Gamma-ray Surveys in Uranium Exploration"This report is intended to provide newcomers to uranium exploration with an up-to-date statement of the principal factors to be considered in planning and using gamma-ray surveys."--Introduction. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
GAMMARAY MEASURING PRINCIPLES | 18 |
PLANNING OF GAMMARAY SURVEYS | 49 |
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airborne surveys aircraft anomalies attenuation coefficient background BRITTEN-NORMAN ISLANDER calibration constants cm³ concentration of uranium concrete calibration pads count rate counts/s per ppm decay products decay series detected differential spectrometer exploration programme fixed-wing aircraft flight line flux gamma radiation gamma-ray detector gamma-ray intensity gamma-ray measurements gamma-ray spectrometer Geiger-Müller Geiger-Müller counter Geiger-Müller tube geochemical geochemistry geophysical gross-count instrument gross-count survey ground gamma-ray instruments ground gamma-ray surveys ground level ground surveys Half-life height correction IAEA maps methods metres normally obtained outcrops photomultiplier potassium potassium window ppm eTh produce profiles radioactive decay radioactivity survey radioelement concentration radiometric random traversing ratemeter reconnaissance recorded rock sample scintillation counter scintillometer sensitivity sodium-iodide detector spectrometer spectrometric survey stripping ratios supergene survey altitude survey area survey height systematic traversing Table terrain test strip tube types typical uncollided uranium and thorium uranium deposits uranium exploration uranium mineralization uranium window