ULB Research ⤶	Description of the Unit	Projects of the Unit	Composition
Collaborations of the Unit	Protected technologies	Publications	Skills

Glaciology (GLACIOL)

Faculty of Sciences | IGEAT - Institute for Geography, Environment and Land planning

(Code: ULB182)

► ICE2SEA

Autres U.E..

Continental ice melting (glaiers and ice sheets) is one of the causes of rising sea level. This melting accelerates faster than predictions. Indeed, th ...

► BIGSOUTH (BIoGeochemical cycles in the SOUTHern Ocean: Role within the Earth System)

PAI.

This proposal linking sea ice to the global ocean system focuses on the following key questions: (1) What is the significance of sea-ice physical and b ...

► IceCon : constraining ice mass changes in coastal Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

Autres ministères fédéraux - Feder.

The IceCon project aims at a better understanding of the past andpresent ice volumes and extension of the Antarctic ice sheet in Dronning MaudLand (DML ...

► IDyRA - Ice Dynamics derived from englacial Radar reflection Architecture

Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.).

IDyRA aims at improving our knowledge of the interaction between the ice sheet and the ice shelf (Antarctic grounding zones). It specifically aims at u ...

► IceCube-Dyn

Actions concertées.

This project aims at studying ice flow, dynamics and rheology inside a 1 km3 ice cube, buried in the central part of the Antarctic ice sheet, in the vi ...

► BELISSIMA (Belgian Ice Sheet-Ice Shelves Measurements in Antarctica)

PAI.

The BELISSIMA (Belgian Ice Sheet ' Shelf Ice Measurements in Antarctica) project aims at improving our understanding and prediction of the cryospheric  ...

► YROSIAE (Year Round survey of Ocean-Sea Ice-Air Exchanges in Antarctica)

Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.).

As a result of field opportunities, BASICS-IPY has been mainly focused in the Antarctic on spring-summer pack ice studies. However, one of the targets  ...

► NEEM (North Eemian greenland Ice Core)

Fonds associés (toutes subventions, y compris la Loterie Nat.).

NEEM is an international program of deep ice core drilling initiated during the International Polar Year. The principal challenge of NEEM is to obtain  ...

► MISMIP

Actions concertées.

The aim of MISMIP (Marine Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison) is to evaluate how models simulate grounding line migration in ice sheets, i.e. interactions ...

► EPICA (European Project of Ice Coring in Antarctica)(ASPI)

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - PAI - Autres U.E..

Analysis of basal ice to be recovered by ice coring at Dome C, a place in East Antarctica where the ice thickness is more than 3500 m.

► Chemical and isotopic composition of ice from antarctic ice shelves : implications for global change (ISMIce, ASPI)

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - PAI.

In the context of global warming, the question of the stability of Antarctic ice shelves is critical for predicting any sea level rise. The behaviour o ...

► Dynamics of polythermal glaciers (Siberia, Alaska)

Autres fonds publics belges.

Determining basal conditions and ice thickness of polythermal glaciers by radio-echo sounding ; glacier modelling and response to climate change.

► VOSTOK (Deep Ice Core Drilling in Central Antarctica)(ASPI)

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - PAI - Financement de base institutionnel.

The drilling has been performed in a location where a subglacial lake some 250 X 50 Km in area, exists under 3800 meters of ice. The bottom 210 meters  ...

► Formation of the clear facies basal ice from Alpine glaciers : implications for subglacial chemistry (BIFTeG)

F.R.S.-FNRS et Fonds associés (hors FRIA) - Autres U.E..

The clear facies basal ice from Alpine glaciers shows similarities with the dispersed facies of sub-polar glaciers. It results from modifications of gl ...