Vm. Sorokin et Vm. Chmyrev, PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECT OF AN EARTHQUAKE ZONE ON THE TERRESTRIAL SPACE, CHEMICAL PHYSICS REPORTS, 16(6), 1997, pp. 1127-1142
Observations of electrodynamic and plasma effects in ionosphere above
zones of imminent earthquakes are analyzed. Their possible correlation
with physicochemical processes in the Earth's crust at the stage of e
arthquake preparation is discussed. The basic characteristics of distu
rbances are determined. A physical model of formation of plasma inhomo
geneities in the ionosphere produced by quasi-steady electric fields o
f tectonic origin is suggested.