Nucleation and seismic tremor associated with the glacial earthquakes of Whillans Ice Stream, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-315

  Winberry, J Paul ^a   Anandakrishnan, Sridhar ^b   Wiens, Douglas A ^c   Alley, Richard B ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ICE STREAMS; NATURAL PHENOMENA; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SEISMIC TREMOR; TRANSIENT MOTIONS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

GLACIATION; GPS; ICE STREAM; LANDSLIDE; NUCLEATION; RUPTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; TRANSIENT FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA; WHILLANS ICE STREAM;

EID: 84874840077     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50130     Document Type: Article

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