![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120925071115im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Antarctic Ice Sheet Quakes Shed Light on Ice Movement and Earthquakes
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August 23, 2012
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Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to an understanding of glacial movement, but may also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San Andreas Fault or in Haiti, according to Penn State geoscientists.
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