Soil-gas radon as seismotectonic indicator in Garhwal Himalaya

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1523-1530

  Ramola, R C ^a   Prasad, Yogesh ^a   Prasad, Ganesh ^a   Kumar, Sushil ^b   Choubey, V M ^b  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Himalaya; Meteorological parameters; Radon; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; GASES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADON; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SOILS;

ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOUR; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTIONS; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; FAULT ZONES; HIMALAYA; LABORATORY SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICRO CRACKS; RADON ANOMALIES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MONITORING; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMOTECTONIC; SHARP PEAK; SOIL GASES; SOIL-GAS; STRAIN-ENERGY; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS;

SEISMOLOGY;

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS ANALYSIS; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING; GASES; INDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 48849113824     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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