Measuring radon flux across active faults: Relevance of excavating and possibility of satellite discharges

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Richon, Patrick ^a,b   Klinger, Yann ^b   Tapponnier, Paul ^b   Li, Chen Xia ^c   Van Der Woerd, Jerome ^d   Perrier, Frédéric ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Earthquake; Exhalation flux; Faults; Radon 222; Trench

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AVERAGE VALUES; BACKGROUND VALUE; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; DEEP TRENCH; EXHALATION FLUX; FAULTS; GAS DISCHARGE; GAS FLUX; KUNLUN FAULT; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MORPHOTECTONICS; PHYLLITE; QINGHAI PROVINCE; RADON FLUX; RADON-222; SOIL LAYER; SOIL SURFACES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKES; GLOW DISCHARGES; SOILS;

RADON;

EID: 77949772243     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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