Regional passive seismic monitoring reveals dynamic glacier activity on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Andreas Köhler, Christopher Nuth, Johannes Schweitzer, Christian Weidle, Steven J. Gibbons
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2015
• Subjects: Iceberg calving; glacier surge; icequake; cryo-seismology; Svalbard; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Arctic; Main Island; Kronebreen; Tunabreen; Nathorstbreen; Arctic Archipelago; glacier; Iceberg*; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Polar Research; Tidewater; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.26178; https://doaj.org/article/49e7831a706e4907ba3e6320c71c07c1

Dynamic glacier activity is increasingly observed through passive seismic monitoring. We analysed near-regional-scale seismicity on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to identify seismic icequake signals and to study their spatial–temporal distribution within the 14-year period from 2000 until 2013....