Progress in integrated quantitative mineral resource assessments

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-250

  Singer, Donald A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Densities; Models; Risk; Scales; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DENSITIES; DENSITY MODELS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; MAKING DECISION; MINERAL DEPOSITS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SCALES; UNCERTAINTY;

MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

DEPOSITS;

DENSITY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957765213     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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