Current status of seismo-electromagnetics for short-term earthquake prediction

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-155

  Hayakawa, Masashi ^a   Hobara, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT; LITHOSPHERIC; MECHANICAL METHODS; NEW SCIENCE; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA LOW FREQUENCIES;

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE;

FORECASTING;

EID: 77953943505     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2010.486933     Document Type: Review

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