Geology, geodynamics and orogenic gold prospectivity modelling of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin, Ghana, West Africa

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 692-711

  Chudasama, Bijal ^a   Porwal, Alok ^a,b   Kreuzer, Oliver P ^c,d   Butera, Kris ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Corporate Geoscience Group ^*  (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy inference systems; Ghana; Kumasi Basin; Mineral systems; Orogenic gold; Paleoproterozoic; Prospectivity modelling; West Africa Craton

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FAULTING; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; GOLD; MAPPING; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; GHANA; KUMASI BASIN; MINERAL SYSTEMS; OROGENIC GOLD; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROSPECTIVITY; WEST AFRICA;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

GHANA;

EID: 84938889488     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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