Donald D. Blankenship
Theses Co-Supervised

Marcy B. Davis. Subglacial Morphology and Structural Geology in the Southern Transantarctic Mountains from Airborne Geophysics. M.S. Thesis (Geology), The University of Texas at Austin, 133pp. (2001).

Mahesh Rajagopalan. An Image Processing Approach for Migration of Point Diffractors. M.S. Thesis (Electrical Engineering), The University of Texas at Austin, 57pp. (1998).

Jennifer Doebbler. A Model for the Dielectric Absorption of the Central West Antarctic Ice Sheet at Radar Sounding Frequencies. B.S. Thesis (Physics), The University of Texas at Austin, 40pp. (2001).

Publications with Student Co-authors Italicized

Filina, I., D.D. Blankenship, L. Roy, M. Sen, T. Richter and J. Holt. Inversion of airborne gravity data acquired over subglacial lakes in East Antarctica. In Dieter K. Futterer, ed., Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Springer Publishing House, Berlin, Heidelberg (in press).

Tsoflias, G.P., J. Van Gestel, P.L. Stoffa, D.D. Blankenship and M. Sen. Vertical fracture detection by exploiting the polarization properties of ground-penetrating radar signals. Geophysics (in press).

Morse, D. L., D. D. Blankenship, E. D. Waddington and T. A. Neumann. Candidate sites for deep ice coring in West Antarctica: Results from aerogeophysical surveys and thermo-kinematic modeling. Annals of Glaciology (in press).

Price S. F., R. A. Bindschadler, C. L. Hulbe and D. D. Blankenship. Force balance along an inland tributary and onset to ice stream D, West Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, vol. 48, no. 160, p. 20-30 (2002).

Bell, R. E., V. A. Childers, R. A. Arko, D. D. Blankenship, and J. M. Brozena. Airborne gravity and precise positioning for geologic applications. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 104, no. B7, p. 15,281 – 15,292 (1999).

Thorsteinsson, T., E. D. Waddington, K. C. Taylor, R. B. Alley and D. D. Blankenship. Strain-rate enhancement at Dye 3, Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, vol. 45, no. 150, p. 338-345 (1999).

Anandakrishnan, S., A. Smith, S. Saustrop, V. Sen, I. W. D. Dalziel, P. L. Stoffa and D. D. Blankenship. ANTALITH seismic reflection profice in West Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, vol. 30, no. 5, p. 20-21 (1995).

Presentations and Published Abstracts with Student Co-authors Underlined

Anandakrishnan, S., D.L. Morse, A.M. Smith, D.D. Blankenship, R.B. Alley, J.P. Winberry, L.E. Peters, D.E. Voigt, E.C. King, A. Mironov. Invited. Ice Stream D, West Antarctica, subglacial conditions from a combined seismic reflection, refraction, gravity and radar survey. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract C21A-01 (2003)].

Carter, S.P., D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse, M.E. Peters. Basal Water Flow, Melt and Accumulation in the Dome C "Lake District", Antarctica, Using Airborne Radar Profiling of Bed Echo Character and Internal Layering. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract C31B-0399 (2003)].

Davis, M.B., D.D. Blankenship. New Methods for Enhancing Subglacial Morphology From Airborne Radar Sounding With Implications for Uplift History and Glaciation Between the Transantarctic Mountain Front and the South Pole, Antarctica. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract C31B-0401 (2003)].

Filina, I., D.D. Blankenship, L. Roy, M. Sen, T. Richter. Inversion of Airborne Gravity Data over Subglacial Lakes in East Antarctica. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract P51B-0446 (2003)].

Holt, J.W., D.D. Blankenship, M.E. Peters, S.D. Kempf, B.J. Williams. Echo Source Discrimination in Airborne Radar Sounding Data From the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, for Mars Analog Studies, [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract P31B-1058 (2003)].

Lindzey, L.E., D.D. Blankenship, M.E. Peters. Airborne Radar Sounding Studies of a Subglacial "Lake" Near South Pole Station, Antarctica. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract C11C-0830 (2003)].

Peters, L.E., S. Anandakrishnan, J.P. Winberry, R.B. Alley, D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse, A.M. Smith, E.C. King. Subglacial Sediments as a Control on the Location of Ice Streams C and D, West Antarctica, from Seismic Refraction and Reflection Imaging. [EOS, vol. 84, no. 46, abstract C21A-02 (2003)].

Holt J.W., D.D. Blankenship, M.E. Peters, S.D. Kempf, D.L. Morse and B.J. Williams. Echo Source Discrimination in Airborne Radar Sounding Data for Mars Analog Studies, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Third International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Banff Alberta, Oct. 13-17, 2003.

Richter, T.G., L. Roy, I. Filina, D. Blankenship, J. Holt, M. Sen and P. Stoffa. Acquisition and analysis of aerogravity over subglacial lakes in East Antarctica. Ninth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Potsdam, Germany, Sept. 8-12, 2003.

Carter S., D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse. Quantifying melt rates over Sub-glacial Lake Concordia based on the deformation of internal layers. Seventh International Symposium on Antarctic Glaciology, Milano, Italy, August 25-29, 2003.

Carter, S.P., D.D. Blankenship and D.L. Morse. Geothermal flux, basal melt rates, and subglacial lakes in central East Antarctica. [EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 83, no. 47, abstract C52B-02 (2002)].

Peters, M.E., D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse, J.W. Holt, S.D. Kempf, T.G. Richter, B. Falola and S. Oliason. Airborne radar sounding and ice thickness measurements over Lake Vostok, East Antarctica. [EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 83, no. 19, abstract B22A-05 (2002)].

Carter, S.P. , D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse and M.E. Peters. Initial radar studies of subglacial water at the onset of Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica. International Symposium on Fast Glacier Flow, Yakutat, Alaska, June 14, 2002.

Doebbler, J.A., D.D. Blankenship and D.L. Morse. A model for the dielectric absorption of the central West Antarctic ice sheet at radar sounding frequencies. [EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 82, no. 20, p. S128 (2001)].

Doebbler, J.A., D.D. Blankenship, D.L. Morse and M.E. Peters. A model for the dielectric absorption of the central West Antarctic ice sheet at radar sounding frequencies. Conference on Geophysical Detection of Subsurface Water on Mars, Houston, Texas, August 6-10, 2001.

Davis, M.B., D.D. Blankenship and J.W. Holt. Subglacial morphology and structural geology in the southern Transantarctic Mountains. Antarctic Neotectonics Workshop. Siena, Italy, July 11-15, 2001.

Rajagopalan, M., D. D. Blankenship, and D. L. Morse. Imaging a newly discovered subglacial massif with airborne ice-penetrating radar. International Symposium on Glaciers and the Glaciated Landscape, Kiruna, Sweden, August 17-20, 1998.

Blankenship, D.D., R.E. Bell, S.D. Kempf, M.E. Peters, R.B. Arko, D.L. Morse and C.J. Guillemot. Morphology of the central West Antarctic ice sheet from airborne laser altimetry and ice-penetrating radar. Fourth West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Science Workshop, Sterling, Virginia, September 10-13, 1997.

Waddington, E.D., D.L. Morse and D.D. Blankenship. Is the Ross-Amundsen ice divide migrating? Fourth West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Science Workshop, Sterling, Virginia, September 10-13, 1997.

Blankenship, D.D., M.E. Peters, R.B. Alley and D.L. Morse. "Grounding-line" monitoring of active ice streams using ice-penetrating radar. Symposium on Antarctica and Global Change, Hobart, Tasmania, July 13-18, 1997.

Anandakrishnan, S., V. Sen, A.M. Smith, D.D. Blankenship, P.A. Stoffa and I.W.D. Dalziel. A multifold seismic reflection profile in central West Antarctica. VII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Siena, Italy, September 10-15, 1995.

Bell, R.E., V.A. Childers, J.M. Brozena and D.D. Blankenship. Airborne gravity and precise positioning from a research aircraft. VII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Siena, Italy, September, 10-15, 1995.

Blankenship, D. D., R. E. Bell and V.A. Childers. Airborne measurement of ice sheet elevation. Invited Talk, Special Session on Aerogeophysical Applications of Kinematic GPS. San Francisco, California, December 10, 1992. [EOS, vol. 73, no. 43, p. 129 (1992)]

Grade 12 Student Research Reports

Linda Al-Alawy and Shirley Truong. Determining Age-Depth of Internal Layers around the Ice Core over Subglacial Lake Vostok, East Antarctica. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-LR-DO-02-01, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 161, (2002).

Ben Williams. Bed Elevation Evaluation over Subglacial Lake Vostok, East Antarctica. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report ARL-LR-DO-02-01, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 149, (2002).

Suzanne Oliason and Bisola Falola. Ice Thickness interpretation over subglacial Lake Vostok Antarctica. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-LR-DO-01-01, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 205-226, (2001).

Jeff McCarty. A Model of the Martian Northern Polar Cap to make viable the detection of liquid water. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-LR-DO-01-01, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 227-240, (2001).

Jennifer Almaraz. Radar characterization of blue ice near the Transantarctic Mountains. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, AR-LR-00-02, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 237-248, (2000).

Julia Pietrasik and Corrin Polvado. An interpretation of subglacial lake candidates in the South Pole region of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, LR-D0-00-01, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 177-187, (1999).

Amy Normal. Surface characterization of the West Antarctic ice sheet from airborne radar sounding. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, GR-D0-99-1, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 197-210, (1998).

Jennifer Doebbler. Crevassing at the onset of a West Antarctic ice stream. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, GR-D0-98-1, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 215-225, (1997).

Allison Mielke, Megan Mitchell and Amy Barr. Effects of a subglacial mountain peak on the West Antarctic ice sheet. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-96-13, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 219-231 (1996).

Laura Anderson. Extinction of internal layering in the central West Antarctic ice sheet. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-95-33, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 215-224, (1995).

Amy Drozd and Brian Bibeault. Preliminary studies of the ice thickness at the head of ice streams B and C, West Antarctica. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-94-24, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 225-238, (1994).

Effie L. Jarrett. Comparison of ice sheet elevation from laser and radar altimetry. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-93-21, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 331-344, (1993).

Stephanie B. Arevalo. Determination of Mass Flux of Ice Stream E, West Antarctica. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-93-21, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 305-313, (1993).

Ernesto Vazquez. Mechanical Engineering Applications in Airborne Geophysics. Applied Research Laboratories Technical Report, ARL-TR-92-28, The University of Texas at Austin, p. 493-504, (1992).