Application of geostatistical methods in gold geochemical anomalies identification (Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-63

  Reis, A P ^a   Sousa, A J ^a   Cardoso Fonseca, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Factorial analysis of coregionalisations; Factorial kriging; Geochemical exploration; Gold; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GOLD DEPOSITS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICAL METHODS;

SOILS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOSTATISTICS; GOLD; KRIGING; MINERALIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037307743     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(02)00269-8     Document Type: Article

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