Monitoring and descriptive analysis of radon in relation to seismic activity of Northern Pakistan

Z Jilani, T Mehmood, A Alam, M Awais… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Earthquakes are one of the major causes of natural disasters and its forecasting is
challenging task. Some precursory phenomenon exists in theory in relation to earthquakes …

Radon as an earthquake precursor in and around northern Pakistan: a case study

A Barkat, A Ali, N Siddique, A Alam, M Wasim… - Geochemical …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Abnormal increase in radon (222Rn, half-life= 3.82 days) concentration has frequently been
observed in soil gas environments before major earthquakes. This observation suggests that …

Time series analysis of soil radon in Northern Pakistan: Implications for earthquake forecasting

A Barkat, A Ali, U Hayat, QG Crowley, K Rehman… - Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Time series analysis of soil radon data has previously been proposed as a mechanism for
earthquake hazard forecasting, but it is not universally accepted as such. Here we perform …

Temporal variation of soil radon and thoron concentrations in Mizoram (India), associated with earthquakes

HP Jaishi, S Singh, RP Tiwari, RC Tiwari - Natural hazards, 2014 - Springer
Continuous soil-gas radon and thoron measurements were carried out at 15 days interval
along Mat fault in Mizoram (India), which lies in the seismic zone V of the seismic zonation …

Monitoring of soil radon by SSNTD in Eastern India in search of possible earthquake precursor

A Deb, M Gazi, J Ghosh, S Chowdhury… - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present paper deals with monitoring soil radon-222 concentration at two different
locations, designated Site A and Site B, 200 m apart at Jadavpur University campus …

[PDF][PDF] Earthquake precursory studies at Amritsar Punjab, India using radon measurement techniques

A Kumar, V Walia, S Singh, BS Bajwa… - … Journal of Physical …, 2012 - academicjournals.org
The continuous soil gas radon and daily monitoring of radon concentration in water is
carried out at Amritsar (Punjab, India), a well known seismic zone to study the correlation of …

Descriptive analysis and earthquake prediction using boxplot interpretation of soil radon time series data

ADK Tareen, MSA Nadeem, KJ Kearfott… - Applied radiation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Correlation of radon anomalies with meteorological parameters and earthquake occurrence
has been reported in many studies. This paper reports descriptive statistical analysis and …

Radon and earthquake prediction in India: present status

HS Virk - Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, 1993 - Elsevier
Radon is present in trace amounts almost everywhere on the earth, being distributed in the
soil, groundwater and in the lower atmosphere. Continuous and long term measurements of …

Earthquake precursory studies in Kangra valley of North West Himalayas, India, with special emphasis on radon emission

A Kumar, S Singh, S Mahajan, BS Bajwa… - Applied Radiation and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The continuous soil gas radon monitoring is carried out at Palampur and the daily
monitoring of radon concentration in water is carried out at Dharamshala region of Kangra …

A study of soil radon and seismicity along active fault region in northeastern India

RC Tiwari, HP Jaishi, S Singh, RP Tiwari - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2023 - Springer
This paper reports the analysis of soil radon data collected from March 2013 to July 2016.
LR-115 Type II solid-state nuclear track detectors were deployed to determine the …