Electrical structure of the regolith in the Lawlers District, Western Australia

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-28

  Bishop, John ^a   Sattel, Daniel ^b   Macnae, James ^c   Munday, Tim ^d  

^a Mitre Geophysics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^c CD3D Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne electromagnetics; Conductivity structure; Lawlers; Layered earth inversion; Regolith

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863155310     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG01020     Document Type: Article

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