A comparison of airborne electromagnetic data with ground resistivity data over the Midwest deposit in the Athabasca basin

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-330

  Smith, Richard S ^a,c   Koch, Rodney ^b,d   Hodges, Greg ^c   Lemieux, Jean ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TITAN Uranium Inc   (Canada)

^c Fugro Airborne Surveys Canada   (Canada)

^d AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BEDROCK; DATA SET; GRAPHITE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MODELING; REGOLITH; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 80051747732     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2011002     Document Type: Article

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