Review and a model of pre-seismic electromagnetic emissions in terms of fractal electrodynamics

Fractals

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-273

  Eftaxias, K ^a   Frangos, P ^b   Kapiris, P ^a   Polygiannakis, J ^a   Kopanas, J ^a   Peratzakis, A ^a   Skountzos, P ^c   Jaggard, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Div Info Transmiss Syst Technol   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Phenomena; Earthquake Precursors; Fractal Electrodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRACKS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FRACTALS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CRITICAL PHENOMENA; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; FRACTAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; FRACTAL GEOMETRY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

EID: 11244326205     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X04002501     Document Type: Review

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