Radon concentration: A tool for assessing the fracture network at Guanyinyan study area, China

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Wu, Y ^a,b   Wang, W ^c   Xu, Y ^a   Liu, H ^c   Zhou, X ^c   Wang, L ^c   Titus, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDROLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MUDSTONE;

SANDSTONE;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FRACTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADON;

CHINA;

EID: 0037274301     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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