On the reported magnetic precursor of the 1993 guam earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Thomas, Jeremy N ^a,b,c   Love, Jeffrey J ^a   Johnston, Malcolm J S ^d   Yumoto, Kiyohumi ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Bard High School   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; OBSERVATORIES; POLARIZATION;

ANALYSIS PROBLEMS; HORIZONTAL FIELDS; LOG BOOKS; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY INDICES; MAGNETIC POLARIZATIONS; ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCIES;

MAGNETISM;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETOMETER; OBSERVATORY;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 71949095931     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039020     Document Type: Article

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