Open AccessGeneration of electric field in an earthquake preparation zone
Author(s) -
Roman Teisseyre
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2037-416X
pISSN - 1593-5213
DOI - 10.4401/ag-3912
Subject(s) - isotropy , geology , electric field , anisotropy , seismology , displacement (psychology) , electrokinetic phenomena , polarization (electrochemistry) , geophysics , physics , materials science , optics , psychology , quantum mechanics , nanotechnology , psychotherapist , chemistry
Different attempts have been made to explain the generation of the electric currents before an earthquake that take place in an earthquake preparation zone; in some of them the coseismic effects are also included. In this paper we discuss the possibility to construct a model of displacement current generation in an earthquake source zone which combines polarization processes and motion of charged dislocations. Such a process is associated with the transition from isotropic to stress-induced anisotropic properties in an earthquake source zone. Concurrently, we consider the conduction currents related to a high velocity motion of charged dislocations. Another approach related to an electrokinetic model of current generation is also briefly discussed