Seismic quiescence precursors to two M7 earthquakes on Sakhalin Island, measured by two methods

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 725-740

  Wyss, Max ^a   Sobolev, Gennady ^b   Clippard, James D ^c  

^a World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction   (Switzerland)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Seismic quiescence; Seismicity patterns

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SAKHALIN ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 2542641099     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353081     Document Type: Article

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