A Critical Review of Van: Earthquake Prediction from Seismic Electrical Signals - Softcover

James Lighthill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810226705 ISBN 13: 9789810226701

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

The acronym VAN refers to Drs Varotsos, Alexopoulos and Nomicos, members of a group based in the University of Athens and led by Professor Varotsos (head of the Physics Department) which for over a decade has sought to use electric-field measurements between electrodes buried in the earth to predict earthquakes in Greece over periods of order one month or less. But is such “short-term” prediction achievable by the VAN approach (or by any other)? This book is an objective collection of the arguments for — and the counterarguments against — that approach, intended to help scientific readers arrive at their own answers to this important question, as well as to others (including that of VAN's “export” potential).

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9810226705
• ISBN 13: 9789810226701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: James Lighthill