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Sound-channel observations of ice-generated tremor in the Indian Ocean

Emily Chapp, DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, Maya Tolstoy, 2005. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6(6).

Indian Ocean hydrophones recorded two types of low-frequency tremor tied to drifting icebergs and glacial features off Wilkes Land, with estimated source levels up to about 245 dB re 1 µPa at 1 m.

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Independent evidence that ice produces loud, long-range, structured sounds.

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Chapp, E., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., & Tolstoy, M. (2005). Sound-channel observations of ice-generated tremor in the Indian Ocean. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GC000889
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