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Geophysical Acquisition & Processing Section
Abstract
The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This radiometric uranium grid has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m) and shows uranium element concentration of the Torrens Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2017 by the SA Government, and consisted of 83653 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.
Product Type
dataset
eCat Id
143510
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
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- EARTH SCIENCES
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- NCI
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- Earth sciences
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- geophysics
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- grid
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- Australia
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- SA
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- survey 1283
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- GADDS2.0
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- radiometrics
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- NASVD
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- uranium
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- airborne digital data
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- geophysical survey
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- rad
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- U
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- gamma-ray
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- spectrometry
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- grid
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- raster
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Publication Date
2020-03-07T00:00:00
Creation Date
2020-03-07T00:00:00
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completed
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notPlanned
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This GSSA Torrens ppm Uranium grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric uranium grid for the Torrens Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017. The survey was acquired under the project No. 1283 for the geological survey of SA. The grid has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m). A total of 83653 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing of 200m and 60m terrain clearance were acquired to produce this grid. This radiometric uranium grid shows uranium element concentration of the Torrens Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017 in units of parts per million (or ppm). Noise-adjusted singular value decomposition (NASVD) has been applied to the data. NASVD is a spectral component analysis procedure for the removal of noise from gamma-ray spectra. Details of the specifications of individual airborne surveys can be found in the Fourteenth Edition of the Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Percival, 2014). This Index is also available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/79134. Reference: Percival, P.J., 2014. Index of airborne geophysical surveys (Fourteenth Edition).
Parent Information
Geophysical Data Collection - Airborne Geophysics
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eCat ID - 111301
Extents
[-32.0417, -30.9654, 136.4566, 138.0597]
Reference System
GDA94 (EPSG:4283)
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This GSSA Torrens ppm Uranium grid geodetic includes airborne-derived radiometric uranium data for the Torrens Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017 acquired for the geological survey of SA