Correlation of radon anomalies with microseismic events in Kangra and Chamba valleys of N-W Himalaya

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Publicado: jul 1, 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.3.327
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Radón, anomalías, emanometría, alpha-logger, microsismos, precursores

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H. S. Virk
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6118-610X
Vivek Walia
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Anand Kumar Sharma
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-8775
Naresh Kumar
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Rajiv Kumar
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

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El monitoreo de radón en Palampur y Dalhousie, en los valles de Kangra y Chamba, utiliza la emanometría por medición discreta de radón desde 1992, dentro del programa de Sismicidad del Himalaya del gobierno de la India. Se observa una correlación en ambas regiones investigadas con el número de microtemblores registrados por el Departamento de Meteorología de la India en el período 1992-1997. Se estudió el efecto de parámetros meteorológicos (temperatura, precipitación, humedad y velocidad del viento) sobre el nivel de radón. En la estación de Palampur se presenta correlación positiva de los niveles de radón con la temperatura, la precipitación y la humedad, y negativa con la velocidad del viento.

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Virk, H. S., Walia, V., Sharma, A. K., Kumar, N., & Kumar, R. (2000). Correlation of radon anomalies with microseismic events in Kangra and Chamba valleys of N-W Himalaya. Geofísica Internacional, 39(3), 221–227. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.3.327
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H. S. Virk, Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

 

 

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