Singularity mapping and spatially weighted principal component analysis to identify geochemical anomalies associated with Ag and Pb-Zn polymetallic mineralization in Northwest Zhejiang, China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-100

  Xiao, Fan ^a   Chen, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Wang, Chengbin ^a   Wu, Guangming ^b   Agterberg, Frederik P ^a,c,d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b The First Geological Unit of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractal; Geochemical anomaly; Singularity; Spatially weighted principal component analysis; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; HIGH POTENTIAL; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID METHOD; POLYMETALLIC; SINGULARITY; SINGULARITY INDICES; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STUDY AREAS; WEIGHTED PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEIGHTING FACTORS; WEIGHTS-OF-EVIDENCE; ZHEJIANG; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

DEPOSITS; FRACTALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; ZINC;

SILVER;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LEAD; MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZINC;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84867395799     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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