Porphyry copper deposit tract definition - A global analysis comparing geologic map scales

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Raines, Gary L ^a   Connors, Katherine A ^b   Chorlton, Lesley B ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Geological Data Systems   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Map scale; Porphyry deposits of world; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347237609     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-007-9042-9     Document Type: Article

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