The large earthquake of 27 August 2008 in Lake Baikal and its precursors

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Semenov, R M ^a   Smekalin, O P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baikal region; Earthquake; Earthquake precursor; Helium; Rift zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; HELIUM; RIFT ZONE; SEISMICITY;

LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79952732990     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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