Bishkek Research Station, Kyrgyzstan

November 8-12, 2011

November 9 (Wednesday)

09:00-09:15 Opening remarks (A. Rybin, V. Zeigarnik, J. Zlotnicki)

09:15-09:30 The IUGG Inter-association Working Group EMSEV (J. Zlotnicki)

09:30-10:00 Review of geological/geophysical setting in and around Bishkek test site (A. Rybin)

10:00-10:45 Study of strain distribution in the earth crust at the territory of Bishkek test area with the help of active EM monitoring system (V. Bragin):

Methodology, equipment, calculation of apparent resistivity, structure, results

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-11:45 Study of strain distribution in the earth crust at the territory of Bishkek test area with the help of active EM monitoring system (V. Bragin)

11:45-12:15 Results of complex supervision of effects in seismic and electromagnetic fields from            powerful Kambaratinsky explosion of 22.12.2009 (V. Bragin)

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:20 Introduction of Greek VAN telluric current measurement method (N. Sarlis)

14:20-15:00 Introduction of natural time analysis (N. Sarlis)

15:00-15:20 Precursory telluric current changes observed in JAPAN (T. Nagao)

15:20-15:35 Break

15:35-16:05 Magnetotelluric monitoring experiment results (V. Batalev, A. Rybin)

16:05-17:05 Induced seismicity after the current emission experiments: 1-EM triggering phenomena and their implication for earthquake hazard mitigation (V. Zeigarnik,

V. Novikov); 2-Features of seismic events flow during experimental electromagnetic soundings at Bishkek geodynamic test site (Northern Tien Shan) (V. Sychev)

17:05-17:35 Evidence of effects from RGU600 electric current injections

in a seismic field (V. Bragin)

17:35-18:05 Geoacoustic borehole measurements: start of the field experiment (A. Zakupin)

18:05-18:35 General discussion

November 10 (Thursday)

09:00-10:00 Historical experiments by using MHD generator (V. Zeigarnik, V. Novikov, and

V. Sychev)

10:00-10:30 Tidal triggering of earthquake in Iwo-jima Island, Japan (Y. Watanabe et al.)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:30 Generation of Electromotive Force and Changes of Seebeck Coefficient Induced by          Non-uniform Loading on Igneous Rock Blocks (A. Takeuchi et al.)

11:30-11:50 The EMSEV-Bishkek cooperation statements and perspectives (J. Zlotnicki)

11:50-12:10 Closing remarks and conclusions (A. Rybin)

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30- 16:00 Laboratory tour

16:00-17:30 General discussion and other related topics

November 11 and 12 (Friday and Saturday)

Field work