Optimizing geochemical threshold selection while evaluating exploration techniques using a minimum hypergeometric probability method

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-351

  Stanley, Cliff R ^a   Noble, R R P ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anomaly recognition; Exploration performance; Hypergeometric probability; Partial digestion; Selective extraction; Threshold selection

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PROBABILITY;

ANOMALY RECOGNITION; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; HYPERGEOMETRIC; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; THRESHOLD SELECTION;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS;

GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248634095     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/07-133     Document Type: Article

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