Nature Communications (May 2020)

Distributed acoustic sensing of microseismic sources and wave propagation in glaciated terrain

  • F. Walter,
  • D. Gräff,
  • F. Lindner,
  • P. Paitz,
  • M. Köpfli,
  • M. Chmiel,
  • A. Fichtner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15824-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In this study, Walter and colleagues deploy a 1 km long fiber optics cable on a glacier surface. Via the use of distributed acoustic sensing, the authors are capable of monitoring glacier dynamics and Alpine mass movements.