Reducing noise in gamma-ray spectrometry using spectral component analysis

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 172-176

  Minty, Brian ^a   Hovgaard, Jens ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Exploranium ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; MNF; NASVD; Noise reduction; Spectral smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009380812     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG02172     Document Type: Article

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