Sustained seismic tremors and icequakes detected in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 221, 2014, Pages 563-575

  Röösli, Claudia ^a   Walter, Fabian ^b   Husen, Stephan ^a,d   Andrews, Lauren C ^c   Lüthi, Martin P ^a   Catania, Ginny A ^c   Kissling, Edi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Kantonales Laboratorium   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arctic glaciology; Glacier geophysics; Ice and climate; Ice dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE MECHANICS; ICE SHEET; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84902185570     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014joG13j210     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Allen RV (1978) Automatic earthquake recognition and timing from single traces. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 68(5), 1521-1532
2. Bartholomew I, Nienow P, Mair D, Hubbard A, King MA and Sole A (2010) Seasonal evolution of subglacial drainage and acceler- ation in a Greenland outlet glacier. Nature Geosci., 3(6), 408-411 (doi: 10.1038/ngeo863)
3. Battaglia J and Aki K (2003) Location of seismic events and eruptive fissures on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano using seismic amplitudes. J. Geophys. Res., 108(B8), 2364 (doi: 10.1029/2002JB002193)
4. Catania GA and Neumann TA (2010) Persistent englacial drainage features in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37(2), L02501 (doi: 10.1029/2009GL041108)
5. Catania GA, Neumann TA and Price SF (2008) Characterizing englacial drainage in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet. J. Glaciol., 54(187), 567-578 (doi: 10.3189/ 002214308786570854)
6. Chandler DM and 11 others (2013) Evolution of the subglacial drainage system beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by tracers. Nature Geosci., 6(3), 195-198 (doi: 10.1038/ngeo1737)
7. Chouet BA (1996) Long-period volcano seismicity: its source and use in eruption forecasting. Nature, 380(6572), 309-316 (doi: 10.1038/380309a0)
8. Chouet B and 6 others (1997) Source and path effects in the wave fields of tremor and explosions at Stromboli Volcano, Italy. J. Geophys. Res., 102(B7), 15 129-15 150 (doi: 10.1029/ 97JB00953)
9. Corciulo M, Roux P, Campillo M, Dubucq D and Kuperman WA (2012) Multiscale matched-field processing for noise-source localization in exploration geophysics. Geophysics, 77(5), KS33-KS41 (doi: 10.1190/geo2011-0438.1)
10. Dalban Canassy P, Faillettaz J, Walter F and Huss M (2012) Seismic activity and surface motion of a steep temperate glacier: a study on Triftgletscher, Switzerland. J. Glaciol., 58(209), 513-528 (doi: 10.3189/2012JoG11J104)
11. Dalban Canassy P, Walter F, Husen S, Maurer H, Faillettaz J and Farinotti D (2013) Investigating the dynamics of an Alpine glacier using probabilistic icequake locations: Triftgletscher, Switzerland. J. Geophys. Res., 118(F4), 2003-2018 (doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20097)
12. Das SB and 6 others (2008) Fracture propagation to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet during supraglacial lake drainage. Science, 320(5877), 778-781 (doi: 10.1126/science.1153360)
13. Deichmann N, Ansorge J, Scherbaum F, Aschwanden A, Bernardi F and Gudmundsson GH (2000) Evidence for deep icequakes in an Alpine glacier. Ann. Glaciol., 31, 85-90 (doi: 10.3189/ 172756400781820462)
14. Echelmeyer K, Clarke TS and Harrison WD (1991) Surficial glaciology of Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland: Part I. Surface morphology. J. Glaciol., 37(127), 368-382
15. Fountain AG, Jacobel RW, Schlichting R and Jansson P (2005) Fractures as the main pathways of water flow in temperate glaciers. Nature, 433(7026), 618-621 (doi: 10.1038/ nature03296)
16. Gulley J, Grabiec M, Martin JB, Jania J, Catania G and Glowacki P (2012) The effect of discrete recharge by moulins and heterogeneity in flow-path efficiency at glacier beds on subglacial hydrology. J. Glaciol., 58(211), 926-940 (doi: 10.3189/2012JoG11J189)
17. Gusmeroli A, Clark RA, Murray T, Booth AD, Kulessa B and Barrett BE (2010) Seismic wave attenuation in the uppermost glacier ice of Storglaciären, Sweden. J. Glaciol., 56(196), 249-256 (doi: 10.3189/002214310791968485)
18. Hammer C, Ohrnberger M and Fäh D (2012) Classifying seismic waveforms from scratch: a case study in the alpine environment. Geophys. J. Int., 192(1), 425-439 (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs036)
19. Hoffman MJ, Catania GA, Neumann TA, Andrews LC and Rumrill JA (2011) Links between acceleration, melting, and supraglacial lake drainage of the western Greenland Ice Sheet. J. Geophys. Res., 116(F4), F04035 (doi: 10.1029/2010JF001934)
20. Husen S, Kissling E, Deichmann N, Wiemer S, Giardini D and Baer M (2003) Probabilistic earthquake location in complex threedimensional velocity models: application to Switzerland. J. Geophys. Res., 108(B2), 2077 (doi: 10.1029/2002JB001778)
21. Iken A, Echelmeyer K, Harrison Wand Funk M (1993) Mechanisms of fast flow in Jakobshavns Isbræ, West Greenland: Part I. Measurements of temperature and water level in deep boreholes. J. Glaciol., 39(131), 15-25
22. Jones GA, Kulessa B, Doyle SH, Dow CF and Hubbard A (2013) An automated approach to the location of icequakes using seismic waveform amplitudes. Ann. Glaciol., 54(64), 1-9 (doi: 10.3189/ 2013AoG64A074)
23. Joughin I and 7 others (2008) Continued evolution of Jakobshavn Isbræ following its rapid speedup. J. Geophys. Res., 113(F4), F04006 (doi: 10.1029/2008JF001023)
24. Julian BR (1994) Volcanic tremor: nonlinear excitation by fluid flow. J. Geophys. Res., 99(B6), 11 859-11 877 (doi: 10.1029/93JB03129)
25. Kissling E (1988) Geotomography with local earthquake data. Rev. Geophys., 26(4), 659-698 (doi: 10.1029/RG026i004p00659)
26. Kohnen H (1974) The temperature dependence of seismic waves in ice. J. Glaciol., 13(67), 144-147
27. Lay T and Wallace TC (1995) Modern global seismology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA
28. Lesage P, Glangeaud F and Mars J (2002) Applications of autoregressive models and time-frequency analysis to the study of volcanic tremor and long-period events. J. Volcan. Geotherm. Res., 114(3-4), 391-417 (doi: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00298-0)
29. Lomax A, Virieux J, Volant P and Berge-Thierry C (2000) Probabilistic earthquake location in 3D and layered models. In Thurber CH and Rabinowitz N eds. Advances in seismic event location. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 101-134
30. McGrath D, Colgan W, Steffen K, Lauffenburger P and Balog J (2011) Assessing the summer water budget of a Moulin basin in the Sermeq Avannarleq ablation region, Greenland ice sheet. J. Glaciol., 57(205), 954-964 (doi: 10.3189/ 002214311798043735)
31. Métaxian J-P, Araujo S, Mora M and Lesage P (2003) Seismicity related to the glacier of Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(9), 1483 (doi: 10.1029/2002GL016773)
32. Mikesell TD, Van Wijk K, Haney MM, Bradford JH, Marshall HP and Harper JT (2012) Monitoring glacier surface seismicity in time and space using Rayleigh waves. J. Geophys. Res., 117(F2), F02020 (doi: 10.1029/2011JF002259)
33. Moré JJ (1978) The Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm: implementation and theory. In Watson GA ed. Numerical Analysis. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference 28 June-1 July 1977,Dundee, Scotland. (Lecture Notes in Mathematics 630) Springer, Dordrecht, 105-116
34. Nye JF (1953) The flow law of ice from measurements in glacier tunnels, laboratory experiments and the Jungfraufirn borehole experiment. Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 219(1139), 477-489 (doi: 10.1098/rspa.1953.0161)
35. O'Neel S and Pfeffer WT (2007) Source mechanics for monochromatic icequakes produced during iceberg calving at Columbia Glacier, AK. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(22), L22502 (doi: 10.1029/ 2007GL031370)
36. Palmer S, Shepherd A, Nienow P and Joughin I (2011) Seasonal speedup of the Greenland Ice Sheet linked to routing of surface water. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 302(3-4), 423-428 (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.037)
37. Peters LE, Anandakrishnan S, Alley RB and Voigt DE (2012) Seismic attenuation in glacial ice: a proxy for englacial temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 117(F2), F02008 (doi: 10.1029/2011JF002201)
38. Rial JA, Tang C and Steffen K (2009) Glacial rumblings from Jakobshavn ice stream, Greenland. J. Glaciol., 55(191), 389-399 (doi: 10.3189/ 002214309788816623)
39. Rignot E, Box JE, Burgess E and Hanna E (2008) Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet from 1958 to 2007. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(20), L20502 (doi: 10.1029/2008GL035417)
40. Roux P-F, Marsan D, Metaxian J-P, O'Brien G and Moreau L (2008) Microseismic activity within a serac zone in an alpine glacier (Glacier d'Argentière, Mont Blanc, France). J. Glaciol., 54(184), 157-168 (doi: 10.3189/002214308784409053)
41. Roux P-F, Walter F, Riesen P, Sugiyama S and Funk M (2010) Observation of surface seismic activity changes of an Alpine glacier during a glacier-dammed lake outburst. J. Geophys. Res., 115(F3), F03014 (doi: 10.1029/2009JF001535)
42. Sole A and 6 others (2013) Winter motion mediates dynamic response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to warmer summers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(15), 3940-3944 (doi: 10.1002/grl.50764)
43. St Lawrence Wand Qamar A (1979) Hydraulic transients: a seismic source in volcanoes and glaciers. Science, 203(4381), 654-656 (doi: 10.1126/science.203. 4381.654)
44. Steffen K and Box J (2001) Surface climatology of the Greenland ice sheet: Greenland Climate Network 1995-1999. J. Geophys. Res., 106(D24), 33 951-33 964 (doi: 10.1029/2001JD900161)
45. Sundal AV, Shepherd A, Nienow P, Hanna E, Palmer S and Huybrechts P (2011) Melt-induced speed-up of Greenland ice sheet offset by efficient subglacial drainage. Nature, 469(7331), 521-524 (doi: 10.1038/nature09740)
46. Van de Wal RSW and 6 others (2008) Large and rapid meltinduced velocity changes in the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Science, 321(5885), 111-113 (doi: 10.1126/science. 1158540)
47. Van der Veen CJ (1998) Fracture mechanics approach to penetration of bottom crevasses on glaciers. Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 27(3), 213-223 (doi: 10.1016/S0165-232X(98)00006-8)
48. Walter F, Deichmann N and Funk M (2008) Basal icequakes during changing subglacial water pressures beneath Gornergletscher, Switzerland. J. Glaciol., 54(186), 511-521 (doi: 10.3189/002214308785837110)
49. Walter F, Clinton JF, Deichmann N, Dreger DS, Minson SE and Funk M (2009) Moment tensor inversions of icequakes on Gornergletscher, Switzerland. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 99(2A), 852-870 (doi: 10.1785/0120080110)
50. Walter JI and 6 others (2012) Oceanic mechanical forcing of a marine-terminating Greenland glacier. Ann. Glaciol., 53(60 Pt 2), 181-192 (doi: 10.3189/2012AoG60A083)
51. Werder MA, Schuler TV and Funk M (2010) Short term variations of tracer transit speed on alpine glaciers. Cryosphere, 4(3), 381-396 (doi: 10.5194/tc-4-381-2010)
52. West ME, Larsen CF, Truffer M, O'Neel S and LeBlanc L (2010) Glacier microseismicity. Geology, 38(4), 319-322 (doi: 10.1130/G30606.1)
53. Winberry JP, Anandakrishnan S and Alley RB (2009) Seismic observations of transient subglacial water-flow beneath Mac- Ayeal Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(11), L11502 (doi: 10.1029/2009GL037730)
54. Withers M and 6 others (1998) A comparison of select trigger algorithms for automated global seismic phase and event detection. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 88(1), 95-96
55. Zoet LK, Anandakrishnan S, Alley RB, Nyblade AA and Wiens DA (2012) Motion of an Antarctic glacier by repeated tidally modulated earthquakes. Nature Geosci., 5(9), 623-626 (doi: 10.1038/ngeo1555)
56. Zwally HJ, Abdalati W, Herring T, Larson K, Saba J and Steffen K (2002) Surface melt-induced acceleration of Greenland icesheet flow. Science, 297(5579), 218-222 (doi: 10.1126/ science.1072708)