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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6341-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6341-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Research article
 | 
01 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2025

Revealing firn structure at Dome A region in East Antarctica using cultural seismic noise

Zhengyi Song, Yudi Pan, Jiangtao Li, Hongrui Peng, Yiming Wang, Yuande Yang, Kai Lu, Xueyuan Tang, and Xiaohong Zhang

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Obtaining the physical properties of ice sheets is important. In this study, we use seismic ambient noise to obtain the shallow S-wave velocity structure at the Dome A region. The result agrees with the ice-core data nearby and reveals radial anisotropy in the firn layer. This study demonstrates that cultural seismic noise provides an effective and environmentally friendly way for the imaging of near-surface structures in Antarctica.
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