Radon precursory signals for some earthquakes of magnitude > 5 occurred in N-W Himalaya: An overview

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-721

  Walia, Vivek ^a,b   Virk, Hardev Singh ^c   Bajwa, Bikramjit Singh ^d  

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

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Guru Nanak Dev University ^*  (India)

^d GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chamba; Chamoli; Helium; Precursor; Radon; Uttarkashi

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; RADON;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

LEUCAENA TRICHODES;

EID: 33646366135     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0044-z     Document Type: Article

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