Impulsive radon emanation on a creeping segment of the San Andreas fault,California |
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Authors: | Chi-Yu King |
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Institution: | (1) U.S. Geological Survey, 94025 Menlo Park, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Radon emanation was continuously monitored for several months at two locations along a creeping segment of the San Andreas fault in central California. The recorded emanations showed several impulsive increases that lasted as much as five hours with amplitudes considerably larger than meteorologically induced diurnal variations. Some of the radon increases were accompanied or followed by earthquakes or fault-creep events. They were possibly the result of some sudden outbursts of relatively radon-rich ground gas, sometimes triggered by crustal deformation or vibration. |
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Keywords: | Earthquake prediction Radon emanation Fault creep |
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