An integrated approach to identify quantitative sources and hazardous areas of heavy metals in soils

J Lv, Y Liu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Identifying quantitative sources and hazardous areas of heavy metals is a crucial issue for
soil management. For this purpose, an integrated approach composed of finite mixture …

A study of the lake sediment geochemistry of the Melville Peninsula using multivariate methods: applications for predictive geological mapping

EC Grunsky, UA Mueller, D Corrigan - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2014 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of predictive geological mapping was tested using re-analyzed lake
sediment geochemical data from lakes across the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada …

Projection pursuit multivariate transform

RM Barnett, JG Manchuk, CV Deutsch - Mathematical Geosciences, 2014 - Springer
Transforming complex multivariate geological data to a Gaussian distribution is an important
and challenging problem in geostatistics. A variety of transforms are available for this goal …

Geometallurgical modeling at Olympic dam mine, South Australia

JB Boisvert, ME Rossi, K Ehrig, CV Deutsch - Mathematical Geosciences, 2013 - Springer
Modeling of geometallurgical variables is becoming increasingly important for improved
management of mineral resources. Mineral processing circuits are complex and depend on …

Multivariate block-support simulation of the Yandi iron ore deposit, Western Australia

A Boucher, R Dimitrakopoulos - Mathematical Geosciences, 2012 - Springer
Mineral deposits frequently contain several elements of interest that are spatially correlated
and require the use of joint geostatistical simulation techniques in order to generate models …

Multivariate spatial analysis of lake sediment geochemical data; Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada

UA Mueller, EC Grunsky - Applied Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
A multivariate spatial analysis was conducted on a suite of glacial till geochemical data
collected over the Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. Previous studies demonstrated …

Modelling geomechanical heterogeneity of rock masses using direct and indirect geostatistical conditional simulation methods

H Eivazy, K Esmaieli, R Jean - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2017 - Springer
An accurate characterization and modelling of rock mass geomechanical heterogeneity can
lead to more efficient mine planning and design. Using deterministic approaches and …

Source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve, China: The application of three receptor models and …

M Zhang, J Lv - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yellow River Delta (YRD) wetland, the most important estuary wetland in
eastern China, has an important ecosystem service function. Rapid and intensive …

Joint high-order simulation of spatially correlated variables using high-order spatial statistics

I Minniakhmetov, R Dimitrakopoulos - Mathematical Geosciences, 2017 - Springer
Joint geostatistical simulation techniques are used to quantify uncertainty for spatially
correlated attributes, including mineral deposits, petroleum reservoirs, hydrogeological …

Unifed modelling and simultaneous optimization of open pit mining complexes with supply uncertainty

R Goodfellow - 2014 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
ABSTRACT A mining complex is an integrated business that extracts materials from open pit
or underground mines, treats extracted materials via a series of processing facilities that are …