Gas geochemical changes at mineral springs associated with the 1995 southern Hyogo earthquake (M = 7.2), Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 239-249

  Sugisaki, Ryuichi ^a   Ito, Takamori ^a   Nagamine, Koichiro ^a   Kawabe, Iwao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon; Earthquake prediction; Helium; Hydrochemistry; Hyogo earthquake 1995; Kobe Japan; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ARGON; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; HELIUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYOGO EARTHQUAKE 1995; MINERAL SPRING; NITROGEN;

JAPAN, HONSHU;

EID: 0029768972     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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