Radon occurrence in soil-gas and groundwater around an active landslide

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Ramola, R C ^a   Choubey, V M ^b   Negi, M S ^a   Prasad, Yogesh ^a   Prasad, Ganesh ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Landslide; Radon; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS PERMEABILITY; GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDES; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RADON EXHALATION; SOIL-GAS; VARUNAWAT ERUPTIONS;

RADON;

EID: 40649093567     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.05.054     Document Type: Article

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