Recovery, compilation, back-calibration, and standardization of existing radiometric survey data: Namibia, southern Africa
- High-Sense Geophysics Ltd., Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- Federal Inst. for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Windhoek (Namibia)
- Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
- Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek (Namibia)
During 1992 and 1993 select portions of existing government airborne radiometric data covering almost 91,000 km{sup 2} of central Namibia were compiled into a master digital data set. This compilation involved the interactive, semi-automated digital recovery of approximately 42,000 line kilometers of original analogue chart traces. A further 49,000 line kilometers of digital data were also reprocessed. Available data represented ten (10) different surveys collected over twelve (12) years with a variety of spectrometers, spectral windows and survey parameters. Preliminary digital grids of each radioelement were compiled, verified and used to select representative sites for ground measurements within each survey block. Results obtained from the ground program were used to back-calibrate the airborne data, standardize the various surveys and convert airborne measurements into equivalent ground concentrations of uranium, thorium and potassium. The quality and consistency of final map products conclusively demonstrates that existing analogue radiometric data, in various states of preservation, can be successfully recovered, combined with ``modern`` digital data, and utilized to assist exploration, mapping and environmental studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 80301
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941015-; TRN: 95:016685
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 64. annual meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and international exposition, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of SEG international exposition and sixty-fourth annual meeting -- 1994 Technical program: Expanded abstracts with authors` biographies; PB: 1736 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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