Analysis of glacial earthquakes

• Main Author: Victor C. Tsai
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: outlet glaciers [Bauer; 1961; Morgan et al; 1982]. More; Greenland; Jensen Glacier; glacier; Jakobshavn
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.665.7293; http://web.gps.caltech.edu/%7Etsai/files/TsaiEkstrom_JGR2007.pdf?origin%3Dpublication_detail

[1] In 2003, Ekström et al. reported on the detection of a new class of earthquakes that occur in glaciated regions, with the vast majority being in Greenland. The events have a characteristic radiation pattern and lack the high-frequency content typical of tectonic earthquakes. It was proposed tha...