Radon anomalies precursory to the 2003 Mw = 6.8 Chengkung and 2006 Mw = 6.1 Taitung earthquakes in Taiwan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-299

  Kuo, T ^a   Lin, C ^a   Fan, K ^a   Chang, G ^b   Lewis, C ^a   Han, Y ^a   Wu, Y ^c   Chen, W ^c   Tsai, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Earthquakes; Radon activity concentration; Thermal water

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; AQUITARD; DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE; FRACTURED AQUIFER; MONITORING WELLS; RADON ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; RADON ANOMALIES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; SEISMOTECTONIC ENVIRONMENTS; SHAPED PATTERN; THERMAL WATER;

AQUIFERS; EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY;

RADON;

EID: 67349217803     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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