Predictive mapping of prospectivity and quantitative estimation of undiscovered VMS deposits in Skellefte district (Sweden)

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-241

  Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^a   Sadeghi, Martiya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evidential belief functions; Fractal analysis; Fry analysis; GIS; One level prediction; VMS

Indexed keywords

BELIEF FUNCTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRY ANALYSIS; GIS; ONE-LEVEL PREDICTION; VMS;

DEPOSITS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; FRACTALS; MAPPING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MODELING; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77957814696     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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