Precursory subsurface 222Rn and 220Rn degassing signatures of the 2004 seismic crisis at Tenerife, Canary Islands

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2431-2448

  Pérez, Nemesio M ^a   Hernández, Pedro A ^a   Padrón, Eleazar ^a   Melián, Gladys ^a   Marrero, Rayco ^a   Padilla, Germán ^a   Barrancos, José ^a   Nolasco, Dácil ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemical precursor; Radon; Tenerife Island; Thoron

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549182243     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0280-x     Document Type: Article

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