FALCON gravity gradiometer technology

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-250

  Lee, James B ^a  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne gravity gradiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009350804     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG01247     Document Type: Article

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