Mapping singularities with stream sediment geochemical data for prediction of undiscovered mineral deposits in Gejiu, Yunnan Province, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 314-324

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploration; GIS; Hydrothermal mineralization process; Multifractals; Non linear theory

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; SINGULARITY MAPPING;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PHOTOMAPPING;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GEJIU MINE; YUNNAN;

EID: 34249673105     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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