Aeromagnetic data analysis for the identification of concealed uranium deposits: A case history from Singhbhum uranium province, India

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1099-1103

  Anand, S P ^a   Rajaram, Mita ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic signal; Euler deconvolution; Magnetic anomalies; Magnetite; Potential field; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETITE; ORE DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SINGHBHUM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750212785     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352616     Document Type: Article

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