Repeating earthquakes from rupture of an asperity under an Antarctic outlet glacier

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-158

  Danesi, Stefania ^a   Bannister, Stephen ^b   Morelli, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; David Glacier; Double difference hypocentre location; Glacial dynamics; Glacial earthquakes; Gutenberg Richter relationship; Repeating earthquakes

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; GLACIAL DYNAMICS; GLACIAL EARTHQUAKES; REPEATING EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GLACIERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GLACIER; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE STREAM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STICK-SLIP;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33845589408     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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