Fractal pattern integration for mineral potential estimation

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-130

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a   Agterberg, F P ^b   Bonham Carter, G F ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster dimension; Data integration; Fractal; Fractal measure; GIS; Mineral potential mapping; Multifractal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343135631     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257585     Document Type: Review

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