Physical properties of the regolith in the lawlers area, western australia

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-235

  Emerson, Don ^a   Macnae, James ^b   Sattel, Daniel ^c  

^a Systems Exploration NSW Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c World Geoscience Corporation Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Density; Lawlers; Physical properties; Porosity; Regolith; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009382047     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG00229     Document Type: Article

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