Identification of anomalous radon concentrations due to geodynamic processes by elimination of Rn variations caused by other factors

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-412

  Finkelstein, M ^a   Brenner, S ^a   Eppelbaum, L ^a   Ne'eman, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Geodynamics; Radioactivity; Radon

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; RADON;

EID: 0031844326     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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