Are fractal dimensions of the spatial distribution of mineral deposits meaningful?

Progress in Geomathematics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-301

  Raines, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

deposit density; Fractal dimension; mineral deposits; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855645579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69496-0_13     Document Type: Chapter

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