Towards an improved geological interpretation of airborne electromagnetic data: A case study from the Cuxhaven tunnel valley and its Neogene host sediments (northwest Germany)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-227

  Steinmetz, D ^a   Winsemann, J ^a   Brandes, C ^a   Siemon, B ^b   Ullmann, A ^b,c   Wiederhold, H ^c   Meyer, U ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D subsurface model; Airborne electromagnetics; Cuxhaven; Neogene incised valley; Pleistocene tunnel valley; Uncertainties; Workflow

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; INCISED VALLEY; LITHOLOGY; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CUXHAVEN; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 84934888003     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: 15739708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/njg.2014.39     Document Type: Article

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