TY - JOUR
T1 - Variance - Correlation analysis in the exploration of hydrothermal (fluidogenous) deposits using surface gamma-ray spectrometry
AU - Sobolev, Igor S.
AU - Orekhov, Alexander N.
AU - Bratec, Tatiana
AU - Rikhvanov, Leonid P.
AU - Soboleva, Nadezhda P.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - This paper describes a possibility of using variance-correlation analysis for the detection of hydrothermal alterations by conducting a surface gamma-ray spectrometry survey. Gamma-ray spectrometry data processing includes a low-pass filtration, identification of potassium, uranium and thorium residual components, as well as an analysis of their variance and correlation. The high variance of radioactive elements and the features of their correlation are dependent on the mineral structure of hydrothermally altered rock that forms the secondary dispersion halos. The variance intensity, as well as the strength and the type of correlational anomalies, depends on the fluidogenic systems scale.
AB - This paper describes a possibility of using variance-correlation analysis for the detection of hydrothermal alterations by conducting a surface gamma-ray spectrometry survey. Gamma-ray spectrometry data processing includes a low-pass filtration, identification of potassium, uranium and thorium residual components, as well as an analysis of their variance and correlation. The high variance of radioactive elements and the features of their correlation are dependent on the mineral structure of hydrothermally altered rock that forms the secondary dispersion halos. The variance intensity, as well as the strength and the type of correlational anomalies, depends on the fluidogenic systems scale.
KW - Hydrothermal alteration
KW - Radioactive elements
KW - Rank correlation
KW - Surface gamma-ray spectrometric survey
KW - Variance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2018.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2018.10.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054698277
VL - 159
SP - 597
EP - 604
JO - Journal of Applied Geophysics
JF - Journal of Applied Geophysics
SN - 0926-9851
ER -