IG-Mapper: A new ArcGIS® toolbox for the geostatistics-based automated geochemical mapping of igneous rocks

Chemical Geology

Volumn 470, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-92

  Fiannacca, Patrizia ^a   Ortolano, Gaetano ^a   Pagano, Mario ^a   Visalli, Roberto ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^a   Zappalà, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granitoid complexes; Igneous petrology; Kriging IDW interpolation; Lithological maps; Python

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INTERPOLATION; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION; GEOSTATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; GRANITOID COMPLEXES; KRIGING; LITHOLOGICAL MAP; PYTHON; STOCHASTIC INTERPOLATIONS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

AUTOMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; IGNEOUS ROCK; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SOFTWARE;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 85028928711     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.08.024     Document Type: Article

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