Comparative analysis of continuous radon sensors in underground environments

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 8 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 1108-1117

  Vinas R ^a   Eff Darwich, A ^b,c   Soler, V ^a   Castro Almazan, J A ^a   Martin Luis M C ^c   Coello, J ^c   Quesada, M L ^c   De La Nuez, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Themis SL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Radon; Tenerife; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GROUNDWATER; RADON; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SEISMOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; TUNNELS; VOLCANOES;

MONITORING SENSORS; MONITORING SITES; SUBHORIZONTAL TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND TUNNELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

MONITORING SYSTEM; RADON; SENSOR; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

EID: 11144286606     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1106-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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