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Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus

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The specific nature of mining geophysics, models of media, the details and the sequence of the interpretation process, including petrophysical studies have been amply covered in books (Khesin 1969,1976; Khesin et al. 1983,1996) and Eppelbaum’s (1989) Ph.D. dissertation. A separate chapter (Khesin et al. 1988) in (Borisovich and Eppelbaum 1988) deals with the optimization of interpretation for detailed prospecting under mountainous conditions. These works form the basis for the Caucasian mining geophysics presented in this and previous chapters.

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  1. Dept. Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Lev Eppelbaum (Faculty Exact Sciences)

  2. Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84110, Israel

    Boris Khesin

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Eppelbaum, L., Khesin, B. (2012). Mining Geophysics. In: Geophysical Studies in the Caucasus. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76619-3_5

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