Quantitative analysis of scale of aeromagnetic data raises questions about geologic-map scale

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-222

  Nykänen, Vesa ^a   Raines, Gary L ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic data; Mineral resource assessment; Scale; Weights of Evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947644724     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-006-9023-4     Document Type: Article

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