Air ionization at rock surfaces and pre-earthquake signals

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1824-1834

  Freund, Friedemann T ^a,b,c   Kulahci, Ipek G ^b   Cyr, Gary ^c   Ling, Julia ^a,d   Winnick, Matthew ^c,e   Tregloan Reed, Jeremy ^b,f   Freund, Minoru M ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air ionization; Animal behavior; Corona discharges; Earthquake lights; Ionosphere; Pre earthquake phenomena; Thermal infrared anomalies

Indexed keywords

AIR IONIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CORONA DISCHARGES; EARTHQUAKE LIGHT; EARTHQUAKE LIGHTS; THERMAL INFRARED;

ANIMALS; CHARGE CARRIERS; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CORONA; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE DETECTORS; ROCKS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

EID: 72049112563     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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