On the reported magnetic precursor of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 207-215

  Thomas, Jeremy N ^a,b   Love, Jeffrey J ^a   Johnston, Malcolm J S ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Geomagnetism; Seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FREQUENCY BANDS; GEOMAGNETISM; SENSORS;

ACQUISITION RATES; ACTIVITY INDICES; BEFORE AND AFTER; DATA SETS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTERS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND-BASED SENSORS; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKES; LOW-FREQUENCY RANGES; MAGNETIC NOISE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NOISE LEVELS; OPERATIONAL PERIODS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GEOMAGNETISM; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 62749162574     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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