Multifractals and geostatistics

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-122

  Agterberg, F P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Extreme values; Geostatistics; KTB borehole; Multifractals; Singularity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION EXPERIMENT; CONCENTRATION VALUES; COPPER DETERMINATION; CORRELOGRAMS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; EXTREME VALUE; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING; GERMANY; LOCAL MINIMUMS; LOCAL SINGULARITY; MULTI-FRACTAL SPECTRUM; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTALS; NUGGET-EFFECT; OREBODIES; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SINGULARITY; STREAM SEDIMENTS; VARIOGRAMS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; KTB BOREHOLE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE BODY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84867397008     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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