Are Deep Long Period Earthquakes in Antarctica Causing Sea Level Rise?

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Here is a recent paper describing Deep Long Period Earthquakes discovered in Antarctica. A large eruption might melt enough ice to raise sea levels. The paper costs $$money to read, however:
“Volcanology: Mobile magma under Antarctic ice”
John C. Behrendt1
Nature Geoscience
6, 990–991 (2013)
doi:10.1038/ngeo2011
Published online
17 November 2013

Here is free article about them:
“Deep Long Period earthquakes”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...ano-earthquakes-erupt-sea-level-rise-science/
 
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