Response of Radon in a seismic calibration explosion, Israel

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Zafrir, H ^a   Steinitz, G ^a   Malik, U ^a   Haquin, G ^b   Gazit Yaari, N ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Radon seismic calibration explosion; Radon seismic shock; Radon measurements; Radon transport in porous media

Indexed keywords

BASALT QUARRIES; BEFORE AND AFTER; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; EXCESS PRESSURES; EXPLOSION EXPERIMENTS; GAMMA-RAY; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; RADON ANOMALIES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MEASUREMENTS; RADON TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA; SEISMOLOGICAL DATUM; SOLID GRAINS; VARIATION PATTERNS;

CALIBRATION; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; EXPLOSIONS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOPHYSICS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADON; SEISMIC WAVES; SENSORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 67349101260     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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