Nature of pre-earthquake phenomena and their effects on living organisms

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 513-531

  Freund, Friedemann ^a,b,c   Stolc, Viktor ^c  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air ionization; ELF (extremely low frequency) waves; Hydrogen peroxide; Physiological effects; Positive holes; Pre earthquake phenomena; ULF (ultralow frequency) waves; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879939024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3020513     Document Type: Article

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