Fractally invariant distributions and an application in geochemical exploration

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 895-913

  Shen, Wei ^a,b   Cohen, D R ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anomaly detection; Fractal modelling; Geochemistry; Summation method

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY;

EID: 33645636580     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-005-9222-6     Document Type: Article

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