Anomaly threshold estimation and data normalization using EDA stastistics: Application to lithogeochemical exploration in lower cretaceous Zn-Pb carbonate-hosted deposits, Northern Spain

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-439

  Yusta, Iñaki ^a   Velasco, Francisco ^a   Herrero, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE HOSTED DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; LITHOGEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MINERAL EXPLORATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031864248     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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