The Heartbeat of an Ice Sheet: Turning Science into Sound from the Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica

These are sound files and videos made from seismic data collected between 2010-2015 on the Whillans Ice Stream, in West Antarctica. The sounds are: the stick-slip cycle, ice stream tremor, and tiny earthquakes at the bottom of the ice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barcheck, Grace
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
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Online Access:http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2n74466p
Description
Summary:These are sound files and videos made from seismic data collected between 2010-2015 on the Whillans Ice Stream, in West Antarctica. The sounds are: the stick-slip cycle, ice stream tremor, and tiny earthquakes at the bottom of the ice.