Evaluation of weights of evidence to predict epithermal-gold deposits in the Great Basin of the Western United States

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-276

  Raines, Gary L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithermal gold deposits; Geographic information system (GIS); Mineral assessment; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742330418     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021602316101     Document Type: Review

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