Seismic events in glaciers /

The occurrence of seismic events in glaciers has been an issue in the scientific literature since the early 1950s, following the report about icequakes in Baffin Island. Targeted seismological studies were undertaken by the Polish Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1962 and then continued at various glaci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Górski, Marek (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg : Springer, [2013?]
Series:	GeoPlanet.
Subjects:	Glaciers. Earthquakes. Glaciology. Seismic waves. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : scope of the book
Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, Spitbergen
Seismological measurements : icequakes and icevibrations
Seismic wave velocities in the Hans Glacier, Spitsbergen
Spatial distribution of icequakes in the Hans Glacier
Spectral analysis and source parameters of icequakes
Predominant frequencies in spectra of ice vibration events
Application of the shear-band model to the determination of focal parameters.