Papers & Publications
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Subsurface Observation Methods
Comparing muon tomography with traditional geophysical imaging methods.
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Muons at Depth
Using physics and experimental data to answer whether physics fails sub-kilometre.
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Cosmic-ray muon tomography: Applications in block cave mapping and modelling
Muon tomography can be used to accurately delineate the ever-changing parameters of block cave edges, the growing air gap created, and the muck pile forming at the cave bottom.
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Muon Tomography Applied to Nickel Massive Sulphide Deposits
Muon tomography was used to successfully image massive sulphide deposits over a 3 km strike at BHP’s Leinster Operations in Western Australia.
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Muography: Exploring Earth’s Subsurface with Elementary Particles
Written by Ideonians, this chapter presents an overview of the relevant physics underlying muon geotomography, and case studies in mineral exploration within North America and Australia.
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On the detectability of density change in steam-assisted gravity drainage reservoirs using muon tomography
Showcasing how muon tomography is applicable to monitor SAGD reservoirs across realistic reservoir depth ranges of several hundred meters.
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Muon Geotomography: Selected Case Studies
Addressing how muon attenuation in matter can be used to infer the average material density along the path length of muons underground.
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Muon Tomography Applied to a Dense Uranium Deposit at the McArthur River Mine
Reporting on the application of muon tomography for imaging dense uranium deposits within the Athabasca Basin, including a qualitative assessment of the radiographic imaging and 3D density inversion using muon tomography.
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Muon Geotomography: A Novel, Field-Proven 3D Density Imaging Technique for Mineral Exploration and Resource Monitoring
A review of muon geotomography as a novel density measurement technique based on the absorption of cosmic ray muons in the ground.