Can electromagnetic disturbances related to the recent great earthquakes be detected by satellite magnetometers?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 431, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 173-195

  Balasis, G ^a   Mandea, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHAMP satellite; Geomagnetic field; Ionosphere; Sumatra earthquake; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33846644134     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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