Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada

Volkan Tuncer; Martyn J. Unsworth; Weerachai Siripunvaraporn; James A. Craven

Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada

Volkan Tuncer
, Martyn J. Unsworth
, Weerachai Siripunvaraporn
, James A. Craven

Department of Physics

University of Alberta
Geological Survey of Canada

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Abstract

Audio-magnetotelluric (AMT) exploration is being evaluated as a tool for locating unconformity related uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin in Canada. These uranium deposits are often located above graphitic basement conductors that can be located with electromagnetic (EM) methods. A test survey at the McArthur River Mine showed good agreement between the known location of the uranium deposit and that inferred from the AMT data. Electrical resistivity models derived by 2D inversion were validated by comparison with 3D inversion and correlation with well log data. This validation was also tested with 3D forward modeling and 2D synthetic inversions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006
Publisher	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages	1328-1332
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781604236972
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 1 Oct 2006 → 6 Oct 2006

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Name	Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006

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Conference	Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	1/10/06 → 6/10/06

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Tuncer, V., Unsworth, M. J., Siripunvaraporn, W., & Craven, J. A. (2018). Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006 (pp. 1328-1332). (Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006). Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Tuncer, Volkan ; Unsworth, Martyn J. ; Siripunvaraporn, Weerachai et al. / Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada. Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018. pp. 1328-1332 (Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006).

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Tuncer, V, Unsworth, MJ, Siripunvaraporn, W & Craven, JA 2018, Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada. in Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006. Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 1328-1332, Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006, New Orleans, United States, 1/10/06.

Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada. / Tuncer, Volkan; Unsworth, Martyn J.; Siripunvaraporn, Weerachai et al.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018. p. 1328-1332 (Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006).

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Tuncer V, Unsworth MJ, Siripunvaraporn W, Craven JA. Audio-magnetotelluric exploration for unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatachewan, Canada. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. 2018. p. 1328-1332. (Society of Exploration Geophysicists - SEG International Exposition and 76tth Annual Meeting 2006, SEG 2006).

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