Ionospheric precursors of earthquakes: Recent advances in theory and practical applications

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 413-435

  Pulinets, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ionospheric precursors

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PREDICTION;

EID: 7244240709     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.3.413(EP)     Document Type: Article

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