Soil radon observations as possible earthquake precursors in Turkey

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 828-837

  İnan, Sedat ^a   Seyis, Cemil ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multi disciplinary earthquake researches; Radon anomalies; Turkey

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NATURAL PHENOMENA; RADON ANOMALIES; SEISMIC EVENT; TURKEY;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADON;

TURKEY;

EID: 77954215679     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-010-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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