?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F565%2F&rft.title=Using+fractals+and+power+laws+to+predict+the+location+of+mineral+deposits&rft.creator=Broadgate%2C+M.&rft.creator=Cheng%2C+Q.&rft.creator=Hayward%2C+N.&rft.creator=Jennings%2C+L.&rft.subject=Materials&rft.description=Around+the+world+the+mineral+exploration+industry+is+interested+in+getting+that+small+increase+in+probability+measure+on+the+earth's+surface+of+where+the+next+large+undiscovered+deposit+might+be+found.+In+particular+WMC+Resources+Ltd+has+operations+world+wide+looking+for+just+that+edge+in+the+detection+of+very+large+deposits+of%2C+for+example%2C+gold.+Since+the+pioneering+work+of+Mandelbrot%2C+geologists+have+been+familiar+with+the+concept+of+fractals+and+self+similarity+over+a+few+orders+of+magnitude+for+geological+features.+This+includes+the+location+and+size+of+deposits+within+a+particular+mineral+province.+Fractal+dimensions+have+been+computed+for+such+provinces+and+similarities+of+these+aggregated+measures+between+provinces+have+been+noted.+This+paper+explores+the+possibility+of+making+use+of+known+information+to+attempt+the+inverse+process.+That+is%2C+from+lesser+dimensional+measures+of+a+mineral+province%2C+for+example%2C+fractal+dimension+or+more+generally+multi-fractal+measures%2C+is+it+possible+to+infer%2C+even+with+small+increase+in+probability%2C+where+the+unknown+(preferably+large)+deposits+might+be+located.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F565%2F1%2FUsing-fractals-and-power-laws-to-predict-the-location-of-mineral-deposits.pdf&rft.identifier=++Broadgate%2C+M.+and+Cheng%2C+Q.+and+Hayward%2C+N.+and+Jennings%2C+L.++(2001)+Using+fractals+and+power+laws+to+predict+the+location+of+mineral+deposits.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++