Estimating the average concentration of minor and trace elements in surficial sediments using fractal methods

Multi-Gaussian kriging: a practice to enhance delineation of mineralized zones by Concentration–Volume fractal model in Dardevey iron ore deposit, SE Iran

“…Fractal/multifractal modeling established by Mandelbrot (1983) has been widely applied in different geoscience branches especially in the spatial modeling of different mineralized zones and geochemical anomalies (e.g., Afzal et al, 2011Afzal et al, , 2012Agterberg et al, 1993;Carranza, 2008;Cheng et al, 1994;Cheng, 1999Cheng, , 2007Heidari et al, 2013;Li et al, 2002Li et al, , 2003Li et al, , 2004Lima et al, 2003;Ma et al, 2014;Zuo et al, 2009Zuo et al, , 2012Zuo et al, , 2013Zuo and Wang, 2015). The Concentration-Volume (C-V) fractal model proposed by Afzal et al (2011) can be utilized to distinguish various mineralized zones with respect to the threshold values (breakpoints).…”