Websites
2005
“Candidate drill site near the Ross-Amundsen ice divide, West Antarctica”, DRAFT, Mar, 2005. ,
“Proposed drill site near the Ross–Amundsen ice divide, West Antarctica”, White Paper for the US Ice Core Working Group, 2005. ,
2004
“Depth-and time-dependent vertical strain rates at Siple Dome, Antarctica”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 50, pp. 511–521, 2004. ,
2003
“Spatial relationships between snow contaminant content, grain size, and surface temperature from multispectral images of Mt. Rainier, Washington (USA)”, Remote sensing of environment, vol. 86, pp. 216–231, 2003. ,
“Ice flow at low deviatoric stress”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 49, pp. 359–369, 2003. ,
“Unique dynamic behaviors of ice divides: Siple Dome and the rheological properties of ice”, PhD Dissertation, 2003. ,
“Effects of basal sliding on isochrones and flow near an ice divide”, Annals of Glaciology, vol. 37, pp. 370–376, 2003. ,
2002
“Measurement of vertical strain and velocity at Siple Dome, Antarctica, with optical sensors”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 48, pp. 217–225, 2002. ,
1999
“Analysis of spectroscopic properties of erbium doped Ta 2 O 5–Al 2 O 3–SiO 2 optical fiber”, Journal of non-crystalline solids, vol. 259, pp. 10–15, 1999. ,
“Thermal effects on the excited state absorption and upconversion process of erbium ions in germanosilicate optical fiber”, Journal of non-crystalline solids, vol. 259, pp. 51–56, 1999. ,