Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
11263914 Journal of Applied Geophysics 2018 25 Pages PDF
Abstract
This paper describes a possibility of using variance-correlation analysis for the detection of hydrothermal alterations by conducting a surface gamma-ray spectrometry survey. Gamma-ray spectrometry data processing includes a low-pass filtration, identification of potassium, uranium and thorium residual components, as well as an analysis of their variance and correlation. The high variance of radioactive elements and the features of their correlation are dependent on the mineral structure of hydrothermally altered rock that forms the secondary dispersion halos. The variance intensity, as well as the strength and the type of correlational anomalies, depends on the fluidogenic systems scale.
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Earth and Planetary Sciences Geophysics
Authors
, , , , ,