Continuous soil radon monitoring during the July 2006 Etna eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Neri, M ^a   Behncke, B ^a   Burton, M ^a   Galli, G ^a   Giammanco, S ^a   Pecora, E ^a   Privitera, E ^a   Reitano, D ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINUOUS SOIL RANDOM MONITORING; RADON SOIL EMISSION; THERMAL RADIANCE; VOLCANIC TREMOR;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CRATER; DATA ACQUISITION; LAVA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; RADON; SOIL EMISSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250616410     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028394     Document Type: Article

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