| Summary: | Investigation of the regolith is an important part of the
mineral exploration. Large territories are overlaid by the
regolith rocks and recent trends show a clear tendency of
discovery major mineral deposits under the thick cover.
Thorough regolith exploration involving geophysical
techniques is required to push new deep mineral
discoveries. Knowledge about the regolith structure and
properties is necessary for designing the mine excavation
and production as well.
A shot 2D seismic was acquired to investigate regolith’s
structure and properties at the Hillside prospect, situated
on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The small 3D
dataset has been conducted to evaluate potential for
seismic imaging of deep structures. The survey has been
designed to be able to accommodate good data for
various seismic methods simultaneously. Data analysis
included processing and interpretation of surface,
refracted and reflected waves. The study also involved
an application of diffraction imaging to detect faults and
fracture zones.
The experiment has demonstrated a cost effective near
surface seismic setup that is capable to obtain a
comprehensive set of information about undersurface.
The results include imaging of the regolith structure,
estimating of dynamic elastic properties of the ground
and obtaining images of deep structures
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