Seismic and hydroacoustic tremor generated by colliding Icebergs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  MacAyeal, D R ^a   Okal, E A ^b   Aster, R C ^c   Bassis, J N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ICE BREAKUP; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG; MICROTREMOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; STICK-SLIP;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84940590617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001005     Document Type: Article

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