3D reflection seismic imaging for open-pit mine planning and deep exploration in the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, northern Finland

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Juhlin, Christopher ^a   Wijns, Chris ^b   Urosevic, Milovan ^c   Valasti, Petri ^b   Koivisto, Emilia ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD   (Turkey)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D; Faults; Fractures; Mining; Near surface

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FRACTURE; MINERALOGY; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS;

3D REFLECTION SEISMIC; INTRUSION CONTROL; NEAR SURFACES; OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; POST-STACK MIGRATION; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SURFACE SEISMIC DATA;

OPEN PIT MINING;

FAULT; FRACTURE; IMAGING METHOD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; OPEN PIT MINE; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FINLAND;

EID: 84866442124     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0468.1     Document Type: Article

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