Processing of radon time series in underground environments: Implications for volcanic surveillance in the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-115

  Viñas, Ronaldo ^a   Eff Darwich, Antonio ^a   Soler, Vicente ^b   Martín Luis, Maria C ^a   Quesada, Maria L ^a   de la Nuez, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Radon; Tenerife; Time series; Underground; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

SOIL AIR INTERFACE; TENERIFE; UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

RADON;

EID: 33751401178     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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