A mechanism for anomalous decline in radon precursory to an earthquake

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 642-647

  Kuo, M C Tom ^a   Fan, K ^a   Kuochen, H ^b   Chen, W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE ROCK; FORMATION BRINE; GAS SATURATION; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

CRACKS; EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER; POROSITY; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

RADON;

FRESH WATER; RADON;

ANOMALY; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GROUNDWATER; MUDSTONE; RADON; SANDSTONE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THERMAL SPRING; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; PHASE TRANSITION; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

DISASTERS; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHASE TRANSITION; RADON; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHENGKUNG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748426939     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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