Statistical features of seismoelectric signals prior to M7.4 Guerrero-Oaxaca earthquake (México)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1001-1007

  Ramirez Rojas A ^a   Flores Mirquez E L ^b   Guzmin Vargas L ^c   Gilvez Coyt G ^c   Telesca, L ^d   Angulo Brown, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas del Instituto Politécnico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; SIGNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 52149109684     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-1001-2008     Document Type: Article

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