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In regional exploration, layers of geochemical signatures play an important role for target generation of mineral deposits. In this paper, continuously-weighted geochemical signatures of podiform-type chromite deposits were first generated through a logistic-based method. Then, the efficient geochemical signatures integrated using a fuzzy S-norm operator for generation of a geochemical model. The results demonstrated that the generated geochemical model is a stronger predictor compared to each of the individual layers of geochemical signature and could be utilized efficiently for further exploration of the deposit-type sought in the study area.

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2018-06-11
2024-04-19
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