Short-term Earthquake Prediction Based on Seismic Precursory Electric  Signals Recorded on Ground Surface.

   
   
  CONTENTS
   

 

Preface.

1. 

Introduction.

2. 

Various topics in seismology tectonics pertaining to earthquake prediction.

3. 

Generation of seismic precursory electric signals.

4. 

Earthquake prognostic parameters determination.

4.1.

Time of EQ occurrence determination.

4.2. 

Epicenter area determination.

4.3. 

Magnitude determination.

5.  

Integrated examples from real EQs.

6. 

Implementation of the method.

7. 

Overall conclusions.

8.  

Other seismological topics. The Aegean microplate rotation.

9.

References.

10. 

Present network.

11. 

Monitoring network to be installed.

12. 

Hardware presentation

13. 

Data description contained in data files.

   
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