Seismic electromagnetic signals (SEMS) explained by a simulation experiment using electromagnetic waves

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 107-114

  Huang, Qinghua ^a   Ikeya, Motoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut off frequency; Electromagnetic wave; Propagation; Seismic electric signals; Selectivity; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; SEISMIC NOISE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032455328     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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