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Subglacial discharge at tidewater glaciers revealed by seismic tremor

Overview of attention for article published in Geophysical Research Letters, August 2015
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Title
Subglacial discharge at tidewater glaciers revealed by seismic tremor
Published in
Geophysical Research Letters, August 2015
DOI 10.1002/2015gl064590
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Timothy C Bartholomaus, Jason M Amundson, Jacob I Walter, Shad O'Neel, Michael E West, Christopher F Larsen

Abstract

Subglacial discharge influences glacier basal motion and erodes and redeposits sediment. At tidewater glacier termini, discharge drives submarine terminus melting, affects fjord circulation, and is a central component of proglacial marine ecosystems. However, our present inability to track subglacial discharge and its variability significantly hinders our understanding of these processes. Here we report observations of hourly to seasonal variations in 1.5-10 Hz seismic tremor that strongly correlate with subglacial discharge but not with basal motion, weather, or discrete icequakes. Our data demonstrate that vigorous discharge occurs from tidewater glaciers during summer, in spite of fast basal motion that could limit the formation of subglacial conduits, and then abates during winter. Furthermore, tremor observations and a melt model demonstrate that drainage efficiency of tidewater glaciers evolves seasonally. Glaciohydraulic tremor provides a means by which to quantify subglacial discharge variations and offers a promising window into otherwise obscured glacierized environments.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Chile 1 1%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 84 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 31 35%
Researcher 16 18%
Student > Master 7 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 7%
Professor 6 7%
Other 8 9%
Unknown 15 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 60 67%
Environmental Science 2 2%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 1%
Computer Science 1 1%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 1%
Other 2 2%
Unknown 22 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 August 2015.
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#1,007,030
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#2,027
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#12,701
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Outputs of similar age from Geophysical Research Letters
#34
of 318 outputs
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