Earthquake Prediction by Seismic Electric Signals : The success of the VAN method over thirty years - Lazaridou-Varotsos, Mary S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
1. Earthquakes, seismology. the van earthquake prediction method -- 2. How the van research on earthquakes prediction started -- 3. The procedure for the measurements. the telemetric van network and how we predict the epicenter and magnitude -- 4. First international evaluation of van in 1984 -- 5. The powerful earthquakes of 1986 -- 6. The disastrous earthquakes in killini-vartholomio (w. greece) in 1988. Public warning issued by haroun tazieff -- 7.The french interest on van (1986-1989). The book of haroun tazieff (1989) and the interruption of the van network (1989). - 8. Second international evaluation of van in 1990. Conference supported by onassis foundation. -9. The disastrous earhquakes in pirgos (w. greece) in 1993: the public warning -- 10.Third evaluation of van: the international conference at california (lake arrowhead) in 1992 and its follow-up at berkeley in 1995 -- 11. The united nations recommendation on van in 1994 and the preceding earthquakes -- 12. Van evaluation by the royal society of london in 1995 and by the american geophysical union in 1996 -- 13. The 6.0 earthquake at chalkidiki (n. greece) in 1995. The government verifies the success of prediction -- 14.The 6.6 earthquake at grevena-kozani (n. greece) in 1995.-15.The disastrous 6.5 earthquake at erateini-egion (central greece) on 15 june 1995 -- 16. The international prize of onassis foundation in 1995 -- 17. The disastrous 5.9 athens earthquake in 1999 -- 18. Proposal for a new concept of time and its applications. natural time -- 19. The 6.5 earthquake in northern sea in 2001 -- 20. Why and how we changed the way to publicize the predictions since 2006 -- 21. The 6.9 earthquake at southwestern greece on february 14, 2008. It was the largest during the last 28 years. The public warning -- 22. The disastrous 6.5 earthquake between patras and pirgos (w. greece) on 8 june 2008. The public warning -- 23. Current views on the van earthquake prediction method in other countries.
Keywords: Geophysics; Geology; Earth sciences; Natural disasters; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geology; Earth Sciences, general; Natural Hazards