Continuous gas monitoring in the West Bohemian earthquake area, Czech Republic: First results

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-328

  Faber, Eckhard ^a   Horálek, Josef ^b   Boušková, Alena ^b   Teschner, Manfred ^a   Koch, Ulrich ^c   Poggenburg, Jürgen ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Saxonian Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; CO2 flow; Earthquake swarms; Gas monitoring; Mofette; Radon; Soil gas; Time series; West Bohemian earthquake area

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EARTH TIDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GAS FLOW; RADON; SOIL GAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68349154321     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-009-0020-z     Document Type: Article

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