The experimental investigation of soil gas radon migration mechanisms and its implication in earthquake forecast

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 556-563

  Chyi, L L ^a   Quick, T J ^a   Yang, T F ^b   Chen, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Radon adsorption; Radon carrier gas; Radon migration; Spike like anomalies; Strain heating

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; HEATING; RADON; SOIL GAS; STRAIN; TIME SERIES;

EID: 78751616444     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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