An expanded de Wijs model for multifractal analysis of mineral production data

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Ford, A ^a,b   Blenkinsop, T G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Gold; Mineral deposits; Multifractal analysis; Resources; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERAL RESOURCE; MODELING; ORE DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 59649086127     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0213-3     Document Type: Article

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