The seismoelectrical method (which is different from the electroseismic physical principle) is based on the generation of electromagnetic fields in soils and rocks by seismic waves.
As the seismic (P or compression) waves stress earth materials, four geophysical phenomena occur: The dominant application of the electroseismic method is to measure the electrokinetic effect or streaming potential (item 2, above).
[2] At the moment, there is not a field routine operation method, but in scientific studies an array of several dipole antennas is placed along a straight line to record seismoelectric waves, and an array of geophones placed between dipole antennas to record seismic wave arrivals.
Seismoelectrical method also has a very low signal-to-noise ratio, because the attenuation of electromagnetic waves inside the earth is 1/r^3, thus theoretically limiting its depth of exploration to three hundred meters.
Seismoelectric field measurements are expected to help localize permeable layers in porous rocks and provide information about anelastic properties.