Airborne and Semi-Airborne Induced Polarization Observation Methods and Techniques for Mineral Exploration
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: airborne/semi-airborne electromagentic survey; geophysical instrument development; geological model construction; remote sensing
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Interests: mineral electromagnetic exploration; near-source electromagnetic method; data inversion; semi-airborne electromagnetic survey; AI-driven positioning prediction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Controlled Source Electromagnetic method (CSEM) is a geophysical method widely used in mineral resource exploration. In areas with complex terrain, ground-based detection is difficult and airborne detection therefore has significant advantages. In airborne observations, the data may also be affected by the Induced Polarization (IP) effect. If both resistivity and chargeability parameters can be extracted from the data simultaneously, it will become easier to obtain the shape and physical property distribution information of the ore body compared with traditional methods that can only extract resistivity.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest cutting-edge advances in airborne and semi-airborne IP observation methods and technologies, helping readers to further understand their performance characteristics and capability boundaries and promoting the application of this method in the field of mineral exploration.
The Special Issue invites submissions that include original scientific research relating to airborne and semi-airborne IP observation. The Special Issue focuses on the following topics: (1) airborne and semi-airborne IP observation methods; (2) airborne and semi-airborne IP detection technology; and (3) airborne and semi-airborne IP prospecting cases.
Dr. Xin Wu
Prof. Dr. Guoqiang Xue
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- airborne electromagnetic
- semi-airborne electromagnetic
- induced polarization
- detection technology
- multi-parameter analysis
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