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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Main Authors: Ekström, Göran, Nettles, Meredith, Tsai, Victor C.
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Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2006
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spelling ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:46211 2023-05-15T16:25:42+02:00 Seasonality and increasing frequency of Greenland glacial earthquakes Ekström, Göran Nettles, Meredith Tsai, Victor C. 2006-03-24 https://authors.library.caltech.edu/46211/ https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-132746586 unknown American Association for the Advancement of Science Ekström, Göran and Nettles, Meredith and Tsai, Victor C. (2006) Seasonality and increasing frequency of Greenland glacial earthquakes. Science, 311 (5768). pp. 1756-1758. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.1122112. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-132746586 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140611-132746586> Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1122112 2021-11-11T18:58:07Z 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 Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Greenland 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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