Groundwater electrical conductivity and soil radon gas monitoring for earthquake precursory studies in Koyna, India

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 731-737

  Reddy, D V ^a   Nagabhushanam, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ROCKS; DEEP BOREHOLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAULT SYSTEM; GROUND LEVEL; GROUND WATER LEVEL; ONLINE MONITORING; PEAK VALUES; RADON GAS; REAL TIME; REDUCED PRESSURE; TWO PARAMETER; WELL WATER;

BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; RADON; SOILS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING SYSTEM; POROSITY; RADON; SOIL GAS; WATER LEVEL; WELL LOGGING;

INDIA; KOYNA; MAHARASHTRA; WARNA;

EID: 79953682197     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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