Assessment of glacial-earthquake source parameters

被引:5
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作者
Veitch, Stephen A. [1 ]
Nettles, Meredith [1 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
calving; cryoseismology; glacier geophysics; ice/ocean interactions; remote sensing; seismology; GREENLAND OUTLET GLACIERS; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE; EAST GREENLAND; INVERSION; HELHEIM;
D O I
10.1017/jog.2017.52
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Glacial earthquakes are slow earthquakes of magnitude M similar to 5 associated with major calving events at near-grounded marine-terminating glaciers. These globally detectable earthquakes provide information on the grounding state of outlet glaciers and the timing of large calving events. Seismic source modeling of glacial earthquakes provides information on the size and orientation of forces associated with calving events. We compare force orientations estimated using a centroid-single-force technique with the calving-front orientations of the source glaciers at or near the time of earthquake occurrence. We consider earthquakes recorded at four glaciers in Greenland - Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, Helheim Glacier, Kong Oscar Glacier, and Jakobshavn Isbrae - between 1999 and 2010. We find that the estimated earthquake force orientations accurately represent the orientation of the calving front at the time of the earthquake, and that seismogenic calving events are produced by a preferred section of the calving front, which may change with time. We also find that estimated earthquake locations vary in a manner consistent with changes in calving-front position, though with large scatter. We conclude that changes in glacial-earthquake source parameters reflect true changes in the geometry of the source glaciers, providing a means for identifying changes in glacier geometry and dynamics that complements traditional remote-sensing techniques.
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页码:867 / 876
页数:10
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