Mineral-potential mapping for MVT deposits with limited data sets using landsat data and geological evidence in the Borden Basin, Northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 129-149

  Daneshfar, Bahram ^a   Desrochers, André ^a   Budkewitsch, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borden Basin; Logistic regression; MVT deposits potential mapping; Posterior probability; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846103078     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-006-9020-7     Document Type: Article

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