Preface: State of the art in mineral exploration

J Alcalde, R Carbonell, S Pospiech, A Gil… - Solid Earth, 2022 - se.copernicus.org
Minerals that comprise raw materials for energy, metal, construction and other industrial
applications are considered strategic commodities, fundamental in stock markets worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional reflection seismic imaging of the iron oxide deposits in the Ludvika mining area, Sweden, using Fresnel volume migration

F Hloušek, M Malinowski, L Bräunig, S Buske… - Solid Earth, 2022 - se.copernicus.org
We present pre-stack depth-imaging results for a case study of 3D reflection seismic
exploration at the Blötberget iron oxide mining site belonging to the Bergslagen mineral …

Least-squares reverse time migration with shifted total variation regularization

T Zand, H Ghasemzadeh, A Gholami, A Malcolm - Geophysics, 2023 - library.seg.org
Reverse time migration (RTM), as a state-of-the-art imaging technique, provides outstanding
imaging capabilities due to its use of a full wave equation. Least-squares RTM (LSRTM) …

Ambient noise surface-wave imaging in a hardrock environment: implications for mineral exploration

Z Wilczynski, A Kaslilar, A Malehmir… - Geophysical Journal …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The advancement of seismic methods is vital for mineral exploration in the ongoing energy
transition. In this study, we investigate the application of ambient noise seismic …

Pre‐stack depth imaging techniques for the delineation of the Carosue Dam gold deposit, Western Australia

S Ziramov, C Young, J Kinkela, G Turner… - Geophysical …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
In this study, we explore the latest generation of seismic imaging algorithms (migration) that
have been successful in the oil and gas exploration industry and apply them in the more …

3D reflection seismic imaging of the iron-oxide deposits in the Ludvika mining area (Sweden) using a focusing pre-stack depth migration approach

F Hloušek, M Malinowski, L Bräunig… - Solid Earth …, 2021 - se.copernicus.org
We present the pre-stack depth imaging results for a case study of 3D reflection seismic
exploration at the Blötberget iron-oxide mining site belonging to the Bergslagen mineral …

Numerical Imaging of the Seabed and Acoustic Flares with Topography and Velocity Variance

S Cheong, S Yelisetti, JH Chun - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
During seabed mapping, anomalous acoustic events in the seawater layer often degrade
bathymetric quality. Acoustic-flare-like events that are induced by gas seepage occur …

Seismic Imaging of Mineral Exploration Targets: Evaluation of Ray-vs. Wave-Equation-Based Pre-Stack Depth Migrations for Crooked 2D Profiles

B Singh, M Malinowski - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seismic imaging is now a well-established method in mineral exploration with many
successful case studies. Seismic data are usually imaged in the time domain (post-stack or …

Seismic Exploration Solutions for Deep-Targeting Metallic Mineral Deposits: From high-fold 2D to sparse 3D, and deep-learning workflows

M Markovic - 2022 - diva-portal.org
Mineral exploration has in recent years moved its focus to greater depths than ever before,
particularly in brown fields. Exploring new deposits at depth, if economical, would not only …

Sparse 3D seismic survey over the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit

H Schijns, J Townsend, D Haddow… - … Meeting for Applied …, 2023 - library.seg.org
The impetus to better leverage hard rock seismic for detection and characterization of
mineral deposits grows stronger as exploration and mining move deeper. The world class …