Robust estimation of the band-limited inductive-limit response from impulse-response TEM measurements taken during the transmitter switch-off and the transmitter off-time: Theory and an example from Voisey's Bay, Labrador, Canada

Geophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 476-481

  Smith, Richard S ^a   Balch, S J ^b  

^a Geoterrex   (Canada)

^b Inco Technical Services Limited ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; INFILL DRILLING; ORE DEPOSITS; ROCK DRILLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES; INTEGRATING MEASUREMENT; MASSIVE SULFIDES; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; PRIMARY RESPONSE; ROBUST ESTIMATION; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; TRANSMITTER LOOPS;

TRANSMITTERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION;

CANADA; LABRADOR; VOISEY BAY;

EID: 0034032948     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444741     Document Type: Article

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