Measurements of indoor radon concentration on the south-eastern flank of Mount Etna volcano (Southern Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Brogna, Anna ^a,b   La Delfa, Santo ^a,c   La Monaca, Viviana ^a   Lo Nigro, Salvatore ^a,b   Morelli, Daniela ^a   Patane', Giuseppe ^a   Tringali, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO SICILIANO DI FISICA NUCLEARE E STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Ricerca Medica e Ambientale OMEGA   (Italy)

Author keywords

charcoal canisters; faults; indoor measurements; ionization chamber; Mt. Etna; radon

Indexed keywords

INDOOR MEASUREMENT; RADON DETECTION METHOD;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADON; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IONIZATION; RADON;

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

EID: 34447336460     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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