Magnitude of velocity anomalies prior to earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 11217-11223

  Le Ravalec, Mickaële ^a,b   Gueguen, Yves ^a   Chelidze, Tamaz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgian Academy of Science MNodia Institute of Geophysics   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; PARTIALLY SATURATED ROCK; VELOCITY ANOMALY;

EID: 0029730048     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00530     Document Type: Article

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