Soil radon measurements as a potential tracer of tectonic and volcanic activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Neri, Marco ^a   Ferrera, Elisabetta ^b   Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Currenti, Gilda ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^b   Patanè, Giuseppe ^b   Zanon, Vittorio ^c,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 84964219542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24581     Document Type: Article

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