Estimating the seismotelluric current required for observable electromagnetic ground signals

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1615-1624

  Bortnik, J ^a   Bleier, T E ^b   Dunson, C ^b   Freund, F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QuakeFinder Inc   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (Wave propagation)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77956276818     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1615-2010     Document Type: Article

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