35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA


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Post Graduate Fund
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35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

GIS-based mineral prospectivity modelling

Description

This workshop would provide a quick-start introduction to GIS-based mineral prospectivity modeling. We aim to provide enough background to the participants to enable them to take up prosepctivity modeling independently.

Programme outline
Session 1 (8 am – 12 pm):

  • Introduction to GIS based mineral prospectivity modelling
  • Concepts and flow chart of methodology for prospectivity modelling
  • Brief overview of GIS tools used for derivation of input maps

Day 2: Prospectivity Modelling Approaches
Session 2 (2 pm – 6 pm):

  • Data drive model – Weights of evidence (WofE) modeling
  • Theory and Concepts of WofE
  • Implementation of WofE

Presenters

Name Organisation Email address
Prof. Alok Porwal      IIT Bombay aporwal@iitb.ac.in
Bijal Chudasama bijal.chudasama@gmail.com
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