Publication Date:
2013-06-11
Description:
Electric field variations coincident with the passage of seismic waves are commonly observed irrespective of whether the seismic events are natural or artificial. We present 10 examples of electric field variations obtained for artificial seismic waves whose typical frequency is a few times higher than that of natural seismic waves. In several cases, the electric fields showed left- and/or right-handed circular polarization, indicating the motion of ions with positive and/or negative electric charge, respectively, generated by ground motion in the Earth's magnetic field. In three cases, we have estimated transfer functions relating the electric field to the ground velocity. Furthermore, we have performed time-frequency analysis with the continuous wavelet transform and have constructed spectrograms of the electric field and ground velocity. In both results, we have found some peaks at the specific frequencies where the resonance of the motion of ions in groundwater with the Earth's magnetic field is expected, thereby supporting the proposed mechanism in terms of the seismic dynamo effect.
Print ISSN:
0956-540X
Electronic ISSN:
1365-246X
Topics:
Geosciences
Published by
Oxford University Press
on behalf of
The Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (DGG) and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
