The AOGS - AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly 13 to 17 August, 2012 at Resort World Convention Centre, Singapore aims to promote geosciences and advance its applications for the benefit of humanity in Asia and Oceania.

Session: IWG - Interdisciplinary Working Groups - IWG14-A018 -From Multi-sensors Observation Towards Inter-disciplinary Study of Mega Earthquakes

The session propose to discuss multi-sensors observations and multidisciplinary research to investigate pre-earthquake phenomena preceding major earthquakes. The observational data from the last twenty years suggests the existence of geochemical, atmospheric electromagnetic phenomena prior to some earthquakes. These recent catastrophic events in Japan (M 9.0 2011), China (M7.9, 2008), Haiti (M7.0, 2010) and Chile (M8.8, 2010) suggest new evidence for a distinct coupling between the lithosphere and atmosphere/ionosphere, which are related to this tectonic activity. Topics of the session include: case studies of major earthquakes; statistical theory of pre-earthquake signals validation; and a theory relating tectonic stress to electro-chemical and thermodynamic processes.

Title: Learning from the Experience: Preliminary Results of Integration Experiments Within PRE-EARTHQUAKES (EUFP7) Project