Unfolding the procedure of characterizing recorded ultra low frequency, kHZ and MHz electromagetic anomalies prior to the L'Aquila earthquake as pre-seismic ones - Part 1

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1953-1971

  Eftaxias, K ^a   Athanasopoulou, L ^a   Balasis, G ^b   Kalimeri, M ^a   Nikolopoulos, S ^c   Contoyiannis, Y ^a   Kopanas, J ^a   Antonopoulos, G ^a   Nomicos, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AQUILA;

EID: 72449208032     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1953-2009     Document Type: Article

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