Radon anomaly in the soil of Taal volcano, the Philippines: A likely precursor of the M 7.1 Mindoro earthquake (1994)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Richon, P ^a   Sabroux, J C ^b   Halbwachs, M ^c   Vandemeulebrouck, J ^d   Poussielgue, N ^d   Tabbagh, J ^e   Punongbayan, R ^f  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f PHIVOLCS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Precursor; Radon; Strain; Stress; Volcano

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SOILS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RADON ANOMALY;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; RADON; SOIL GAS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

LUZON; PHILIPPINES; TAAL VOLCANO;

EID: 0043241682     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016902     Document Type: Article

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