A comparison study of the C-A and S-A models with singularity analysis to identify geochemical anomalies in covered areas

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-172

  Zuo, Renguang ^a   Xia, Qinglin ^a   Zhang, Daojun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON STUDY; FRACTAL/MULTIFRACTAL; GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS; SINGULARITY ANALYSIS; SINGULARITY INDICES;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MINERAL EXPLORATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EDGE EFFECT; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; MINERAL EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84877625634     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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