Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-3093-2011
© Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2011
Research article |
| 02 Dec 2011
Comments on the generation mechanism of Seismic Electric Signals
Abstract. Recent laboratory measurements on rocks under varying pressure lead to results which strengthen a model suggested by the author for the explanation of the power law relation that interconnects the lead time of Seismic Electric Signals and earthquake stress drop. In addition, recent applications of a thermodynamic model that interrelates the defect parameters in materials of geophysical interest and their bulk properties open a new window to further advance the aforementioned explanation.
