A new strategy to measure radon in an active volcanic island (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 72-78

  Martin Luis, C ^a   Quesada, M L ^a   Eff Darwich, A ^a   De La Nuez, J ^a   Coello, J ^a   Ahijado, A ^a   Casillas, R ^a   Soler, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Radon; Tenerife; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OBSERVATORIES; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

SEISMO-VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EMISSION; RADON; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

SPAIN;

EID: 0037845240     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0606-z     Document Type: Article

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