Use of the analytic signal to identify magnetic anomalies due to kimberlite pipes

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 180-190

  Keating, Pierre ^a   Sailhac, Pascal ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; PIPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMANENCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIPE LININGS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGNETIC CYLINDER; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH MAGNETIC LATITUDES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; NEGATIVE MAGNETIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; VERTICAL CYLINDERS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ALGORITHM; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; KIMBERLITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 84995332439     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1649386     Document Type: Article

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