Weighted drainage catchment basin mapping of geochemical anomalies using stream sediment data for mineral potential modeling

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-96

  Yousefi, Mahyar ^a   Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^b   Kamkar Rouhani, Abolghasem ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drainage catchment basin; Mineral potential modeling; Stream sediment anomaly mapping; Weighting

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT BASINS; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL PROSPECTIVITY MAPPINGS; POTENTIAL MODELING; STREAM SEDIMENTS; WEIGHTING;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MAPPING; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MODELING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84875634456     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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