Mapping of anomalies in continuous and discrete fields of stream sediment geochemical landscapes

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-187

  Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aroroy (philippines); Catchment basins; Concentration area fractal method; Exploratory data analysis; GIS; Spatial association analysis; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GOLD DEPOSITS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; PIXELS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CATCHMENT BASINS; EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS; FRACTAL METHODS; PHILIPPINES; SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION;

DATA STREAMS;

CATCHMENT; EXPLORATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GIS; GOLD; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

AROROY; BICOL; MASBATE [(PRV) BICOL]; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 77954188336     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-223     Document Type: Article

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