Anomalous pre-seismic transmission of VHF-band radio waves resulting from large earthquakes, and its statistical relationship to magnitude of impending earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 858-870

  Moriya, T ^a   Mogi, T ^a   Takada, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction; Forecasting; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; LINEARITY; RADIO WAVE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 74549184546     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04461.x     Document Type: Article

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