Interpretation of radon anomalies in seismotectonic and tectonic-gravitational settings: The south-eastern Crati graben (Northern Calabria, Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 396, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-193

  Tansi, C ^a   Tallarico, A ^b   Iovine, G ^a   Folino Gallo, Michele ^a   Falcone, G ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabrian Arc; Gravitational tectonics; Landslide; Radon; Seismotectonics; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GRABEN; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADON; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOIL EMISSION;

CALABRIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13644278198     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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