A methodology to construct training images for vein-type deposits

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Boisvert, J B ^a   Leuangthong, O ^a   Ortiz, J M ^b   Deutsch, C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Facies model; Geostatistics; Mineral deposit; Multiple point statistics; Training image; Vein

Indexed keywords

FLOW SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

MULTIPLE-POINT GEOSTATISTICS; TRAINING IMAGES; VEIN FORMATION;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

FLOW SIMULATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERAL RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOSTATISTICS; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SOFTWARE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 39149104317     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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