Non-linear theory and power-law models for information integration and mineral resources quantitative assessments

Progress in Geomathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-225

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; information integration; mineral potential mapping; mineralization; Non linear theory; singularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955492470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69496-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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