Data generation for exploration geochemistry: Past, present and future

JE Bourdeau, SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, Y Ghorbani - Applied Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Geochemical surveys are a cornerstone for data generation in geosciences, facilitating
resource exploration. Geochemical data is essential for identifying mineralized areas …

Denoising of geochemical data using deep learning–implications for regional surveys

SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau, GT Nwaila, M Parsa… - Natural Resources …, 2024 - Springer
Regional geochemical surveys generate large amounts of data that can be used for a
number of purposes such as to guide mineral exploration. Modern surveys are typically …

[HTML][HTML] Deriving big geochemical data from high-resolution remote sensing data via machine learning: Application to a tailing storage facility in the Witwatersrand …

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau, Y Ghorbani… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Remote sensing data is a cheap form of surficial geoscientific data, and in terms of veracity,
velocity and volume, can sometimes be considered big data. Its spatial and spectral …

Workflow-induced uncertainty in data-driven mineral prospectivity map**

SE Zhang, CJM Lawley, JE Bourdeau… - Natural Resources …, 2024 - Springer
The primary goal of mineral prospectivity map** (MPM) is to narrow the search for mineral
resources by producing spatially selective maps. However, in the data-driven domain, MPM …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence-based anomaly detection of the Assen iron deposit in South Africa using remote sensing data from the Landsat-8 Operational Land …

GT Nwaila, SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau, Y Ghorbani… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most known mineral deposits were discovered by accident using expensive, time-
consuming, and knowledge-based methods such as stream sediment geochemical data …

Data-driven mineral prospectivity map** based on known deposits using association rules

X Yu, P Yu, K Wang, W Cao, Y Zhou - Natural Resources Research, 2024 - Springer
Recently, machine learning methods have been utilized to mine correlations between
geological variables and mineral deposits because of their significance in mineral …

Machine learning-based delineation of geodomain boundaries: A proof-of-concept study using data from the Witwatersrand Goldfields

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Machine-aided geological interpretation provides an opportunity for rapid and data-
driven decision-making. In disciplines such as geostatistics, the integration of machine …

[HTML][HTML] Big geochemical data through remote sensing for dynamic mineral resource monitoring in tailing storage facilities

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, S Agard, JE Bourdeau… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evolution in geoscientific data provides the mineral industry with new opportunities. A
direction of geochemical data generation evolution is towards big data to meet the demands …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced geochemical exploration knowledge using machine learning: Prediction of unknown elemental concentrations and operational prioritization of re …

SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau, GT Nwaila… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2022 - Elsevier
In exploration geochemistry, advances in the detection limit, breadth of elements analyze-
able, accuracy and precision of analytical instruments have motivated the re-analysis of …

Predictive geochemical exploration: Inferential generation of modern geochemical data, anomaly detection and application to northern Manitoba

JE Bourdeau, SE Zhang, CJM Lawley, M Parsa… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Geochemical surveys contain an implicit data lifecycle or pipeline that consists of data
generation (eg, sampling and analysis), data management (eg, quality assurance and …