Objective selection of suitable unit cell size in data-driven modeling of mineral prospectivity

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2032-2046

  Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; GIS; Point pattern analysis; Spatial contrast; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GIS; POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CONTRAST; WEIGHTS-OF-EVIDENCE;

CELL MEMBRANES; DEPOSITS; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

CYTOLOGY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GIS; MAP; MAPPING; MINERAL DEPOSIT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 70249139799     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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