Calving event detection by observation of seiche effects on the Greenland fjords

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 213, 2013, Pages 162-178

  Walter, Fabian ^a   Olivieri, Marco ^b   Clinton, John F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FJORD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG CALVING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEICHE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84878344985     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG12J118     Document Type: Article

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