Examining risk in mineral exploration

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Singer, Donald A ^a   Kouda, Ryoichi ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayes; Decision making; Mineral economics; Mineral exploration; Mineral resources; Risk; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006003695     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021838618750     Document Type: Article

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