Seventeen Antarctic seismic events detected by global surface waves and a possible link to calving events from satellite images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chen, X ^a   Shearer, P M ^a   Walter, F ^a   Fricker, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GLACIER FLOW; ICE BREAKUP; LOVE WAVE; MODIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RIFTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; NINNIS GLACIER; RONNE ICE SHELF; VANDERFORD GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79960089961     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008262     Document Type: Article

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