Singularity theories and methods for characterizing mineralization processes and mapping geo-anomalies for mineral deposit prediction

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-79

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b,c   Zhao, Pengda ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geo anomaly; GIS; Mineral potential mapping; Singular mineralization; Singularity

Indexed keywords

GIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIN;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 79551517267     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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