Filling in the gaps ? validation and integration of airborne EM data with surface and subsurface observations for catchment management ? an example from Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-235

  Lane, Richard ^a   Heislers, David ^a   McDonald, Paul ^a  

^a AGSO Geoscience ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne electromagnetics; Bendigo; Conductivity; Kamarooka; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009347557     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG01225     Document Type: Article

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