Design, calibration, and application of an airborne gamma spectrometer system in Switzerland

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 1369-1378

  Schwarz, Georg F ^a,b   Rybach, Ladislaus ^a   Klingelé, Emile E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GAMMA RAYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY;

AIRBORNE GAMMA SPECTROMETER;

SPECTROMETERS;

AIRBORNE GAMMA SPECTROMETER; RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031224942     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444241     Document Type: Article

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