Theory of Electrokinetic Effects Occurring at the Final Stage in the Preparation of a Tectonic Earthquake

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1989

Abstract

Crustal deformation processes occur with relative rapidity when short-term precursors appear at the final preparatory stage of a tectonic earthquake. This paper contains calculations of crustal bulk strain before an earthquake, based on the model of a rigid inclusion. The data give initial conditions for the problem of fluid percolation in a two-phase medium accompanied by electrokinetic effects. The solution provides a description of systems of currents arising in the vicinity of the source region. An analysis of this theoretical evidence yields information on the behaviour of short-term precursors in telluric currents and the geomagnetic field.

DOI

10.1016/0031-9201(89)90224-0

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