The historical development of the magnetic method in exploration

MN Nabighian, VJS Grauch, RO Hansen, TR LaFehr… - Geophysics, 2005 - library.seg.org
The magnetic method, perhaps the oldest of geophysical exploration techniques, blossomed
after the advent of airborne surveys in World War II. With improvements in instrumentation …

Historical development of the gravity method in exploration

MN Nabighian, ME Ander, VJS Grauch, RO Hansen… - Geophysics, 2005 - library.seg.org
The gravity method was the first geophysical technique to be used in oil and gas exploration.
Despite being eclipsed by seismology, it has continued to be an important and sometimes …

Evolution of the Mount Woods Inlier, northern Gawler Craton, Southern Australia: an integrated structural and aeromagnetic analysis

PG Betts, RK Valenta, J Finlay - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
Structural map** integrated with interpretation and forward modelling of aeromagnetic
data form complimentary and powerful tools for regional structural analysis because both …

[HTML][HTML] Geophysical insights into basement faults influencing basin evolution: A case study from Tennant Creek Block, North Australian Craton

J Kumwenda, P Betts, R Armit - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Geophysical interpretation and modelling of the poorly exposed Proterozoic basement rocks
of the Tennant Creek Block in the North Australian Craton elucidated the distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Geophysical interpretation and tectonic synthesis of the Proterozoic southern McArthur Basin, northern Australia

TN Blaikie, M Kunzmann - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The southern McArthur Basin is highly prospective for sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag
mineralisation, and hosts the McArthur River and Teena deposits within the Batten Fault …

Interpreting subsurface volcanic structures using geologically constrained 3‐D gravity inversions: examples of maar‐diatremes, Newer Volcanics Province …

TN Blaikie, L Ailleres, PG Betts… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present results and a method to geophysically image the subsurface structures of maar
volcanoes to better understand eruption mechanisms and risks associated with maar …

The ca. 1740–1710 Ma Leichhardt Event: Inversion of a continental rift and revision of the tectonic evolution of the North Australian Craton

TN Blaikie, PG Betts, RJ Armit, L Ailleres - Precambrian Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Interpretation and modelling of high resolution regional geophysical data of the
central Leichhardt River Fault Trough in the Mount Isa Inlier are used to determine the timing …

Three-dimensional potential field modelling of a multi-vent maar-diatreme—The Lake Coragulac maar, Newer Volcanics Province, south‐eastern Australia

TN Blaikie, L Ailleres, RAF Cas, PG Betts - Journal of Volcanology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
High resolution gravity and magnetic data have been acquired across Lake Coragulac, a
Quaternary maar volcano located in the Newer Volcanics Province of south-eastern …

Geophysical constraints of shear zones and geometry of the Hiltaba Suite granites in the western Gawler Craton, Australia

MA McLean, PG Betts - Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The emplacement of the ca 1590–1575 Ma Hiltaba Suite granites records a large magmatic
event throughout the Gawler Craton, South Australia. The Hiltaba Suite granites intrude the …

Aeromagnetic patterns of half-graben and basin inversion: implications for sediment-hosted massive sulfide Pb–Zn–Ag exploration

PG Betts, D Giles, GS Lister - Journal of Structural Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
The inverted extensional basins of the Palaeoproterozoic North Australian Craton are
amongst the most metallogenically endowed on earth for sediment-hosted massive sulphide …