Mapping complexity of spatial distribution of faults using fractal and multifractal models: Vectoring towards exploration targets

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1958-1966

  Zhao, Jiangnan ^a   Chen, Shouyu ^a   Zuo, Renguang ^a,b   Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fault complexity; Fractal; Gejiu; Multifractal

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE TOOL; EXPLORATION TARGETS; FAULT COMPLEXITY; GEJIU; MAPPING COMPLEXITY; MINING AREAS; MINING DISTRICT; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL MODELS; OREBODIES; SINGULARITY INDICES; SOUTHERN CHINA; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTALS; ORE DEPOSITS; TIN;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPLEXITY; EXPLORATION; FAULT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

CHINA; GEJIU; YUNNAN;

EID: 82955233689     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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