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Frits Agterberg. Aspects of Regional and Worldwide Mineral Resource Prediction. Journal of Earth Science, 2021, 32(2): 279-287. doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1397-4
Citation: Frits Agterberg. Aspects of Regional and Worldwide Mineral Resource Prediction. Journal of Earth Science, 2021, 32(2): 279-287. doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1397-4
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Aspects of Regional and Worldwide Mineral Resource Prediction

doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1397-4

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  • Corresponding author: Frits Agterberg, frits@rogers.com
  • Received Date: 22 Nov 2020
  • Accepted Date: 18 Dec 2020
  • Publish Date: 01 Apr 2021
    Abstract
  • The purpose of this contribution is to highlight four topics of regional and worldwide mineral resource prediction: (1) use of the jackknife for bias elimination in regional mineral potential assessments; (2) estimating total amounts of metal from mineral potential maps; (3) fractal/multifractal modeling of mineral deposit density data in permissive areas; and (4) worldwide and large-areas metal size-frequency distribution modeling. The techniques described in this paper remain tentative because they have not been widely researched and applied in mineral potential studies. Although most of the content of this paper has previously been published, several perspectives for further research are suggested.

     

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