Preseismic changes in atmospheric radon concentration and crustal strain

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 431-434

  Yasuoka, Yumi ^a   Kawada, Yusuke ^b,c   Nagahama, Hiroyuki ^b   Omori, Yasutaka ^b   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^d   Tokonami, Shinji ^d   Shinogi, Masaki ^a  

^a KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radon concentration; Crustal strain; Kobe earthquake; Preseismic phenomena

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADON CONCENTRATION; CHLORIDE ION CONCENTRATIONS; CRUSTAL STRAIN; GROUND WATER DISCHARGES; KOBE EARTHQUAKE; MONITORING STATIONS; OSCILLATION MODELS; POWER LAWS; PRESEISMIC PHENOMENA; RADON CONCENTRATIONS;

RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADON; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 62549133950     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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