Terrain correction

Terrain correction

A correction applied to observed values obtained in geophysical surveys in order to remove the effect of variations in the observations due to the topography near observation sites.

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Industry/Domain: Mining
Category: General mining; Mineral mining
Government Agency: USBM
Product: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms - 2nd Edition
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