Anomalous decrease in groundwater radon before the Taiwan M6.8 Chengkung earthquake

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Kuo, T ^a   Fan, K ^a   Kuochen, H ^b   Han, Y ^a   Chu, H ^c   Lee, Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault; Groundwater; Radon 222

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; RADON-222;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; RADON 222;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; GROUNDWATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EARTHQUAKE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; THERMAL SPRING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTERS; RADON; TAIWAN; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645326507     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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