Radio frequency tomography trial at Mt Isa Mine

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 675-679

  Zhou, B ^a   Fullagar, P K ^b   Fallon, G N ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Formerly Centre for Mining Technology and Equipment   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Mining; Radio frequency; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009374069     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG998675     Document Type: Article

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