Snow Avalanches, Ice Avalanches and Glacier Surges
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Precursory seismicity associated with frequent, large ice avalanches on Iliamna volcano, Alaska, USA
Since 1994, at least six major (volume >10m) ice and rock avalanches have occurred on Iliamna volcano, Alaska, USA. Each of the avalanches was preceded by up to 2 hours of seismicity believed to represent the initial stages of failure. Each seismic sequence begins with a series of repeating earthquakes thought to represent slip on an ice–rock interface, or between layers of ice. This stage is f...
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*Corresponding author: U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Global Change Program, Science Center, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, Montana 59936, U.S.A. [email protected] {Big Sky Institute, 106 AJM Johnson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, U.S.A. {U.S. Geological Survey Science Center, West Glacier Field Station, Glacier National Park,...
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Iliamna is an andesitic stratovolcano of the Aleutian arc with regular gas and steam emissions and mantled by several large glaciers. Iliamna Volcano exhibits an unusual combination of frequent and large ice-rock avalanches in the order of 1×10 m to 3×10 m with recent return periods of 2–4 years. We have reconstructed an avalanche event record for the past 45 years that indicates Iliamna avalan...
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