Evidence of precursor phenomena in the Kobe earthquake obtained from atmospheric radon concentration

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1064-1072

  Yasuoka, Yumi ^a   Igarashi, George ^b   Ishikawa, Testuo ^c   Tokonami, Shinji ^c   Shinogi, Masaki ^a  

^a KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; OSCILLATIONS; RADON; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADON CONCENTRATION; EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING METHOD; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; MICROSEISMICITY; PRECURSOR PHENOMENA;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; RADON ISOTOPE; STRESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE;

EID: 33747078532     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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