Radon as seismic precursor: new data with well water of Jalpaiguri, India

Dipak Ghosh (), Argha Deb, Swarup Sahoo, Subrata Haldar and Rosalima Sengupta

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2011, vol. 58, issue 3, 877-889

Abstract: This paper reports the measurement of radon concentration in well water at the site of Jalpaiguri (26°32′N, 88°46′E) near the active fault zone of West Bengal, India. Radon concentration has been measured in well water with the help of solid-state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). The study indicates a positive correlation between radon anomaly and earthquake. The data of radon content in well water have been compared with that in soil gas at the same site. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011

Keywords: Soil gas; Well water; SSNTD; Radon anomaly; Earthquake (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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