Changes of strain before earthquakes: The possibility of routine monitoring of both long-term and short-term precursors

Journal of Physics of the Earth

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-66

  Crampin, Stuart ^a   Zatsepin, Sergei V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; MONITORING; SHEAR WAVE; STRAIN;

EID: 0030664504     PISSN: 00223743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.45.41     Document Type: Article

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