Tidal and Structural Controls on Seismic Events Near the Grounding Line at Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica

• Main Author: Cooley, Jade
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ScholarWorks@CWU 2017
• Subjects: cryoseismology; Ross Ice Shelf; icequakes; buttressing; GPS; Geophysics and Seismology; Glaciology; Austral; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/700; https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1716&context=etd

Here I report seismic events occurring over a three-week period during the 2013-2014 austral summer near the grounding line of Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica. The ~24000 events over this time frame had a noticeable temporal pattern that correlates well with the principally diurnal tides of Antarctica...