Developing the tools for geological shape analysis, with regional- to local-scale examples from the Kalgoorlie Terrane of Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 943-953

  Gardoll, S J ^a   Groves, D I ^a   Knox Robinson, C M ^b   Yun, G Y ^a   Elliott, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

GIS; Kalgoorlie; Mineral exploration; Orogenic gold deposits; Pattern recognition; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GIS; GOLD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

EID: 0033787752     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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