Mineral potential targeting and resource assessment based on 3D geological modeling in Luanchuan region, China

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1976-1988

  Wang, Gongwen ^a   Zhang, Shouting ^a   Yan, Changhai ^a,b   Song, Yaowu ^b   Sun, Yue ^a   Li, Dong ^b   Xu, Fengming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HENAN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

3D modeling; Fractal; Mineral potential target; Mineral resources assessment; Probabilistic neural networks

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODEL; 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELING; 3D VISUALIZATION; CROSS SECTION; FORWARD MODELING; FRACTAL METHODS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOLOGICAL BODIES; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL MAP; GROUND SURFACES; HORIZONTAL PLANES; MAGNETIC DATA; MULTI FRACTALS; NON-LINEAR METHODS; POTENTIAL MAPPING; POTENTIAL MODEL; POTENTIAL MODELING; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; PROBABILISTIC NEURAL NETWORKS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SPATIAL RELATIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAVITATION; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MINERAL RESOURCES; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION; ZINC;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; PORPHYRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SILVER; SKARN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZINC;

CHINA; HENAN; LUANCHUAN;

EID: 82955232970     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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