Iceberg calving as a primary source of regional-scale glacier-generated seismicity in the St. Elias Mountains, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  O'Neel, Shad ^a   Larsen, Christopher F ^b   Rupert, Natalia ^b   Hansen, Roger ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE BREAKUP; ICEBERG; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDEWATER GLACIER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78650576854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001598     Document Type: Article

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