Preseismic alteration of atmospheric electrical conditions due to anomalous radon emanation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 435-440

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

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radon concentration; Earthquake; Electric circuit system; Electric field; Ionosphere; Small ion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; IONS;

ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC RADON CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; IONOSPHERIC POTENTIALS; KOBE EARTHQUAKES; LOWER ATMOSPHERES; NUMBER DENSITIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; QUASI-STATIC CHANGES; QUASI-STATIC PROCESS; QUASI-STATIC STATE; RADON EMANATIONS; SMALL ION; SMALL IONS;

RADON;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; RADON;

EID: 62549159572     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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