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The model of self-generated seismo-electromagnetic oscillations of the LAI system
1St. Andrew The First-Called Georgian University of The Patriarchy of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
2M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics, Tbilisi, Georgia
Abstract. Very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic radiation (in diapason 1 kHz–1 MHz) in the atmosphere, generated during an earthquake preparation period, may be connected with the linear size characterising the expected earthquake focus. In order to argue this hypothesis, a very simple quasi-electrostatic model is used: the local VLF radiation may represent the self-generated (own) electromagnetic oscillations of interactive seismoactive segments of the lithosphere-atmosphere system. This model qualitatively explains the well-known precursor effects of earthquakes. In addition, using this model after diagnosing existing data makes it principally possible to forecast an expected earthquake with certain precision.
As a physical basis of the working hypothesis is the atmospheric effect of polarization charges occurring in the surface layer of the Earth, it is possible to test the following constructed model in the Earth's crust, where the reason for polarization charge generation may be different from piezo-electric mechanism, e.g., some other mechanism.
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Citation: Kachakhidze, M. K., Kereselidze, Z. A., and Kachakhidze, N. K.: The model of self-generated seismo-electromagnetic oscillations of the LAI system, Solid Earth, 2, 17-23, doi:10.5194/se-2-17-2011, 2011. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
