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Zoet or Zoet’s advisee led publication: 44/74 (60%)

 

  1. Madden, I., Hansen, D. D., Zoet, L.K., Suckale, J. (2026) Quantifying permeability in bidisperse granular media through sequential homogenization. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (accepted)

 

  1. Brooks, J.P., Jones, A.G.,  Marcott S.A., Zoet, L.K.,  Lifton, N.A., Helanow C., Caffee. M.A. (2026) Controls on glacial erosion rates revealed by cosmogenic nuclide measurements in southeastern Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.260889412

 

  1. Volpano, C. A., Zoet, L.K., and Rawling, J.E., III (2026) Permanent Nearshore Sediment Loss and Inevitable Retreat of Bluff-backed Beaches. ESPL, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70335

 

  1. Zoet, L.K., Williams, K., Corum, M., Prescott, J., Le Brun, N., Stutz, J., Morgan-Witts N., Hansen, D.D., and Danielson, M. (2026) The mechanical, hydrologic and mineralogic properties of eleven Antarctic tills. Journal of Glaciology (accepted)

 

  1. Wolterman, A., Wagner, T.J., Zoet, L.K., and Pujara, N (2026) Wave erosion of ice cliffs: melt rate due to reflection of non-breaking surface waves,  Journal of Fluid Mechanics https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2026.11603

 

  1. Dougherty, C.E., Dugan, H.A., Doran, P.T., Zoet, L.K. and Salvatore, M. (2026) Remote Sensing Sediment–Albedo Feedbacks Affecting Ice Thickness on Taylor Valley Lakes, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119633

 

  1. Lu, B., Wei, W., Jordan, N., Bechle, A., Wright, D. B.,  Zoet, L.K. and Wu, C. H. (2025) A multi-scale assessment for managing coastal geomorphic changes in southwestern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Journal of Environmental Management http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5442370

 

  1. Salemink-Harry, S.T., Smith B.J., Dugan H.A., Franck J.A., Wagner, T.J.W., Zoet, L.K., Wilkinson G.M, Pujara, N. (2025)  Light attenuation due to preferential orientation of particles in waves and shear flow: from bacteria to algae and microplastics, Limnology and Oceanography https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70227

 

  1. Smith, B.J., Wagner T.J.W., Dugan, H.A., Wilkinson G.M., Zoet, L.K., Pujara N., Franck, J.A. (2025) How Ice Composition Controls Radiatively Driven Convection under Lake Ice, Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117454

 

  1. Volpano, C.A., Zoet, L.K., Theuerkauf, E., Rawling, J.E., (2025)  Modelling the Influence of Grounded Landfast Ice on Nearshore Sediment Transport, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 130, e2024JF008080. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF008080

 

  1. Gushulak, C.A.C., et al., (2025) The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes, Limnology and Oceanography Letters http://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70044

 

  1. N. Morgan‐Witts, D. D. Hansen, L. K. Zoet, M. Haseloff, (2025) Cyclic Effective Pressure Loading Impacts Glacial Slip Over Deformable Beds, Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113658, 52, 8

 

  1. Madden, I., Hansen, D.D., Zoet, L.K., Suckale, J. (2025) Shear-layer thickness and structure evolves with effective stress in subglacial environments, Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114109

 

  1. Schlegel, R., Zoet, L.K.,  Booth, A., Smith, A.M., Clark, R.A., and Brisbourne A.M. (2025) Subglacial landscape formation and sediment discharge: relating basal conditions to bedform dimensions and properties at Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Boreas https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70002

 

  1. Stubblefield, A.G., Meyer, C.R., Rempel, A.W., Warburton, K.L.P., Hansen D.D., and Zoet, L.K. (2025). Modeling sediment compaction beneath ice lenses during frost heave. Proceedings of the Royal Society A https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0516

 

  1. Stevens, N.T., Hansen, D.D., Zoet, L.K., Sobol, P.E., and Lord, N.E. (2025). Experimental constraints on transient glacier slip with ice-bed separation. Journal of Glaciology pg. 1-56. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.9

 

  1. Schohn, C., Iverson, N.R., Zoet, L.K., Fowler, J.R., and  Morgan-Witts, N. (2025). Linear-viscous flow of temperate ice, Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp7708

 

  1. Sartore, N.B., Wagner, T. J.W., Siegfried, M. R., Pujara, N., and Zoet, L.K. (2025). Calving of Ross Ice Shelf from wave erosion and hydrostatic stresses, The Cryosphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-249-2025

 

  1. Núñez-Ferreira, F.A., Zoet, L.K., Rawling, J.E.,  Haseloff, M., and Ullman, D.  (2024). Subglacial hydrology insights from eskers developed atop soft beds of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.6037

 

  1. Prescott, J., Zoet, L.K., Hansen, D.D., Penprase, S.B., and Rawling, J. E. (2024) Controls on Kettle Geometries, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.6030

 

  1. Theuerkauf, E.J., Zoet, L.K., Volpano, C.A., Dodge S.E., Hartley, B., and Rawling J.E., III, (2024) Shore ice control on coastal geomorphic evolution in cold regions. Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109409

 

  1. Gorin, A. L. et al. (2024) Recent tropical Andean glacier retreat is unprecedented in the Holocene. Science 385, 517–521. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg7546

 

  1. Dodge, S., Zoet, L.K., Rawling, E., Morgan-Witts, N., and Theuerkauf, E. (2024) The effects of beach energy on sediment entrainment within the nearshore ice complex. Journal of Great Lakes Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102379

 

  1. Hansen, D.D.,  Warburton, K. L. P.,  Zoet, L. K., Meyer, C. R., Rempel, A. W.,  and Stubblefield, A. G. (2024). Frozen Fringe Impacts Basal Friction for Soft-Bedded Glaciers and Ice Streams. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL10768,. https://doi. org/10.1029/2023GL107681

 

  1. Roland, C.J., and  Zoet, L.K., (2024). LiDAR-derived measurements of rapid coastal change along Wisconsin’s Lake Superior coast (2009-2019),  Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102366

 

  1. Zoet, L.K., Smith, L., Mixtli, A., Brooks, J., and Hansen, D.D (2024). A link between glacial striation morphology and induced drag. Geological Society of America Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1130/B37351.1

 

  1. Stevens, N.T., Zoet, L.K., Hansen, D.D., Alley, R.B., Roland, C.J., Schwans E., and Shepherd, C.S. (2024) Icequake insights on transient glacier slip mechanics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (627) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118513

 

  1. Theuerkauf, E.J., Zoet, L.K., Dodge, S.E.,  Tuttle, W., and Rawling J.E. (2023) Nearshore ice complex breakup is controlled by a balance between thermal and mechanical processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5698

 

  1. Alley, R.B.  Holschuh, N., Parizek, B.R.,  Zoet, L.K., Riverman, K., Muto A., Christianson, K., Clyne, E., Anandakrishnan, S., Stevens. N. (2023) GHOSTly flute music: Drumlins, moats, and the bed of Thwaites Glacier Annals of Glaciology. 63(87-89):153-157. https://doi:10.1017/aog.2023.43

 

  1. Zoet, L.K., Sobol, P., Lord, N., and Hansen, D.D. (2023) A ring shear device to simulate cryosphere processes. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94, 045107; https://doi: 10.1063/5.0142933

 

  1. Rempel, A.W., Hansen, D.D., Zoet, L.K., and Meyer, C.R. (2023) Diffuse Debris Entrainment in Glacier, Lab, and Model Environments. Annals of Glaciology. 1-13. doi:10.1017/aog.2023.31

 

  1. Zoet, L.K., Hansen, D.D., Morgan-Witts, N., Menzies, J., Sobol P., and Lord, N.  (2023) An experimental baseline for ice-till strain indicators. Canadian Journal of Earth Science (GAC-MAC Special Volume) 60(5): 537-549. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2022-0074

 

  1. Hansen, D. D., Brooks, J.P., Zoet, L. K., Stevens, NT, Smith, L, Bates, C.E., and Janke, B.J. (2023)  A power-based abrasion law for use in landscape evolution models. Geology https://doi.org/10.1130/G50673.1

 

  1. Dodge, S., Zoet, L.K., Rawling, E., Theuerkauf, E., and Hansen, D. (2022) Transport properties fast ice within the nearshore. Coastal Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104176

 

  1. Woodard, J. B., Zoet, L. K.,  Iverson, N. R., and Helanow C. (2022) Inferring Forms of Glacier Slip Laws from Estimates of Ice-Bed Separation During Glacier Slip.  Journal of Glaciology https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.63

 

  1. Stevens, N.T., Roland, C.J., Zoet, L.K., Alley, R.B., Hansen, D.D. and Schwans, E. (2022) Multi-decadal basal slip enhancement at Saskatchewan Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Glaciology, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.45

 

  1. Hansen, D.D. and Zoet, L.K., (2022). Characterizing sediment flux of deforming glacier beds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, p.e2021JF006544. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006544

 

  1. Volpano, C.A., Zoet, L.K., Rawling, J.E. and Theuerkauf, E.J., (2022). Measuring and modelling nearshore recovery of an eroded beach in Lake Michigan, USA. Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.03.012

 

  1. Zoet, L.K., Iverson N.R., Andrews L.C., Helanow, C. (2021). Transient evolution of basal drag during glacier slip. Journal of Glaciology 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.131

 

  1. Alley, R. B., Holschuh, N., MacAyeal, D. R., Parizek, B. R., Zoet, L., Riverman, K., … Stevens, N. (2021). Bedforms of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica: Character and origin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126, e2021JF006339. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006339

 

  1. Woodard, J., Zoet, L.K., Iverson, N.R., Helanow, C. (2021) Variations in Hard-Bedded Topography Beneath Glaciers, JGR-Earth Surface https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006326

 

  1. Adams, C., Iverson, N.R., Helanow, C., Zoet, L.K., and Bate. C. (2021) Softening of interstitial ice by water. Frontiers https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.702761

 

  1. Zoet, L.K. Rawling, J.E., Woodard, J., Barrette, N., Mickelson, D.M. (2021). Factors that contribute to the elongation of drumlins beneath the Green Bay Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms  https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5192

 

  1. Helanow, C., Iverson, N.R., Woodard, J., Zoet, L.K., (2021). A slip law derived for hard bedded glaciers from actual topography, Science Advances 7(20), p.eabe7798. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe7798

 

  1. Roland, C.J, Zoet, L.K, Rawling, J.E., and Cardiff, M. (2021). Seasonality in cold coast bluff erosion processes. Geomorphology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107520.

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., Ikari, M. J., Alley, R. B., Marone, C., Anandakrishnan, S., Carpenter, B. M., and Scuderi, M. M. (2020). Application of constitutive friction laws to glacier seismicity. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088964. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088964

 

  1. Thomson, A., Iverson, N.R., and  Zoet L.K. (2020). Controls on Subglacial Rock Friction: Experiments With Debris in Temperate Ice. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF005718

 

  1. Krueger, R., Zoet L.K. , and Rawling III, J.E. (2020). Coastal bluff evolution in response to a rise in surface water level. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005428.

 

  1. Volpano, C.A., Zoet, L.K., Rawling III, J.E., Thauerkauf, E.J. and Krueger, R. (2020). Three-dimensional bluff evolution in response to seasonal fluctuations in Great Lakes water levels. Journal of Great Lakes Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.08.017. 

 

  1. Woodard, J.B., Zoet, L.K., Benediktsson, Í.Ö., Iverson, N.R., and Finlayson, A. (2020). Insights into drumlin development from ground-penetrating radar at Múlajökull, Iceland, a surge-type glacier. Journal of Glaciology, pp 1-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.50

 

  1. Colman, S. M., Breckenridge, A., Zoet, L. K., Wattrus, N. J., and Johnson, T. C. (2020). Moraines and late-glacial stratigraphy in central Lake Superior. Quaternary Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.36

 

  1. McBrearty, I. W., Zoet, L. K., and Anandakrishnan, S. (2020). Basal seismicity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Journal of Glaciology, 66(257), 430-446. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.17

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., and Iverson, N. R. (2020). A slip law for glaciers on deformable beds. Science, 368(6486), 76-78. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz1183

 

  1. Helanow, C., Iverson, N. R., Zoet, L. K., and Gagliardini, O. (2020). Sliding relations for glacier slip with cavities over three‐dimensional beds. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(3), e2019GL084924. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084924

 

  1. Iverson, N. R., Helanow, C., and Zoet, L. K. (2020). Debris-bed friction during glacier sliding with ice–bed separation. Annals of Glaciology, 60(80), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.46

 

  1. Hansen, D. D., and Zoet, L. K. (2020). Experimental constraints on subglacial rock friction. Annals of Glaciology, 60(80), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.47

 

  1. Woodard, J. B., Zoet, L. K., Iverson, N. R., and Helanow, C. (2019). Linking bedrock discontinuities to glacial quarrying. Annals of Glaciology, 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.36

 

  1. Alley, R. B., Cuffey, K. M., and Zoet, L. K. (2019). Glacial erosion: status and outlook. Annals of Glaciology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.38

 

  1. Mickelson, D.M., Rawling, J.E. and Zoet, L.K. (2019). Glacial landscapes of the southern Green Bay Lobe and the northern Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Open-File Report. 2019-02, p. 1-23.

 

  1. Ceperley, E.G., Marcott, S. A., Rawling III, J. E., Zoet, L. K., and Zimmerman, S. R. (2019). The role of permafrost on the morphology of an MIS 3 moraine from the southern Laurentide Ice Sheet. Geology, 47(5), 440-444. ttps://doi.org/10.1130/G45874.1

 

  1. Lipovsky, B. P., Meyer, C. R., Zoet, L. K., McCarthy, C., Hansen, D. D., Rempel, A. W., and Gimbert, F. (2019). Glacier sliding, seismicity and sediment entrainment. Annals of Glaciology, 60(79), 182-192. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2019.24

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., Muto, A., Rawling III, J. E., and Attig, J. W. (2019). The effects of tunnel channel formation on the Green Bay Lobe, Wisconsin, USA. Geomorphology, 324, 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.09.021

 

  1. Finlayson, A., Phillips, E., Benediktsson, Í. Ö., Zoet, L. K., Iverson, N. R., and Everest, J. (2018). Subglacial drumlins and englacial fractures at the surge‐type glacier, Múlajökull, Iceland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(1), 367-380. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4485

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., and Iverson, N. R. (2018). A healing mechanism for stick-slip of glaciers. Geology, 46(9), 807-810. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45099.1

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., and Rawling, J. E. (2017). Analysis of a sudden bluff failure along the southwest Lake Michigan shoreline. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 43(6), 999-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2017.09.002

 

  1. Iverson, N. R., McCracken, R. G., Zoet, L. K., Benediktsson, Í. Ö., Schomacker, A., Johnson, M. D., and Woodard, J. (2017). A theoretical model of drumlin formation based on observations at Múlajökull, Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(12), 2302-2323. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004354

 

  1. Benediktsson, Í. Ö., Jónsson, S. A., Schomacker, A., Johnson, M. D., Ingólfsson, Ó., Zoet, L.K., Iverson, N.R., and Stötter, J. (2016). Progressive formation of modern drumlins at Múlajökull, Iceland: stratigraphical and morphological evidence. Boreas, 45(4), 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12195

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., and Iverson, N. R. (2016). Rate‐weakening drag during glacier sliding. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(7), 1206-1217. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF003909

 

  1. McCracken, R. G., Iverson, N. R., Benediktsson, Í. Ö., Schomacker, A., Zoet, L. K., Johnson, M. D., Hooyer, T.S., and Ingólfsson, Ó. (2016). Origin of the active drumlin field at Múlajökull, Iceland: new insights from till shear and consolidation patterns. Quaternary Science Reviews, 148, 243-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.008

 

  1. Iverson, N. R., and Zoet, L. K. (2015). Experiments on the dynamics and sedimentary products of glacier slip. Geomorphology, 244, 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.027

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., and Iverson, N. R. (2015). Experimental determination of a double-valued drag relationship for glacier sliding. Journal of Glaciology, 61(225), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG14J174

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., Carpenter, B., Scuderi, M., Alley, R. B., Anandakrishnan, S., Marone, C., and Jackson, M. (2013). The effects of entrained debris on the basal sliding stability of a glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(2), 656-666. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrf.20052

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., Alley, R. B., Anandakrishnan, S., and Christianson, K. (2013). Accelerated subglacial erosion in response to stick-slip motion. Geology, 41(2), 159-162. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33624.1

 

  1. Zoet, L. K., Anandakrishnan, S., Alley, R. B., Nyblade, A. A., and Wiens, D. A. (2012). Motion of an Antarctic glacier by repeated tidally modulated earthquakes. Nature Geoscience, 5(9), 623-626.