2D reflection seismic investigations at the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, northern Finland

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Koivisto, Emilia ^a   Malehmir, Alireza ^b   Heikkinen, Pekka ^a   Heinonen, Suvi ^a   Kukkonen, Ilmo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

2D; Interpretation; Mining; Processing; Reflection

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; PROCESSING; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SURVEYS;

CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING; HIGH QUALITY IMAGES; INTERPRETATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; POST-STACK MIGRATION; REFLECTION SEISMIC; REFLECTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

DEPOSITS;

BEDROCK; COPPER; DATA INTERPRETATION; FAULT ZONE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; MINING; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SHEAR ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

FINLAND;

EID: 84866448666     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0496.1     Document Type: Article

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