1. What is the meaning of a short-term earthquake forecast? -- 1.1. Basic concepts of seismology -- 1.2. What other measurements are available to complement seismological observations? -- 1.3. Brief summary on earthquake prediction/forecasting 2. Earthquake precursors -- 2.1. An introduction to earthquake precursors -- 2.2. Physical precursors' classification -- 2.3. The physical precursor's concept and how to use it in practical applications -- 2.4. Do animals and humans 'feel' the a 3. Short-term physical precursors and their association with Earth inter-geospheres interaction -- 3.1. Gases as main agents of interaction of the lithosphere with the atmosphere -- 3.2. How much radon can we get? -- 3.3. Ion induced nucleation 4. Multi-parameter exploration of pre-Eq phenomena -- 4.1. Basic principles for identifying anomalies associated with the preparation of earthquakes -- 4.2. Techniques for ionospheric precursors' identification -- 4.3. Multi-sensor networking an 5. Principles of physical-based short-term EQ forecast -- 5.1. Testing new methodologies for short-term earthquake forecasting : multi-parameters precursors -- 5.2. Precursors versus triggers, retarders and recurrent events.
This book uses a holistic approach to address the problems of earthquake forecasting, demonstrating the earthquake preparation process as a complex system because of the interaction of different geospheres. The purpose of the book is to widen th
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Sergey Pulinets is a principal research scientist in the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He has more than 35 years of experience in space plasma physics, physics of the ionosphere, and geophysics. As senior s