Spatial distribution of soil radon as a tool to recognize active faulting on an active volcano: The example of Mt. Etna (Italy)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 863-870

  Neri, Marco ^a   Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Ferrera, Elisabetta ^b   Patanè, Giuseppe ^b   Zanon, Vittorio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Etna; Fault; Radon; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULTING; ACTIVE VOLCANOES; ASEISMIC FAULTS; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; ETNA; FAULT; FAULT DYNAMICS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HYPOCENTRAL DEPTH; MT. ETNA; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SOIL COVER; SOIL GAS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC LINEAMENTS;

EARTHQUAKES; GASES; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

RADON; RADON 220;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY FLUX; FAULTING; LINEAMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RADON ISOTOPE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOGRAPH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL COVER; SOIL GAS; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

ITALY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79960046137     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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