Recognition of mineralization-related anomaly patterns through an autoencoder neural network for mineral exploration targeting

• Published in: Applied geochemistry Vol. 158; p. 105807
• Main Authors: Mirzabozorg, Seyyed Ataollah Agha Seyyed, Abedi, Maysam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2023
• Subjects: algorithms; data collection; geochemistry; Iran; mineralization; spatial data; uncertainty; Iran

In mineral potential mapping, supervised machine learning algorithms have shown great promise in delineating and prioritizing potential areas. However, since mineralization being a relatively rare geological event, most supervised machine learning-based models face substantial challenges in properly...