%0 Journal Article
%T Listening to Glaciers: Passive Hydroacoustics Near Marine-Terminating Glaciers
%A Erin C. Pettit
%A Jeffrey A. Nystuen
%A Shad O'Neel
%J Oceanography
%D 2012
%I The Oceanography Society (TOS)
%X The catastrophic breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea in 2002 paints a vivid portrait of the effects of glacier-climate interactions. This event, along with other unexpected episodes of rapid mass loss from marine-terminating glaciers (i.e., tidewater glaciers, outlet glaciers, ice streams, ice shelves) sparked intensified study of the boundaries where marine-terminating glaciers interact with the ocean. These dynamic and dangerous boundaries require creative methods of observation and measurement. Toward this effort, we take advantage of the exceptional sound-propagating properties of seawater to record and interpret sounds generated at these glacial ice-ocean boundaries from distances safe for instrument deployment and operation.
%K glacier-climate interactions
%U http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-3_pettit.pdf