Analysis and integration of geo-information to identify granitic intrusions as exploration targets in southeastern Yunnan District, China

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1946-1957

  Wang, Wenlei ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Cheng, Qiuming ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b China University of Geoscience   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal; Information integration; Mineral resource exploration; PCA; Singularity

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; EXPLORATION TARGETS; GEO-INFORMATION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL VARIABLES; GRANITE INTRUSIONS; GRAVITY DATA; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; INFORMATION INTEGRATION; MINERAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION; MULTISOURCES; PCA; PREDICTIVE MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SINGULARITY; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FRACTALS; GRANITE; HIGH PASS FILTERS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; COPPER; FILTER; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; TIN;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84860404834     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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