Delineation of mineralization zones in porphyry Cu deposits by fractal concentration-volume modeling

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-232

  Afzal, Peyman ^a   Alghalandis, Younes Fadakar ^b   Khakzad, Ahmad ^c   Moarefvand, Parviz ^d   Omran, Nematolah Rashidnejad ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^e TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chah Firuzeh; Concentration volume (C V) fractal model; FCV software; Mineralization zones; Porphyry deposits; Sungun

Indexed keywords

CHAH-FIRUZEH; CONCENTRATION-VOLUME (C-V) FRACTAL MODEL; FCV SOFTWARE; MINERALIZATION ZONES; PORPHYRY DEPOSITS; SUNGUN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER DEPOSITS; FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY;

DEPOSITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HOST ROCK; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PORPHYRY; POWER LAW; SKARN; SOFTWARE; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

IRAN;

FELINE CALICIVIRUS;

EID: 79954574458     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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