Application of fuzzy AHP method to integrate geophysical data in a prospect scale, a case study: Seridune copper deposit

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-164

  Abedi, Maysam ^a   Torabi, S A ^a   Norouzi, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrical and magnetic surveys; Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy operators; MPM; Porphyry copper deposit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879547414     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0085     Document Type: Article

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