QUAKE Seminar

Fall 2011 Schedule

This quarter's topic: Ice and glacier seismicity

Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m., Mitchell 350

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Date
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1. 28 Sept.
Organizational meeting
2. 5 Oct. Glacial earthquakes
Ksenia Dmitrieva, Sarah Barrett, Randi Walters Nettles & Ekström (2010), Glacial earthquakes in Greenland and Antarctica
3. 12 Oct. Glacial microseismicity and subglacial water flow
Brad Lipovsky, Marina Kim West & others (2010), Glacier microseismicity
Winberry & others (2009), Seismic observations of transient subglacial water flow beneath MacAyeal Ice Stream, West Antarctica
4. 19 Oct. Ice shelf rifting
Sam Bydlon, Andreas Mavrommatis Bassis & others (2007), Seismicity and deformation associated with ice-shelf rift propagation
5. 26 Oct. Icequakes in a Swiss Alpine glacier
Angie Chung Walter & others (2010), Evidence for near-horizontal tensile faulting at the base of Gornergletscher, a Swiss Alpine glacier
6. 2 Nov. Iceberg collisions
Arjun Kohli MacAyeal & others (2008), Seismic and hydroacoustic tremor generated by colliding icebergs
7. 9 Nov. Stick-slip of an Antarctic ice stream (early observations)
Noel Bartlow Bindschadler & others (2003), Tidally-controlled stick-slip discharge of a West Antarctic ice stream
Wiens & others (2008), Simultaneous teleseismic and geodetic observations of the stick-slip motion of an Antarctic ice stream
8. 16 Nov. Stick-slip of an Antarctic ice stream (recent observations and a rupture model)
Ana Aguiar Walter & others (2011), Transient slip events from near-field seismic and geodetic data on a glacier fault, Whillans Ice Plain, West Antarctica
23 Nov. Thanksgiving break
9. 30 Nov. AGU practice talks
10. 7 Dec. AGU fall meeting

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