A possible preseismic anomaly in the ground wave of a radio broadcasting (216 kHz) during July-August 1998 (Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 727-732

  Biagi, P F ^a   Castellana, L ^a   Maggipinto, T ^a   Piccolo, R ^a   Minafra, A ^a   Ermini, A ^b   Martellucci, S ^b   Bellecci, C ^b   Perna, G ^c   Capozzi, V ^c   Molchanov, O A ^d   Hayakawa, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; RADIO WAVE; SEISMICITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644509800     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-727-2005     Document Type: Article

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