Soil 222Rn pulse during the initial phase of the June-August 1995 eruption of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Connor, Charles ^a   Hill, Brittain ^a   LaFemina, Pete ^b   Navarro, Marta ^c   Conway, Michael ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Cerro Negro; Cinder; Cone; Eruption; Nicaragua; Radon

Indexed keywords

CINDER CONE; DEGASSING; RADON-222; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NICARAGUA, CERRO NEGRO;

EID: 0030436597     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(96)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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