Earthquake Precursors

Physical and chemical studies of the earth and planets along with their sur roundings are now developing very rapidly. As these studies are of essentially international character, many international conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops are held every year. To publish proceedings of these meetings is of course important for tracing development of various disciplines of earth and plane tary sciences though publishing is fast getting to be an expensive business. It is my pleasure to learn that the Center for Academic Publications Japan and the Japan Scientific Societies Press have agreed to undertake the publication of a series "Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences" which should certainly become an important medium for conveying achievements of various meetings to the aca demic as well as non-academic scientific communities. It is planned to publish the series mostly on the basis of proceedings that appear in the Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity edited by the Society of Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity of Japan, the Journal of Physics of the Earth by the Seismological Society of Japan and the Volcanological Society of Japan, and the Geochemical Journal by the Geochemical Society of Japan, although occasional volumes of the series will include independent proceedings. Selection of meetings, of which the proceedings will be included in the series, will be made by the Editorial Committee for which I have the honour to work as the General Editor.

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Proceedings of the U.S.--Japan Seminar on Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Earthquake Precursors, held in Tokyo, Japan, January 17--21, 1977

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Earthquake Prediction-Related Research at the Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 19741976.- Research on Earthquake Prediction and Related Areas at Columbia University.- Seismic Activities and Crustal Movements at the Yamasaki Fault and Surrounding Regions in the Southwest Japan.- The New Madrid Seismic Zone as a Laboratory for Earthquake Prediction Research.- Anomalous Crustal Activity in the Izu Peninsula, Central Honshu.- Recent Seismometrical Works in Japan.- Quiet and Violence in Horizontal Movement of the Crust.- Anomalous Seismic Activity and Earthquake Prediction.- Seismic Activity in the Northeastern Japan Arc.- Observations of Changes in Seismic Wave Velocity in South Kanto District, South of Tokyo, by the Explosion-Seismic Method.- Some Precursors Prior to Recent Great Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough.- Possibility of Temporal Variations in Earth Tidal Strain Amplitudes Associated with Major Earthquakes.- Gravity Changes Associated with Seismic Activities.- Geomagnetism in Relation to Tectonic Activities of the Earth's Crust in Japan.- Precursory and Coseismic Changes in Ground Resistivity.- Geochemistry as a Tool for Earthquake Prediction.- Recent Laboratory Studies of Earthquake Mechanics and Prediction.- Dilatancy of Rocks under General Triaxial Stress States with Special Reference to Earthquake Precursors.- Possibility of a Great Earthquake in the Tokai District, Central Japan.- Depth Constraints on Dilatancy Induced Velocity Anomalies.- Seismological Precursors to a Magnitude 5 Earthquake in the Central Aleutian Islands.- Estimation of Future Destructive Earthquakes from Active Faults on Land in Japan.- Some Problems in the Prediction of the Nemuro-oki Earthquake.- Responses to Earthquake Prediction in Kawasaki City,Japan in 1974.- Socioeconomic and Political Consequences of Earthquake Prediction.- Program.