Glacial rumblings from Jakobshavn ice stream, Greenland

• Main Authors: Rial, J. A., Tang, C., Steffen, K.
• Other Authors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Réseau sismographe; Greenland; Seismograph network; Sismicité; Réseau observation; Ice stream; Donnée observation; polar regions; Sismicidad; seismicity; icequakes; Arctique; Polar region; Outlet glacier; Séisme glace; Région Polaire; Observation data; Groenland; Groenland Ouest; Zone polaire; Observational network; Fleuve glace; Arctic region; West Greenland; Glacier émissaire; Jakobshavn Isbrae; Arctic; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Arctique*; glacier; Iceberg*; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/rjeq-6446; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/z890s3507?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/z890s3507

Abstract The steep increase in Greenland’s glacial earthquake activity detected by the Global Seismographic Network since the late 1990s suggests that a close inspection of these events might provide clues to the nature and origin of such seismic activity. Here we discuss the detection of large, une...