Multichannel processing for airborne gamma-ray spectrometry

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1971-1985

  Minty, Brian R S ^a   McFadden, Phil ^a   Kennett, Brian L N ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; POTASSIUM; RADON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORIUM; URANIUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SPECTROMETRY;

AIRBORNE GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; MULTICHANNEL PROCESSING; AIRBORNE GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; BACKGROUND COMPONENTS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; MULTICHANNEL SPECTRA; PARAMETRIC MODELING; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA PROCESSING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032214398     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444491     Document Type: Article

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