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Survey Design for the Borehole Induced Polarization Method: A Modelling and Inversion Study
The Induced Polarization (IP) method of exploration geophysics can sense the depth, size and
composition of certain metallic ore bodies. Measurements from within boreholes that surround an ore
body can help determine its size and hence its economic worth. Such geophysical methods of
determining the economic viability of a deposit are cheaper than doing so by drilling boreholes. Abitibi
Geophysique, inc., offer as a product to the mineral exploration industry a novel way of carrying out a
borehole IP survey. Abitibi Geophysique can make measurements using any locations within any pair
of boreholes that are available. However, there is a redundancy of information: doubling the number of
measurement locations, while doubling the length of time for a survey and hence its cost, doesn’t
necessarily provide twice the information about the ore body. The goal of this project, therefore, is to
determine the measurement configuration for Abitibi Geophysique’s borehole IP surveys that provides
the most information about an ore…
Faculty Supervisor:
Colin Farquharson
Student:
Partner:
University of British Columbia;Abitibi Géophysique
Discipline:
Earth science
Sector:
University:
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Program:
Accelerate
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