Application of fractal models to distinguish between different mineral phases

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Zuo, Renguang ^a,b   Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b   Xia, Qinglin ^a   Agterberg, F P ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cassiterite; Gejiu; Number area model; Number size model; Perimeter area model; Shape index

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; WEATHERING;

CASSITERITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHERING;

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

EID: 58249093841     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9191-3     Document Type: Article

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