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Kathy Licht

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchCryospheric studies and observationsPolar Research and EcologyGeological and Geochemical AnalysisMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Publications

132

Citations

3,144

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

Kathy Licht studies the history and behavior of large ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, using sediments, glacial debris, and chemistry to reconstruct how ice has moved, eroded the landscape, and changed over time. Much of the work traces the origin (provenance) of glacial sediments using isotopes and mineral analysis, and examines how meltwater drains beneath and around glaciers today. This research helps reconstruct past ice sheet dynamics and understand present-day glacial processes.

Antarctic and Greenland ice sheet historyGlacial sediment provenance and isotope tracingSubglacial chemical weathering and geochemistryGlacier meltwater and hydrologyPaleoclimate and landscape reconstruction

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the decade, with a modest slowing in the most recent years (averaging about 6 per year over the last five years).

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.4/year recently
2017: 11 publications11172018: 11 publications11182019: 4 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×21
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×5
  • Quaternary Science Reviews×4
  • AGUFM×4
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×4

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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