Seismic Events in Glaciers

• Main Author: Górski, Marek (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth System Sciences.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.