A geothermal reservoir causes inhomogeneity in the physical properties of the subsurface geology due to the high changes in temperature. These physical properties can be ob‐ served by means of varying anomalies from geophysical observations from the surface. These physical properties include electrical conductivity, rock density, magnetic suscepti‐ bility, rock elasticity, and, finally, the tem...

One of the major strengths of a Geographic Information System (GIS) in geosciences is the ability to integrate and combine multiple layers into mineral potential maps showing areas which are favorable for mineral exploration. These capabilities make GIS an extremely useful tool for mineral exploration. Several spatial modeling techniques can be employed to produce potential maps. However, these...

one of the major strengths of a geographic information system (gis) in geosciences is the ability to integrate and combine multiple layers into mineral potential maps showing areas which are favorable for mineral exploration. these capabilities make gis an extremely useful tool for mineral exploration. several spatial modeling techniques can be employed to produce potential maps. however, these...

Separation of geochemical anomalies from background has always been a major concern of exploration geochemistry. The search for methods that can make this analysis quantitative and objective aims not only at the reduction of subjectiveness but also at providing an automatic routine in exploration, assisting the interpretation and production of geochemical maps. This report discusses two methodo...

Detection of deep and hidden mineralization using the surface geochemical data is a challenging subject in the mineral exploration. In this work, a novel scenario based on the spectrum–area fractal analysis (SAFA) and the principal component analysis (PCA) has been applied to distinguish and delineate the blind and deep Mo anomaly in the Dalli Cu–Au porphyry mineralization area. The Dalli miner...

introduction mohammad-abad oryan is the only potential source of borate in the north-east of iran located in 50 km south of sabzevar. the area is located in tuff marl, tuffaceous marl, volcanic braccia and tuff braccia structures. remote sensing techniques, geological studies and integration of this data in gis were applied in an area of about 600 square kilometers to locate the promising areas...

This paper focuses on the relationships between the geological model and exploration techniques for porphyry Cu ± Au deposits, with reference to the discovery record and exploration practices over the past fifteen years. The porphyry model is built on a long record of study dating back to the 1960s which has been gradually refined to encompass differences and complexities in mineralization and ...

1Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia 2CSIRO Earth Science & Resource Engineering, 26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia 3Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Macquarie University, Macquarie, NSW 2109, Australia 4Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East...

Combined geostatistical and multifractal power-spectrum modelling of geochemical distributions can provide suitable indicators of metal dispersion, and is capable of analysing complex problems for targeting potential areas for mineral exploration. A case study analysing lake sediment geochemical data for the Gowganda area is presented and development of the methodology for spatial analysis of t...