Understanding environmental geophysical anomalies – an interdisciplinary case study from the West Rand

Environmental geophysics is often limited to surveying and “anomaly-picking” or<br>performed as an add-on to other environmental investigation techniques. By combining<br>ground and airborne radiometric data with the geochemical, geographic, hydrologic and<br>radiation protection results, an improved understanding of the environmental<br>contamination processes in the vicinity of gold/uranium mining and processing<br>operations can be obtained. This information can form the basis for hazard and risk<br>assessment studies.