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Volume 51, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0812-3985
  • E-ISSN: 1834-7533

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The AusAEM airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey is one of the main components of the Exploring for the Future program. This Australian Government initiative is aimed at enhancing the geoscientific information available, to support resource exploration and to showcase Australia as a destination for investment opportunities. Regional geophysical mapping programs are the basis for informed mineral exploration and have enabled the building of a continental-scale inventory of Australia’s potential resource endowment. They also provide elements of the scientific backing for decision-making and answering a range of different geoscientific questions. The latest of these airborne initiatives AusAEM is composed of a series of wide line-spaced studies targeting acquisition of data for regional mapping in area of new frontiers; it is gathering data and unveiling information on extents never previously attempted by AEM surveys.

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