High-resolution seismic survey from the mcarthur river region: Contributions to mapping of the complex P2 uranium ore zone, athabasca basin, saskatchewan

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 588, 2007, Pages 397-412

  Gyorfi I ^a   Hajnal, Z ^a   White, D J ^b   Takacs E ^a   Reilkoff, B ^a   Annesley, I R ^c   Powell, B ^d   Koch, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^e AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DEPOSITION; FAULT ZONE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ORE DEPOSIT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 72549095548     PISSN: 00687626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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