Soil radon survey for tracing active fault: A case study along Qena-Safaga road, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Moussa, Mohamed M ^a   El Arabi, Abdel Gabar M ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Active fault; Ground water; Radon

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; URANIUM;

ACTIVE FAULTS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0037679225     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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