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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.

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Publications

2019

J. Wellner, Scambos, T., Domack, E., Vernet, M., Leventer, A., Balco, G., Brachfeld, S., Cape, M., Huber, B., Ishman, S., McCormick, M., Mosley-Thompson, E., Pettit, E., Smith, C., Truffer, M., Van Dover, C., and Yoo, K. - C., “The Larsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA): Polar Systems Bound Together, Changing Fast”, GSA Today, vol. 29, pp. 4–10, 2019.
M. R. Cape, Vernet, M., Pettit, E. C., Wellner, J., Truffer, M., Akie, G., Domack, E., Leventer, A., Smith, C. R., and Huber, B. A., “Circumpolar Deep Water Impacts Glacial Meltwater Export and Coastal Biogeochemical Cycling Along the West Antarctic Peninsula”, Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 6, pp. 1–23, 2019.

2015

J. H. Kennedy and Pettit, E. C., “The response of fabric variations to simple shear and migration recrystallization”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 61, no. 227, pp. 537 - 550, 2015. (4.59 MB)
T. C. Bartholomaus, Larsen, C. F., West, M. E., O'Neel, S., Pettit, E. C., and Truffer, M., “Tidal and seasonal variations in calving flux observed with passive seismology”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2015.

2014

E. C. Pettit, Whorton, E. N., Waddington, E. D., and Sletten, R. S., “Influence of debris-rich basal ice on flow of a polar glacier”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 60, pp. 989–1006, 2014.
M. Rebesco, Domack, E., Zgur, F., Lavoie, C., Leventer, A., Brachfeld, S., Willmott, V., Halverson, G., Truffer, M., Scambos, T., and Pettit, E. C., “Boundary condition of grounding lines prior to collapse, Larsen-B Ice Shelf, Antarctica”, Science, vol. 345, pp. 1354–1358, 2014.

2013

K. M. Lee, Wilson, P. S., and Pettit, E. C., “Underwater sound radiated by bubbles released by melting glacier ice”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, pp. 4172–4172, 2013.
J. H. Kennedy, Pettit, E. C., and Di Prinzio, C. L., “The evolution of crystal fabric in ice sheets and its link to climate history”, Journal of Glaciology, vol. 59, no. 214, pp. 357-373, 2013. (832.54 KB)

2012

A. Gusmeroli, Pettit, E. C., Kennedy, J. H., and Ritz, C., “The crystal fabric of ice from full-waveform borehole sonic logging”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (2003–2012), vol. 117, 2012.
E. C. Pettit, Nystuen, J. A., and O'Neel, S., “Listening to Glaciers: Passive Hydroacoustics Near Marine-Terminating Glaciers”, Oceanography, vol. 25, 2012.

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