Assessment of near-surface mapping capabilities by airborne transient electromagnetic data - An extensive comparison to conventional borehole data

Geophysics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages B187-B199

  Schamper, Cyril ^a   Jørgensen, Flemming ^b   Auken, Esben ^c   Effersø, Flemming ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SkyTEM Surveys ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; MAPPING; SURVEYS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE MODELING; AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATION; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETICS;

BOREHOLES;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; ROAD; URBAN PLANNING;

AARHUS [DENMARK]; DENMARK;

EID: 84905461426     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: 19422156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/GEO2013-0256.1     Document Type: Article

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