Microseismic activity within a serac zone in an alpine glacier (Glacier d'Argentière, Mont Blanc, France)

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 184, 2008, Pages 157-168

  Roux, Pierre François ^a   Marsan, David ^a   Métaxian, Jean Philippe ^a   O'Brien, Gareth ^b   Moreau, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; STRESS; VALLEY GLACIER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE SAVOIE; MONT BLANC; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41949135681     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308784409053     Document Type: Article

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