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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Research Article

Potential of hyperspectral-based geochemical predictions with neural networks for strategic and regional exploration improvement

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Pages 1197-1206 | Received 12 Dec 2021, Accepted 16 May 2022, Published online: 13 Jul 2022

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