Member Since 1981
Andrew Fowler
Professor, University of Limerick
Professional Experience
University of Limerick
Professor
2007 - Present
University of Oxford
Professor
1985 - 2021
Education
University of Oxford
Doctorate
1977
University of Oxford
Bachelors
1974
Honors & Awards
John F. Nye Lecture
Received 2021
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Publications
Subglacial hydrology as a control on emergence,scale, and spacing of ice streams

Observations have long associated ice streams with the presence of meltwater at the bed. More recently, theoretical models have been able to reprod...

August 07, 2015
AGU Abstracts
John Nye’s Influence on Theoretical Glaciology: a Personal Perspective
JOHN F. NYE LECTURE I
cryosphere | 14 december 2021
Andrew Fowler
John Nyes principal and seminal work on glaciology during the years up to 1976 provided the direct inspiration for my own subsequent career in glaciol...
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Dynamical unity of "Alaskan-type" and "Svalbard-type" glacier surges
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS II
cryosphere | 13 december 2019
Doug Benn, Olaf Eisen, Andrew Fowler, Ian Hewitt, ...
It is commonly stated that glacier surges are of two distinct types: Alaskan-type (relatively short cycles, 1-2 year surge phases, high peak velocitie...
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The Evolution of Grain Size Distribution in Explosive Rock Fragmentation – Sequential Fragmentation Theory Revisited
FALL MEETING 2015
18 december 2015
Bettina Scheu, Andrew Fowler
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