Exploration for unconformity-type uranium deposits with audiomagnetotelluric data: A case study from the McArthur River mine, Saskatchewan, Canada

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Tuncer, Volkan ^a   Unsworth, Martyn J ^a   Siripunvaraporn, Weerachai ^b   Craven, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faulting; Geomagnetism; Geophysical prospecting; Mining; Terrestrial electricity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM MINES;

AUDIOMAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; FAULT ZONE; TERRESTRIAL ELECTRICITY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AUDIOMAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; EXPLORATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; MCARTHUR RIVER MINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 33751043482     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2348780     Document Type: Article

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