Results of subionospheric radio LF monitoring prior to the Tokachi (M=8, Hokkaido, 25 September 2003) earthquake

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 647-653

  Shvets, A V ^a,b   Hayakawa, M ^b   Maekawa, S ^b  

^a A USIKOV INSTITUTE OF RADIO PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; NATURAL HAZARD; RADIO WAVE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 11244308084     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-647-2004     Document Type: Article

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