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Basile de Fleurian

Researcher
Department of Earth Science
  • E-mailBasile.DeFleurian@uib.no
  • Phone+47 467 48 058
  • Visitor Address
    Realfagbygget, Allégt. 41
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7803
    5020 Bergen

My main interest is with modelling of ice flow.

I am particularly interested in the processus happening at the base of glaciers and impacting the dynamics of glaciers

Academic article
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2020. The role of subglacial hydrology in ice streams with elevated geothermal heat flux. Journal of Glaciology. 1-10.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; Schlegel, Nicole; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2019. Sensitivity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream to Geothermal Heat. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Earth Surface. 14 pages.
  • Millan, Romain; Rignot, Eric; Rivera, A; Martineau, Vincent; Mouginot, Jérémie; Zamora, Rodrigo; Uribe, Jose; Lenzano, G; de Fleurian, Basile; Li, Xin; Gim, Yonggyu; Kirchner, Donald L. 2019. Ice Thickness and Bed Elevation of the Northern and Southern Patagonian Icefields. Geophysical Research Letters. 6626-6635.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Schlegel, Nicole; Seroussi, Helene; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2019. Exceptionally High Geothermal Heat Flux Needed to Sustain the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. The Cryosphere Discussions.
  • Steiger, Nadine; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; Åkesson, Henning; de Fleurian, Basile; Nick, Faezeh M. 2018. Simulated retreat of Jakobshavn Isbræ since the Little Ice Age controlled by geometry. The Cryosphere. 2249-2266.
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Werder, Mauro A.; Beyer, Sebastian; Brinkerhoff, Douglas J.; Delaney, Ian; Dow, Christine F.; Downs, Jacob; Gagliardini, Olivier; Hoffman, Matthew J.; Hooke, R. LeB.; Seguinot, J.; Sommers, Aleah. 2018. SHMIP The subglacial hydrology model intercomparison Project. Journal of Glaciology. 1-20.
Lecture
  • de Fleurian, Basile. 2019. What’s at the base? Subglacial hydrology and its impact on ice dynamics.
  • Werder, Mauro A.; de Fleurian, Basile; Creyts, Timothy T.; Damsgaard, Anders; Delaney, Ian; Dow, Christine F.; Gagliardini, Olivier; Hoffman, Matthew J.; Seguinot, J; Sommers, Aleah; Bustos, Inigo Irarrazaval; Downs, Jacob. 2017. Subglacial Hydrology Model Intercomparison Project (SHMIP).
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Werder, Mauro A.; Beyer, Sebastian; Brinkerhoff, Douglas J.; Delaney, Ian; Downs, Jacob; Gagliardini, Olivier; Hoffman, Matthew J.; Hooke, Roger LeB.; Seguinot, Julien; Sommers, Aleah. 2017. Results from the Subglacial Hydrology Model Intercomparison Project (SHMIP).
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Mouginot, J.; Morlighem, Mathieu; Seroussi, Helene; Rignot, Eric; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2017. Evolution of the subglacial water pressure under Russell glacier, a modelling approach.
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Morlighem, Mathieu; Seroussi, Helene; Rignot, Eric. 2016. Modeling of subglacial water pressure on Russell glacier, toward a better understanding of the relation between meltwater availability and ice dynamics.
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Werder, Mauro A. 2016. Kickoff for the subGlacial Hydrology model Intercomparison Project (GHIP).
Academic lecture
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Schlegel, Nicole; Seroussi, Hélène; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2019. Initiating the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream with Geothermal Heat.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; de Fleurian, Basile; Schlegel, Nicole; Seroussi, Helene. 2019. Exceptionally high Geothermal heat flux needed to sustain the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2018. The effect of subglacial hydrology when assessing the impact of geothermal heat flux on sliding and ice dynamics.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; de Fleurian, Basile. 2017. Initiating an ice stream with geothermal heat.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2016. Reconstructing Ice1 experiments from the Marine-Ice Sheet Intercomparison Project using the Ice Sheet System Model.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes; de Fleurian, Basile; Nesje, Atle; Benn, Doug. 2016. Calving rates from a fast-flowing glacier in Svalbard & Ice Dynamics of the North-East Greenland Ice Stream.
Poster
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Langebroek, Petra. 2019. The meltwater lubrication feedback, impact of the melt season duration and time stepping considerations.
  • Langebroek, Petra; Hughes, Anna L.C.; de Fleurian, Basile; Chen, Linling; Brendryen, Jo; Nesje, Atle; Vasskog, Kristian; Mangerud, Jan; Regnéll, Carl. 2019. RISES: Quantifying and understanding rates of ice sheet change.
  • Kajanto, Karita Anneli; Seroussi, Hélène; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2019. Holocene retreat of Jakobshavn Isbræ .
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2017. Initiating an ice stream with a geothermal heat flux anomaly.
  • Smith-Johnsen, Silje; de Fleurian, Basile; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2016. Modelling the mechanical response of an idealized ice stream to spatial variations in geothermal heat flux.
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Morlighem, Mathieu; Seroussi, Helene; Rignot, Eric; Nisancioglu, Kerim Hestnes. 2016. Modeling of subglacial water pressure on Russell glacier.
  • de Fleurian, Basile; Werder, Mauro A. 2016. Kickoff for an Inter-comparison of subglacial hydrological models, (GHIP).

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

PI for the SWItchDyn Project (https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/287206)

Lead of Work Package two of the RISES project (https://rises.w.uib.no/)