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JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 128, Issue -, Pages 84-96Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.12.011
Keywords
Mineral prospectivity mapping; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy AHP
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [41602339]
- Western Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [XBBS-2014-19]
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Major Project [201330121-3]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973Program) [2014CB440803]
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Mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM) is a multi-step process that ranks promising target areas for further exploration. Fuzzy logic and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP) are knowledge-driven MPM approaches. In this study, both approaches were used for data processing, based on which MPM was performed for porphyry and hydrothermal vein copper deposits in the Dananhu-Tousuquan island arc, Xinjiang. The results of the two methods were then compared. The two methods combined expert experience and the Studentized contrast (S(C)) values of the weights-of-evidence approach to calculate the weights of 15 layers, and these layers were then integrated by the gamma operator (gamma). Through prediction-area (P-A) plot analysis, the optimal gamma for fuzzy logic and fuzzy AHP was determined as 0.95 and 0.93, respectively. The thresholds corresponding to different levels of metallogenic probability were defined via concentration-area (C-A) fractal analysis. The prediction performances of the two methods were compared on this basis. The results showed that in MPM based on fuzzy logic, the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.806 and 81.48% of the known deposits were predicted, whereas in MPM based on fuzzy AHP, the area under the ROC curve was 0.862 and 92.59% of the known deposits were predicted. Therefore, prediction based on fuzzy AHP is more accurate and can provide directions for future prospecting. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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