Anomalous radon emanation linked to preseismic electromagnetic phenomena

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-635

  Omori, Y ^a   Yasuoka, Y ^b   Nagahama, H ^a   Kawada, Y ^a,c   Ishikawa, T ^d   Tokonami, S ^d   Shinogi, M ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; POWER LAW; RADON; SEISMICITY;

EID: 35648989115     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-629-2007     Document Type: Article

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