Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3443-2021
Research article
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23 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2021

Downhole distributed acoustic seismic profiling at Skytrain Ice Rise, West Antarctica

Alex M. Brisbourne, Michael Kendall, Sofia-Katerina Kufner, Thomas S. Hudson, and Andrew M. Smith

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How ice sheets flowed in the past is written into the structure and texture of the ice sheet itself. Measuring this structure and properties of the ice can help us understand the recent behaviour of the ice sheets. We use a relatively new technique, not previously attempted in Antarctica, to measure the seismic vibrations of a fibre optic cable down a borehole. We demonstrate the potential of this technique to unravel past ice flow and see hints of these complex signals from the ice flow itself.
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