Radon Precursory Signals for Some Earthquakes of Magnitude > 5 Occurred in N-W Himalaya: An Overview |
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| Authors: | Vivek Walia Hardev Singh Virk Bikramjit Singh Bajwa |
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| Institution: | (1) National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, 106, Taiwan;(2) Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan;(3) 360, Sector 71, SAS Nagar, (Mohali), 160071, India;(4) Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India |
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| Abstract: | The N-W Himalaya was rocked by a few major and many minor earthquakes. Two major earthquakes in Garhwal Himalaya: Uttarkashi
earthquake of magnitude Ms= 7.0 (mb = 6.6) on October 20, 1991 in Bhagirthi valley and Chamoli earthquake of Ms= 6.5 (mb = 6.8) on March 29, 1999 in the Alaknanda valley and one in Himachal Himalaya: Chamba earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on March
24, 1995 in Chamba region, were recorded during the last decade and correlated with radon anomalies. The helium anomaly for
Chamoli earthquake was also recorded and the Helium/Radon ratio model was tested on it. The precursory nature of radon and
helium anomalies is a strong indicator in favor of geochemical precursors for earthquake prediction and a preliminary test
for the Helium/Radon ratio model. |
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| Keywords: | Radon helium precursor uttarkashi chamba chamoli |
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