Applications of GPR in mineral resource evaluations

Proceedings of the 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Francke, Jan ^a  

^a International Groundradar Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bauxite; GPR; Iron ore; Kimberlite; Laterite; Mineral sands; Mining; Paleochannels

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; GPR; KIMBERLITE; LATERITE; PALEO CHANNEL;

COAL DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; RADAR; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956520044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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