Mineral potential mapping for Cu-Pb-Zn deposits in the East Kunlun region, Qinghai Province, China, integrating multi-source Geology Spatial Data Sets and Extended Weights-of-Evidence Modeling

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-540

  He, Binbin ^a   Chen, Cuihua ^b   Liu, Yue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DATA SET; GIS; LEAD; MAPPING METHOD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MODELING; ORE DEPOSIT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; ZINC;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78650115613     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.47.4.514     Document Type: Article

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