Spatial Distribution Prediction of Laterite Bauxite in Bolaven Plateau Using GIS

Yuan Ouyang; Hanhu Liu; Xiao Wang; Shusheng Liu; Jinghua Zhang; Hui Gao

doi:10.1007/s12583-019-1234-9

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Yuan Ouyang, Hanhu Liu, Xiao Wang, Shusheng Liu, Jinghua Zhang, Hui Gao. Spatial Distribution Prediction of Laterite Bauxite in Bolaven Plateau Using GIS. Journal of Earth Science, 2019, 30(5): 1010-1019. doi: 10.1007/s12583-019-1234-9

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Yuan Ouyang, Hanhu Liu, Xiao Wang, Shusheng Liu, Jinghua Zhang, Hui Gao. Spatial Distribution Prediction of Laterite Bauxite in Bolaven Plateau Using GIS. Journal of Earth Science, 2019, 30(5): 1010-1019. doi: 10.1007/s12583-019-1234-9

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Spatial Distribution Prediction of Laterite Bauxite in Bolaven Plateau Using GIS

doi: 10.1007/s12583-019-1234-9

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Chengdu Center, China Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, China
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Key Laboratory of Geoscience Spatial Information Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

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Corresponding author: Hanhu Liu
Received Date: 21 Jun 2018
Accepted Date: 12 Oct 2018
Publish Date: 01 Oct 2019

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Mineral resources are the most important natural resources for developing countries. Bauxite is an indispensable mineral resource for industrial production. Potential assessment of bauxite is an im-portant issue in Indochina Peninsula. In this paper, the factors affecting the mineralization of the lateritic bauxite are analyzed. The collected spatial data are processed and the information is extracted to obtain the spatial extent of favorable constraints. Then, the spatial distribution of potential bauxites on the Bolaven Plateau has been investigated with a Boolean modeling process in GIS environment on the basis of some constraints such as rock, elevation, topographical features and vegetation coverage. Finally, based on the hydrogeological conditions and alteration information of Fe³⁺ and OH^-, the bauxite mapping has been carried out. There are twenty bauxite metallogenic areas delineated, with a total area of 750 km², which is 5% of the entire study area. This has greatly reduced the scope of the field investigation. Seven of the twenty predicted areas were validated in the field and six of them were found to have bauxite mineralization. Using the methods proposed in this study, the potential bauxite for the entire Bolaven Plateau could be achieved much more cheaply than the traditional methods. This study also provides a good idea for the prediction of laterite bauxite in the other regions of the Indochina Peninsula.
- Bolaven Plateau,
- GIS,
- laterite bauxite,
- Boolean model,
- geochemistry,
- remote sensing

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