Radon daily signals in the Elat Granite, southern Arava, Israel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Steinitz, G ^a   Piatibratova, O ^a   Barbosa, S M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; RADON; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 37349099406     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004817     Document Type: Article

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