Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes

Some glaciers and ice streams periodically lurch forward with sufficient force to generate emissions of elastic waves that are recorded on seismometers worldwide. Such glacial earthquakes on Greenland show a strong seasonality as well as a doubling of their rate of occurrence over the past 5 years....

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Ekström, Göran, Nettles, Meredith, Tsai, Victor C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2006
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Greenland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1122112
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1122112
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spelling craaas:10.1126/science.1122112 2024-09-15T18:08:44+00:00 Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes Ekström, Göran Nettles, Meredith Tsai, Victor C. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1122112 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1122112 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 311, issue 5768, page 1756-1758 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2006 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122112 2024-08-29T04:00:58Z Some glaciers and ice streams periodically lurch forward with sufficient force to generate emissions of elastic waves that are recorded on seismometers worldwide. Such glacial earthquakes on Greenland show a strong seasonality as well as a doubling of their rate of occurrence over the past 5 years. These temporal patterns suggest a link to the hydrological cycle and are indicative of a dynamic glacial response to changing climate conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 311 5768 1756 1758
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description Some glaciers and ice streams periodically lurch forward with sufficient force to generate emissions of elastic waves that are recorded on seismometers worldwide. Such glacial earthquakes on Greenland show a strong seasonality as well as a doubling of their rate of occurrence over the past 5 years. These temporal patterns suggest a link to the hydrological cycle and are indicative of a dynamic glacial response to changing climate conditions.
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author Ekström, Göran
Nettles, Meredith
Tsai, Victor C.
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Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
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title Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
title_short Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
title_full Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
title_fullStr Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
title_full_unstemmed Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes
title_sort seasonality and increasing frequency of greenland glacial earthquakes
publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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