Radon and helium in soil gases at Cañadas caldera, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 59-76

  Hernández, Pedro ^a   Pérez, Nemesio ^a   Salazar, José ^a   Reimer, Mike ^b   Notsu, Kenji ^c   Wakita, Hiroshi ^d  

^a Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d GAKUSHUIN WOMEN'S COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca adas caldera; Helium; Radon; Soil gas; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADON; ROCKS; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EMANOMETRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; HELIUM; RADON; SOIL GAS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TEIDE; TENERIFE;

EID: 1142305246     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00316-0     Document Type: Article

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