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

Anomalously slow earthquakes play a critical role in the earthquake cycle and fault sliding. Here, the authors detect continuous seismic radiation from a glacier sliding over its bed and show persistent coastal shaking to represent an addition to the family of slow earthquakes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Yoshio Murai, Naoya Kanna, Shin Sugiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24142-4