Mineral potential modelling for the greater nahanni ecosystem using gis based analytical methods

Progress in Geomathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 227-269

  Harris, J R ^a   Lemkow, D ^a   Jefferson, C ^a   Wright, D ^a   Falck, H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; MERA; mineral potential; Nahanni; spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855645185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69496-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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