Radon in soil and chemical composition of spring water near Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-405

  Segovia, N ^a   Armienta, M A ^b   Seidel, J L ^c   Monnin, M ^c   Pena P ^a   Lopez M B E ^a   Mena, M ^b   Valdes C ^b   Tamez, E ^a   Lopez R N ^a   Aranda, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Groundwater; Mexico; Popocat petl volcano; Radon; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADON; SOIL; VOLCANO;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 0043072011     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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