Seismic detection and analysis of icequakes at Columbia Glacier, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  O'Neel, Shad ^a   Marshall, H P ^a   McNamara, D E ^a   Pfeffer, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE MOVEMENT; ICE RETREAT; ICEBERG CALVING; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; COLUMBIA GLACIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248986623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000595     Document Type: Article

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