Statistically significant relation between radon flux and weak earthquakes in the Dead Sea rift valley

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Research Article| June 01, 2003 Statistically significant relation between radon flux and weak earthquakes in the Dead Sea rift valley Gideon Steinitz; Gideon Steinitz 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ze'ev B. Begin; Ze'ev B. Begin 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Naama Gazit-Yaari Naama Gazit-Yaari 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Gideon Steinitz 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Ze'ev B. Begin 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Naama Gazit-Yaari 1 Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 14 Nov 2002 Revision Received: 27 Feb 2003 Accepted: 04 Mar 2003 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2003) 31 (6): 505–508. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0505:SSRBRF>2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 14 Nov 2002 Revision Received: 27 Feb 2003 Accepted: 04 Mar 2003 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Gideon Steinitz, Ze'ev B. Begin, Naama Gazit-Yaari; Statistically significant relation between radon flux and weak earthquakes in the Dead Sea rift valley. Geology 2003;; 31 (6): 505–508. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0505:SSRBRF>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Detailed monitoring of radon (Rn) flux in gravel was carried out for a period of eight years near the active Dead Sea rift fault. The temporal relationship between hundreds of weak earthquakes (4.6 ≥ ML ≥ 0) and Rn flux signals was tested for time intervals related to the start time of 110 Rn flux signals. Earthquakes located within three pull-apart grabens of the Dead Sea rift valley were found to occur preferentially within the time interval of the first 3 days after the start time of 110 Rn anomalies, and the excess of earthquakes (82% relative to the expected value) is highly significant (p = .003%). However, a similar relationship is not found in the two weeks preceding or following the start time of the Rn anomalies for earthquakes occurring within the Dead Sea rift in structurally higher segments, or out of the Dead Sea rift. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.