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What Is Gamma Ray Spectrometry?

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

What Is Gamma-Ray Spectrometry?   Gamma ray spectrometry is the study of the energy spectra of gamma-ray sources, typically for the nuclear industry, astrophysics, and geochemical investigation.  Most radioactive sources produce gamma rays of varying intensities and energies.  ...

Collecting Data With Airborne Geophysical Surveys

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

Collecting Data With Airborne Surveys   Airborne geophysical surveys are used to acquire a regional overview of the geology. Many mining and exploration companies utilize airborne surveys to acquire geophysical data over their project areas. Airborne surveys provide a cost and ...

Why Use Aeromagnetic Surveys?

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

Why Use Aeromagnetic Surveys?   Aeromagnetic surveys are an efficient geophysical prospecting tool for many mineral and petroleum exploration companies and government agencies. A fixed-wing airplane or helicopter is extensively modified to be magnetically quiet and equipped with ...

Understanding the Capabilities of Airborne Geophysical Surveys

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

Realizing the Capabilities of Airborne Geophysical Surveys   Airborne surveys make it possible for companies to efficiently and quickly acquire detailed geophysical data over large areas of interest. An aircraft with specialized sensors passes over a large area and detects important ...

The Benefits of Airborne Magnetic Surveys

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

Understanding the Benefits of Airborne Magnetic Surveys   In order to understand the benefits of airborne magnetic surveys, it is important to realize the costs and time-consuming nature of mineral and petroleum exploration.  Acquiring quality airborne magnetic data can ...

A General Introduction to Airborne Magnetic Surveys

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

A General Introduction to Airborne Magnetic Surveys   Airborne magnetic surveys are an important geophysical prospecting tool for many applications. These surveys make it possible to gather detailed information about the presence of various magnetic and non-magnetic materials ...

What is an Aeromagnetic Survey?

By Mike RichardsonArticlesJanuary 5, 20150 comments

Aeromagnetic Surveys   An aeromagnetic survey is a type of airborne geophysical survey in which an aircraft is outfitted with a magnetometer to map changes in the Earth's magnetic field.  The aircraft flies in a grid-like pattern over the survey area, and data resolution ...

Airborne geophysical survey methods for mineral exploration

ArticlesFebruary 23, 20120 comments

Airborne geophysical data can be used indirectly to map some geological features in detail, including contacts, faults, shear zones, folds, alteration zones and other structures.   To obtain this data, survey areas are systematically traversed by fixed wing or rotary wing ...

Airborne Radiometric Surveying Explained

ArticlesOctober 12, 20110 comments

Airborne Radiometric Surveys   Radiometric Surveys detect and map gamma rays, and can be performed on the ground, in the air, or in a borehole.  Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry or radiometric surveying for mineral exploration measures the gamma-rays that are emitted ...

Exploration Geophysical Survey Methods

ArticlesOctober 12, 20110 comments

Geophysics   Geophysics is a branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring especially in the Earth and in its vicinity.   Geophysics applies the principles of physics to the study of the Earth, and the use of quantitative methods ...

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