Probabilistic prediction models for aggregate quarry siting

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-146

  Robinson Jr , Gilpin R ^a   Larkins, Peter M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crushed stone; Logistic regression; Modeling; New England; North Carolina; Prospectivity; South Carolina; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347219441     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-007-9039-4     Document Type: Article

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