Regional structure and distribution of magnetite: Implications for the interpretation of aeromagnetic data in the broken hill region, new south wales

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 8-16

  Maidment, David W ^a   Gibson, George M ^a   Giddings, John W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broken Hill; Geological structure; Magnetics; Modelling; Petrophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009412672     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG00008     Document Type: Article

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