Identification of earthquake sources responsible for subsurface VLF electric field emissions observed at Agra

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 4-9, 2006, Pages 325-335

  Singh, Vikram ^a   Singh, Birbal ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Hayakawa, M ^b  

^a R B S COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borehole antenna; Earthquakes; Statistical analysis; VLF electromagnetic emissions

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALCULATIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BOREHOLE ANTENNA; ELECTRIC FIELD EMISSION; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FAULT; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 33744944299     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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