One-level prediction-A numerical method for estimating undiscovered metal endowment
Nonrenewable Resources
By: R.B. McCammon and J.O. Kork
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Abstract
One-level prediction has been developed as a numerical method for estimating undiscovered metal endowment within large areas. The method is based on a presumed relationship between a numerical measure of geologic favorability and the spatial distribution of metal endowment. Metal endowment within an unexplored area for which the favorability measure is greater than a favorability threshold level is estimated to be proportional to the area of that unexplored portion. The constant of proportionality is the ratio of the discovered endowment found within a suitably chosen control region, which has been explored, to the area of that explored region. In addition to the estimate of undiscovered endowment, a measure of the error of the estimate is also calculated. One-level prediction has been used to estimate the undiscovered uranium endowment in the San Juan basin, New Mexico, U.S.A. A subroutine to perform the necessary calculations is included. ?? 1992 Oxford University Press.
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McCammon, R., Kork, J., 1992, One-level prediction-A numerical method for estimating undiscovered metal endowment: Nonrenewable Resources, v. 1, no. 2, p. 139-147, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01782267.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | One-level prediction-A numerical method for estimating undiscovered metal endowment |
| Series title | Nonrenewable Resources |
| DOI | 10.1007/BF01782267 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher location | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Nonrenewable Resources |
| First page | 139 |
| Last page | 147 |