Observation of surface seismic activity changes of an Alpine glacier during a glacier-dammed lake outburst

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Roux, P F ^a   Walter, F ^b   Riesen, P ^b   Sugiyama, S ^b,c   Funk, M ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREVASSE; DRAINAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT PLANE; GLACIER FLOW; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; OUTBURST; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VALLEY GLACIER;

GORNER GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77955440270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001535     Document Type: Article

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