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Electromechanical Phenomena Accompanying Earthquakes — A Review

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Terrestrial and Space Techniques in Earthquake Prediction Research

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The present paper contains a critical review of the laboratory, field and theoretical investigations of different electromechanical phenomena accompanying rock fracture and pertinent to earthquake processes. Much attention is devoted to the very recent results, as well as to the electrokinetic phenomena in porous rocks caused by diffusion of fluids into the dilatant focal region. The use of different physical models of earthquake process is accentuated as far as possible during the interpretation of presented results. The reference list is intended to work as a source to this topic, thus it has been made as complete as possible, even if not all papers have been cited in the text.

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Dmowska, R. (1979). Electromechanical Phenomena Accompanying Earthquakes — A Review. In: Vogel, A. (eds) Terrestrial and Space Techniques in Earthquake Prediction Research. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86323-2_31

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