Results of integrated geological-geophysical examination of Makhtesh Ramon area (southern Israel) on diamond-bearing associations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5239, Issue , 2004, Pages 109-120

  Eppelbaum, Lev ^a   Kouznetsov, Sergey ^b   Vaksman, Vladimir ^c   Klepatch, Claude ^c   Smirnov, Sergey ^d   Sazonova, Luodmila ^d   Korotaeva, Natalia ^d   Surkov, Alexander ^e   Itkis, Sonya ^f   Shemesh, Menashe ^g  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Sci Geophys Association Geoscan M   (Russian Federation)

^c Klepatch/Vaksman Geol Res Soc L   (Israel)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN STATE GEOLOGICAL PROSPECTING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Diamond identification; Indicator minerals; Integrated interpretation; Makhtesh Ramon

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIAMONDS; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIAMOND IDENTIFICATION; INDICATOR MINERALS; INTEGRATED INTERPRETATION; MAKHTESH RAMON;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 11144355467     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.512403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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