An automated approach to the location of icequakes using seismic waveform amplitudes

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 64, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Jones, G A ^a,b   Kulessa, B ^b   Doyle, S H ^a   Dow, C F ^b   Hubbard, A ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAPH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84873635503     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG64A074     Document Type: Article

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