Decomposition of anomaly patterns of multi-element geochemical signatures in Ahar area, NW Iran: a comparison of U-spatial statistics and fractal models

作者：Parsa Mohammad; Maghsoudi Abbas^*; Ghezelbash Reza

来源：Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016, 9(4): 260.

DOI：10.1007/s12517-016-2435-5

• Principle component analysis
• N-S fractal model
• C-A fractal model
• U-spatial statistics
• Student's t value
• Normalized density

The selection of an appropriate method for decomposition of anomaly patterns of stream sediment geochemical data is a challenging issue, as the geochemical anomalies of stream sediment data exhibit complex anomalous patterns. This study compares the results of delineation of multi-element geochemical anomalies of stream sediment data, derived via number-size (N-S) and concentration-area (C-A) fractal models and U-spatial statistics. Principle component analysis (PCA) was applied for Cu, Mo, and Au geochemical signatures to derive a multi-element geochemical signature associated with porphyry Cu deposits. Different geochemical populations of the multi-element geochemical signature were delineated by three modeling methods. We used the location of known porphyry Cu occurrences and employed two criteria of the Student's t value and the normalized density index for the comparison of modeling methods. Results revealed the superiority of the U-spatial statistics method over the rest of models. Furthermore, the results of C-A model were better compared with those of N-S model.

• 出版日期2016-4