Airborne electromagnetic hydrocarbon mapping in Mozambique

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Pfaffhuber, Andreas A ^a   Monstad, Ståle ^b   Rudd, Jonathan ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b DNO International ASA   (Norway)

^c AeroquestLtd   (Canada)

Author keywords

AEM; Case history; Gas seepage; Helicopter EM; Hydrocarbons; Near surface; Spectrometry; TEM.

Indexed keywords

AEM; CASE HISTORY; GAS SEEPAGE; NEAR SURFACE; TEM.;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HELICOPTERS; HYDROCARBONS; POTASSIUM; RADIOMETRY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; URANIUM;

SEEPAGE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GAS SEEPAGE; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DORCATRAGUS MEGALOTIS;

EID: 70349665539     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG09011     Document Type: Article

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