Radon/Helium survey of thermal springs of Parbati, Beas and Sutlej Valleys in Himachal Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 523-528

  Virk, H S ^a   Sharma, Anand K ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpha Spectrometry; Earthquake; Helium; Himachal Himalaya; Lineaments; Radon; Thermal Springs

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; HELIUM; RADON; THERMAL SPRING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032427587     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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