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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. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered terrestrial dose rate grid. This Ararat Ballarat total count grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 83m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the Ararat-Ballarat merge, 1990-1992. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1990 by the VIC Government, and consisted of 51328 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 200m and 400m, and 100m terrain clearance.
Product Type
dataset
eCat Id
143379
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
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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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- VIC
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- survey 1344
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- GADDS2.0
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- radiometrics
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- NASVD
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- thorium
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- uranium
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- potassium
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- dose rate
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- dose
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- rate
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- airborne digital data
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- geophysical survey
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- rad
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- K
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- Th
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- U
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- gamma-ray
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- spectrometry
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- raster
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- grid
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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 Ararat Ballarat total count grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric terrestrial dose rate grid for the Ararat-Ballarat merge, 1990-1992 survey. The survey was acquired under the project No. 1344 for the geological survey of VIC. The grid has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 83m). A total of 51328 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 200m and 400m, and 100m terrain clearance were acquired to produce this grid. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. 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
UUID - ddeb0fc4-32e3-4913-80f2-f4249b17a925,
eCat ID - 111301
Extents
[-38.1021, -36.8979, 142.3979, 144.1021]
Reference System
AGD66 (EPSG:4202)
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This Ararat Ballarat total count grid geodetic includes airborne-derived radiometric terrestrial dose data for the Ararat-Ballarat merge, 1990-1992 survey acquired for the geological survey of VIC