Digital field data acquisition: Towards increased quantification of uncertainty during geological mapping

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 239, Issue , 2004, Pages 43-56

  Jones, Richard R ^a,b   McCaffrey, Kenneth J W ^c   Wilson, Robert W ^c   Holdsworth, Robert E ^c  

^a CognIT as ^*  (Norway)

^b Geospatial Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 14244262900     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.239.01.04     Document Type: Article

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