Autonomous detection of calving-related seismicity at Kronebreen, Svalbard

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-406

  Kohler A ^a   Chapuis, A ^b   Nuth, C ^a   Kohler, J ^c   Weidle, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOPHONE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; ICEBERG CALVING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; KRONEBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84859308108     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-393-2012     Document Type: Article

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