Tidal motion found to influence Antarctic sub-glacial seismicity
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 05:50
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) -- An American team of researchers has concluded that a period of rapid-succession small earthquakes in Antarctica over a several month span back in 2002-2003 was likely due to a glacier passing over some rough terrain and its periodic nature likely came about because of the impact of ocean tides. The team has published a paper describing their observations and conclusions in the journal Nature Geoscience.