Repeating earthquakes from rupture of an asperity under an Antarctic outlet glacier
The inner regions of the Antarctic continent are generally regarded as nearly aseismic, although microseismicity is known to occur beneath some outlet ice streams, related to the interaction between the fast flowing ice and the bedrock. Here we show the occurrence of unusual earthquakes beneath an A...
Published in: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/2811 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.023 |