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Yan, Qun; Xue, Linfu; Li, Yongsheng; Wang, Rui; Ding, Ke; Xu, Zhenglin (2025) Mineral prospectivity mapping using geological map semantic knowledge graph embedding: a case study of gold prospecting in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, China. International Journal of Digital Earth, 18 (1). doi:10.1080/17538947.2025.2517827

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Reference Type	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Title	Mineral prospectivity mapping using geological map semantic knowledge graph embedding: a case study of gold prospecting in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, China
Journal	International Journal of Digital Earth
Authors	Yan, Qun		Author
	Xue, Linfu		Author
	Li, Yongsheng		Author
	Wang, Rui		Author
	Ding, Ke		Author
	Xu, Zhenglin		Author
Year	2025 (December 31)	Volume	18
Issue	1
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
DOI	doi:10.1080/17538947.2025.2517827Search in ResearchGate
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Mindat Ref. ID	18595864	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:18595864:0
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Full Reference	Yan, Qun; Xue, Linfu; Li, Yongsheng; Wang, Rui; Ding, Ke; Xu, Zhenglin (2025) Mineral prospectivity mapping using geological map semantic knowledge graph embedding: a case study of gold prospecting in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, China. International Journal of Digital Earth, 18 (1). doi:10.1080/17538947.2025.2517827
Plain Text	Yan, Qun; Xue, Linfu; Li, Yongsheng; Wang, Rui; Ding, Ke; Xu, Zhenglin (2025) Mineral prospectivity mapping using geological map semantic knowledge graph embedding: a case study of gold prospecting in Ankang, Shaanxi Province, China. International Journal of Digital Earth, 18 (1). doi:10.1080/17538947.2025.2517827
In	(2025, December) International Journal of Digital Earth Vol. 18 (1). Informa UK Limited

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