Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Nebraska– Lincoln and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy produced a 1 km resolution global land cover characteristics database for use in a wide range of continentalto global-scale environmental studies. This database provides a unique view of the broad patterns of the biogeographical and ecoclimatic diversity...

The Mineral Potential Project currently being undertaken in British Columbia requires estimation d unknown mineral resources. The method of resource assessment known as the BC Mineral Resource Assessment Process [19931. is described by Kilby (1995, this volume) and in Grunsky et al. (1.994). The method is based on the three-part ssessment methodology developed by the United States Geologica...

introduction the lulak abad iron occurrence is located in the northwestern part of the central iran, 55 km west of zanjan. mineralization at the lulak abad area was originally identified by zamin gostar company (2007), during a geophysical exploration. the present paper provides an overview of the geological framework, the mineralization characteristics, and the results of a geochemical study o...

sarbisheh mineral occurrence is located in the vicinity of the tourshab village about 50 km south of birjand, the center of southern khorassan province, east iran. the predominant geologic characteristics of the region are highly-tectonic deformation, and intrusive, granodiroritic-dioritic, to volcanic, dacitic-andsitic rocks associated with broad alteration. to the northern part of the studied...

In the last decades, helicopter-borne electromagnetic (HEM) method became a focus of interest in the fields of mineral exploration, geological mapping, groundwater resource investigation and environmental monitoring. As a standard approach, researchers use 1-D inversion of the acquired HEM data to recover the conductivity/resistivity-depth models. Since the relation between HEM data and model ...

The risks of developing mineral resources need to be known as accurately as possible. This process should start at the exploration stage and continue through feasibility to the development stage. Until recently, this type of analysis was carried out manually, leading to subjective judgments. Many mining companies have built up extensive exploration geological databases, which represent signific...

It is related to the realization of the benefit of state-owned resources and the long retainable development of the country to evaluate the mining property rights to improve the using rate of the mineral resources. Guided by the principle of prospective return, a method for evaluating geological potential value was put forward which emphasized on the valuation of geological techniques. A coeffi...

Hyperspectral imaging can provide both continuously spatial and spectral information of the Earth's surface that allows us mapping of the regional geological and mineral resources information. One of the most successful applications of hyperspectral imaging remote sensing identified was regional geological and mineral resource surveys. A light-weight airborne hyperspectral imaging system (LAHIS...