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Ocean-bottom and surface seismometers reveal continuous glacial tremor and slip

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Abstract
Shearing along subduction zones, laboratory experiments on analogue faults, and sliding along glacier beds are all associated with aseismic and co-seismic slip. In this study, an ocean-bottom seismometer is deployed near the terminus of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier, effectively insulating the signal from the extremely noisy surface seismic wavefield. Continuous, tide-modulated tremor related to ice speed is recorded at the bed of the glacier. When noise interference……

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Article Information

Podolskiy, E.A., Murai, Y., Kanna, N. et al. Ocean-bottom and surface seismometers reveal continuous glacial tremor and slip. Nat Commun 12, 3929 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24142-4