Pre-earthquake signals - Part II: Flow of battery currents in the crust

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 543-548

  Freund, F T ^a,b,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34548635251     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-543-2007     Document Type: Article

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