A possible link between radon anomaly and earthquake

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 439-446

  Laskar, I ^a   Phukon, P ^b   Goswami, A K ^a   Chetry, G ^a   Roy, U C ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Guwahati; Lineaments; Meteorological parameters; Multiple regressions; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE; GROUNDWATER; LINEAMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RADON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL GAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASSAM; GAUHATI; INDIA;

EID: 84877857688     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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