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 FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
 Primary source: Sovetskaya Estoniya,
 August 14, 1979, No. 186 884)
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 Abstract: The brief article r_eparts
 that geophysicist Yu. Ry-a_bosh_tan@_K0_T
 Donetsk has devel ethod for
 predicting the approximate time,
 force, and place of an earthquake by
 measuring changc!s in the gas canteat
 of the earth's soil layer, The method
 involves the use of extrasensitive
 instruments, which Ryaboshtan designed
 for coal -mining work, to measure small
 doses of gases that aye xeleased in
 the soil when a focus of stress occurs
 in the earth's depths. By correlating
 measurements made over several years
 with occurrences of earthquakes,
 Ryabosbtan discovered a pattern that
 reportedly has enabled him to forecast
 the time of major earthquakes to within
 one or two days, and up to three weeks
 in advance. It is noted that the
 method's practicality is being studied
 @y large scientific groups.
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 Title: SIBERIAN INSTITUTE'S INFRASONIC Title. GEOPHYSICIST MEASURES SOIL GAS
 MEASURING STATION ANOMALIES TO PREDICT EARTHQUAKES
 Prinary source: Sovetskaya Estoniya,
 August 14, 1979, No. 186 (10884),
 3, cols. 1-2
 p-
 Entire text: Irkutsk -- The sound of
 ocean surf can be heard in Siberia, at
 the center of the Asian continent.
 This posed no difficulty for TASS'
 Irkutsk correspondent A. Gayday. In
 the taiga clearing of Badara, where
 .hIe was, scientists of the lustitule of
 1. @IMagnetism, the Ionosghere... and /9
 Radiowa-ve FrogapaUl ri, I Lne USSE.-
 1 44-4
 cademy ol Sciences Siberian Branch
 have set up an original infrasonic
 --aeasuring station.
   Inside the small station one bears
 the steady hum of electric motors and
 the measured scratching of recording
 instruments. Low-frequency sound
 -;zaves imperceptible to human bearing
 are being recorded on tape. Scientists
 will find out later where the waves
 came from, when they 'show' this
 recording to a computer. These waves
 are emitted by oceans and seas, active
 volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes,
 and celestial bodies falling to the
 earth. Infrasonic vibrations possess
 the surprising property of not damping
 for a long time. They can even circle
 the globe several times.
                            "Receiving and recording sounds,
                       inaudible to humans, from the distant
    Atlantic or Pacific oceans is not a
 in
 for us," says_@iL- @@kb@
 itself
 goal
  Entire text. 14aterial fatigu.*e is a
 Po a2D-a@v bead of the high-latitude dangerous physical phenomenon which
 geophysical research laboratory.
 "Infrasonic waves caused by storms or is accompanied by an accumulation in.
 other natural phenomena are capable of parts of small faults that are
 affecting the upper atmosphere, its invisible to the unaided eye, and it
   car. lead to, accidents with machine
 structure and dynamics, and, in parti- tools motor vehicle
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 Author: Borovitskiy,.V.,
 Title: NEW AVIATION INSTRUMENT
 MEASURES STRUCTURAL FATIGUE
 Primary source: Sovetskaya Latviya,
 August 17, 1979, No. 188 (11091),
 p. 4, col@- I