Radon variations and microearthquakes in western Syria

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Al Hilal, Mohamed ^a   Sbeinati, Mohamed Reda ^a   Darawcheh, Ryad ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FAULT ZONE; GROUNDWATER RADON FLUCTUATIONS; MICROEARTHQUAKES; RADON VARIATIONS; WESTERN SYRIA;

RADON;

GROUND WATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; NATURAL DISASTERS; RADON; SYRIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0031909792     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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