Digital Exploration and Assessment of Mineral Resources: Theories, Methods and Achievements, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

“Digital geology” can be called a combination of “mathematical geology” and “information technology”, which is the data analysis component of geological science. Geological data science is a science that uses the general methodology of data to study geology based on the characteristics of geological data and the needs of geological works. The digital exploration and assessment of mineral resources manifest in the application of digital geology in mineral exploration to reduce ore-prospecting uncertainty and to improve ore-prospecting efficiency. The key digital geoscience knowledge lies in highly condensed information derived from raw geological, geochemistry, geophysics, and remote-sensing survey data, which can be used to derive quantitatively exact expressions of the underlying ore-forming processes, phenomena, and regularities. These scientific expressions can be used to predict the occurrence, development, and results of ore-forming events in geological time. Digital mineral exploration is a successful application of data geosciences combined with information technology in geosciences. This Special Issue of the first edition showcased mainly theories, methods, and achievements in digital mineral exploration and assessments in recent years. This Special Issue of the second edition will continue to show new research advances in digital mineral exploration and assessments.

Prof. Dr. Yongqing Chen
Dr. Jie Zhao
Dr. Jiangnan Zhao
Guest Editors

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