Variations of soil radon and thoron concentrations in a fault zone and prospective earthquakes in SW Taiwan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 40, Issue 2-6, 2005, Pages 496-502

  Yang, T F ^a,b   Walia, V ^b   Chyi, L L ^c   Fu, C C ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Liu, T K ^a   Song, S R ^a   Lee, C Y ^a   Lee, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3He 4He ratio; Earthquake monitoring; Radon; Soil gas; Taiwan; Thoron

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTHQUAKES; GAS DYNAMICS; RADON;

3HE/4HE RATIO; EARTHQUAKE MONITORING; SOIL GAS; TAIWAN; THORON;

SOILS;

EID: 27744584972     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.05.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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