Unfolding the procedure of characterizing recorded ultra low frequency, kHZ and MHz electromagnetic anomalies prior to the L'Aquila earthquake as pre-seismic ones - Part 2

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-294

  Eftaxias, K ^a   Balasis, G ^b   Contoyiannis, Y ^a   Papadimitriou, C ^a   Kalimeri, M ^a   Athanasopoulou, L ^a   Nikolopoulos, S ^c   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

ASPERITY; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FAULT; FRACTURE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 77149126458     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-275-2010     Document Type: Article

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