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Radon emanation on San Andreas Fault

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Subsurface radon emanation monitored in shallow dry holes along an active segment of the San Andreas fault in central California shows spatially coherent large temporal variations that seem to be correlated with local seismicity.

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King, CY. Radon emanation on San Andreas Fault. Nature 271, 516–519 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271516a0

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