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Advances in Modeling and Interpretation in Near Surface Geophysics pp 377–400Cite as

Airborne Geophysical Surveys and Their Integrated Interpretation

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Airborne geophysical survey is a very useful method to investigate large areas quickly without harming the natural setting of the local environment. Mapping a large survey area with extreme topography is a very difficult and expensive task to be done by ground based geophysical and geological methods. A continuous development in hardware, software and instrumentation has made resolution of airborne geophysical surveys as precise as ground based geophysical surveys. This chapter is focused on airborne geophysical surveys routinely done generally for geological mapping and their integrated interpretation together with ground geophysical surveys. The chapter provides a brief introduction of airborne surveys including magnetic, radiometry and electromagnetic. Data acquisition, processing, and interpretation of airborne data are discussed from the experience and practice followed at Geological Survey of Norway (NGU). Integrated use of airborne and ground geophysical data and its application for environmental hazard and mineral exploration is shown using three examples from three different regions in Norway.

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We will like to acknowledge all our colleagues at NGU who were involved in one or other way with different types of geological and geophysical work presented in this chapter.

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  1. Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Torgarden, Postbox 6315, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    V. C. Baranwal & J. S. Rønning

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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  1. Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Arkoprovo Biswas

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    Shashi Prakash Sharma

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Baranwal, V.C., Rønning, J.S. (2020). Airborne Geophysical Surveys and Their Integrated Interpretation. In: Biswas, A., Sharma, S. (eds) Advances in Modeling and Interpretation in Near Surface Geophysics. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28909-6_14

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