Calving seismicity from iceberg-sea surface interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bartholomaus, T C ^a   Larsen, C F ^a   O'Neel, S ^a,b   West, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICEBERG CALVING; SEA ICE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84871661024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002513     Document Type: Article

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