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International
journals guest editing
- Porwal, A. and Gonzalez-Alvarez
(Guest Editors), Geologic remote sensing and spectroscopy, Ore Geology Reviews
(2017)
- Porwal, A. and Carranza, E.J.M.,
(Guest Editors), GIS-based mineral prospectivity modeling,
Ore Geology Reviews. (2016)
- Kreuzer, O.P. and Porwal, A.
(Guest Editors), Prospectivity Analysis, Special issue on mineral prospectivity
mapping, quantitative assessment, Ore Geology Reviews (2010)
International
monographs/bulletin/technical reports/book chapters
- Thakur, S., Porwal, A., Chudasama, B. Global grade tonnage modelling of uranium
deposits, in: Fairclough, M. (ed.), Quantitative and
spatial modelling of uranium resources. IAEA TechDoc
(Accepted)
- Kreuzer, O.P., Chudasama, B., Thakur, S., Porwal, A., Surficial uranium
systems in Western Australia: prospective tracts and undiscovered endowment,
in: Fairclough, M. (ed.), Quantitative and spatial
modelling of uranium resources. IAEA TechDoc
(Accepted)
- Jaireth, S., Porwal, A. Spatial and
quantitative modeling of uranium resources. in: Fairclough, M. (ed.), Quantitative and spatial modelling of
uranium resources. IAEA TechDoc (Accepted)
- Xiao, K., Li, N., Porwal, A.,
Holden, E. J., Bagas, L., & Lu, Y. (2016).
Research on GIS-Based 3D Prospectivity Mapping and a Case Study of Jiama Copper-Polymetallic Deposit in Tibet, China. In Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the
Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment (pp. 735-740).
Springer International Publishing.
- Joly, A., Dentith,
M, Porwal, A, Spaggiari, CV, Tyler, IM, McCuaig, TC. (2013) An integrated geological and
geophysical study of the west Arunta Orogen and its mineral prospectivity.
Geological Survey of Western Australia Special Bulletin, 89 pp.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2011), Mathematical models for mapping the potential of mineral
deposits. In: Ed. P. Ghosh, Numerical Methods and Models in Earth Science, New
India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India, 99-117
- Porwal A. and Carranza, E.J.M.
(2008), Classifiers for modeling of mineral
potential, In: Bayesian Belief Networks: A Practical Guide to Applications,
Eds. Olivier Pourret, Patrick Naim
and Bruce G. Marcot, John Wiley & Sons, p.
149-171.
- Markwitz, V., Porwal, A. and Kreuzer, O.
(2008), Regalpoint Uranium - CET Collaborative
Research Project: Uranium models for exploration targeting, conceptual and
empirical prospectivity analyses. CET technical report, the University of
Western Australia, 166 pp.
- Kreuzer, O.P., Porwal, A.K., and Markwitz, V., (2007), The Regalpoint
Uranium research project: objectives, approach and results. Confidential report
to Transcontinental Group, Australia, 42 p., 13 maps, and 1 CD-ROM.
- Kreuzer, O.P., Porwal, A.K., and Markwitz, V., (2007), Uranium prospectivity analysis: Northern
Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. Confidential
Report to Transcontinental Group, Australia, 18 p., 7 maps, and 1 CD-ROM.
- Kreuzer, O.P., Porwal, A.K., and Markwitz, V., (2007), The Regalpoint
Uranium research project: objectives, approach and results. Confidential report
to Transcontinental Group, Australia, 42 p., 13 maps, and 1 CD-ROM.
- Kreuzer, O.P., Porwal, A.K., and Markwitz, V., (2007), Uranium prospectivity analysis:
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
Confidential Report to Transcontinental Group, Australia, 18 p., 7 maps, and 1
CD-ROM.
International
peer-reviewed journal papers
- Acharya, D., Porwal, A., &
Bhattacharya, A. (2016). Remote detection of geological structures: an
application to the Aravalli region, western India. Geocarto
International, 1-17.
- Chudasama, B., Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O. P.,
& Butera, K. (2016). Geology, geodynamics and
orogenic gold prospectivity modelling of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin,
Ghana, West Africa. Ore Geology Reviews,78, 692-711.
- Porwal, A., Das, R. D.,
Chaudhary, B., Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., & Kreuzer, O. (2015). Fuzzy inference
systems for prospectivity modeling of mineral systems
and a case-study for prospectivity mapping of surficial Uranium in Yeelirrie
Area, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 839-852.
- Porwal, A., & Carranza, E. J.
M. (2015). Introduction to the Special Issue: GIS-based mineral potential
modelling and geological data analyses for mineral exploration. Ore Geology
Reviews, 71, 477-483.
- Asadi, H. H., Porwal, A., Fatehi, M., Kianpouryan, S.,
& Lu, Y. J. (2015). Exploration feature selection applied to hybrid data
integration modeling: Targeting copper-gold potential
in central Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 819-838.
- Mohan, B. K., & Porwal, A.
(2015). Hyperspectral image processing and analysis. CURRENT SCIENCE, 108(5),
833.
- Pal, M. K., & Porwal, A.
(2015). A Local Brightness Normalization (LBN) algorithm for destriping Hyperion images. International Journal of Remote
Sensing, 36(10), 2674-2696.
- Joly, A., Porwal, A., McCuaig, T. C., Chudasama, B., Dentith, M. C., & Aitken, A. R. (2015). Mineral systems
approach applied to GIS-based 2D-prospectivity modelling of geological regions:
Insights from Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 673-702.
- Xiao, K., Li, N., Porwal, A.,
Holden, E. J., Bagas, L., & Lu, Y. (2015).
GIS-based 3D prospectivity mapping: A case study of Jiama
copper-polymetallic deposit in Tibet, China. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 611-632.
- Bhattacharya, A., Porwal, A., Dhingra, S, De, S., Venkataraman,
G. (2015) Remote estimation of dielectric permittivity of lunar surface regolith using compact polarimetric
synthetic aperture radar data, Advances in Space Research vol. 56, no.11, pp.
2439-2448.
- Lisitsin, V. A., Porwal, A., & McCuaig, T. C. (2014). Probabilistic fuzzy logic modeling: quantifying uncertainty of mineral prospectivity
models using Monte Carlo simulations. Mathematical Geosciences, 46(6), 747-769.
- Lisitsin, V., Gonzalez-Alvarez, I.,
Porwal, A. (2013) Regional prospectivity analysis for hydrothermal-remobilised
nickel mineral systems in western Victoria, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews
Special Issue 52, 100-112.
- Yu, L., Porwal, A., Holden, E.
J., & Dentith, M. C. (2012). Towards automatic
lithological classification from remote sensing data using support vector
machines. Computers & Geosciences, 45, 229-239.
- Joly, A., Porwal, A., & McCuaig, T. C. (2012). Exploration targeting for orogenic
gold deposits in the Granites-Tanami Orogen: mineral system analysis, targeting
model and prospectivity analysis. Ore Geology Reviews,48, 349-383.
- Yu, L., Porwal, A., Holden, E.
J., & Dentith, M. C. (2011). Suppression of
vegetation in multispectral remote sensing images. International journal of
remote sensing, 32(22), 7343-7357.
- Markwitz, V., Maier, W. D.,
Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., McCuaig, T. C., & Porwal,
A. (2010). Magmatic nickel sulfide mineralization in
Zimbabwe: Review of deposits and development of exploration criteria for
prospectivity analysis. Ore Geology Reviews, 38(3), 139-155.
- Koek, M., Kreuzer, O. P., Maier, W.
D., Porwal, A. K., Thompson, M., & Guj, P.
(2010). A review of the PGM industry, deposit models and exploration practices:
Implications for Australia's PGM potential. Resources Policy,35(1), 20-35.
- Mamuse, A., Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O.,
& Beresford, S. (2010). Spatial statistical analysis of the distribution of
komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposits in the Kalgoorlie terrane, western Australia: clustered or not?
Economic Geology, 105(1), 229-242.
- Porwal, A., Gonzalez-Alvarez, I.,
Markwitz, V., McCuaig, T.
C., & Mamuse, A. (2010). Weights-of-evidence and
logistic regression modeling of magmatic nickel sulfide prospectivity in the Yilgarn Craton, Western
Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 38(3), 184-196.
- Bai, J., Porwal, A., Hart, C.,
Ford, A., & Yu, L. (2010). Mapping geochemical singularity using
multifractal analysis: Application to anomaly definition on stream sediments
data from Funin Sheet, Yunnan, China. Journal of
Geochemical Exploration, 104(1), 1-11.
- Kreuzer, O.P., Markwitz, V., Porwal, A., McCuaig,
T.C.M. (2010), A Continent-Wide Study of Australia's Uranium Potential. Part I:
GIS-Assisted ("Manual") Prospectivity Analysis. Ore Geology Reviews,
Available online 20 August 2010, ISSN 0169-1368, DOI: 10.1016/ j.oregeorev.2010.08.003
- Porwal, A. K., & Kreuzer, O.
P. (2010). Introduction to the special issue: mineral prospectivity analysis
and quantitative resource estimation. Ore Geology Reviews, 38(3), 121-127.
- Fallon, M., Porwal, A., & Guj, P. (2010). Prospectivity analysis of the Plutonic Marymia Greenstone Belt, Western Australia. Ore Geology
Reviews, 38(3), 208-218.
- Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., Porwal, A.,
Beresford, S. W., McCuaig, T. C., & Maier, W. D.
(2010). Hydrothermal Ni prospectivity analysis of Tasmania, Australia. Ore
Geology Reviews, 38(3), 168-183.
- Mamuse, A., Beresford, S., Porwal, A.,
& Kreuzer, O. (2010). Assessment of undiscovered nickel sulphide resources,
Kalgoorlie Terrane, Western Australia: Part 1.
Deposit and endowment density models. Ore Geology Reviews, 37(3), 141-157.
- Koek, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Maier, W.D.,
Porwal, A., Thompson, M., and Guj, P. (2009), A
review of the PGM industry, deposit models and exploration practices:
Implications for Australian PGM potential. Resource Policy, v. 34 (3), p.
121-132.
- Mamuse, A., Porwal, A. and Kreuzer, O.
(2009), A new method for spatial centrographic
analysis of mineral deposit clusters. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 36(4), p.
292-305.
- McCuaig, T.C.M., Porwal, A. and Gessner,
K. (2009), Fooling ourselves: recognizing uncertainty and bias in exploration
targeting, CET Quarterly Newsletter, v 2(7), p. 1-8.
- Gessner, K. and Porwal, A.
(2008), Tectonic controls on ore deposits in hot continental crust: thermal
models and spatial analyses, CET Quarterly Newsletter, v 1(5), p. 9-11.
- Porwal, A. (2008), GIS-based
mineral prospectivity mapping using hybrid neuro-fuzzy models, CET Quarterly
Newsletter, v 1(5), p. 1-7.
- Porwal, A. (2007), Base-metal
prospectivity mapping of the Aravalli Province, western India - A spatial
mathematical approach. SGEG Newsletter, Geological Society of Australia, v. 4,
p. 3-19
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2006), Bayesian network classifiers for mineral potential mapping.
Computers & Geosciences, v. 32(1), p. 1-16.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2006), Tectonostratigraphy and base-metal
mineralization controls, Aravalli province (western India): new interpretations
from geophysical data analysis. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 29(3-4), p. 287-306.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2006), A hybrid fuzzy weights of evidence model for mineral potential
mapping. Natural Resources Research, v. 15(1), p.1-14.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2004), A hybrid neuro-fuzzy model for mineral potential mapping. Mathematical
Geology, v. 36(7), 803-826.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2003), Artificial neural networks for mineral potential mapping.
Natural Resources Research, v. 12(3), 1-15.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2003), Extended Weights-of-evidence modeling
for predictive mapping of base-metal deposit potential in Aravalli Province,
Western India. Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 10(4), 155-163.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M., and
Hale, M. (2003), Knowledge-driven and data-driven fuzzy models for mineral
potential mapping. Natural Resources Research, v. 12(1), 1-25.
- Porwal, A., Carranza, E.J.M.,
Hale, M. (2002), Artificial neural networks for mineral potential mapping.
Abstracts of Internal Symposium on Mineral Exploration, p. 18.
International
peer-reviewed conference proceeding papers
- Amrutkar, R., Parakh,
K., Chudasama, B., Thakur, S., Aranha,
M., & Porwal, A. (2016). Laboratory-based, field-based, and satellite-borne
spectroscopy for lithological discrimination. In SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote
Sensing (pp. 98801P-98801P). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
(Poster)
- Parakh, K., Thakur, S., Chudasama, B., Tirodkar, S.,
Porwal, A., & Bhattacharya, A. (2016). Machine learning and spectral
techniques for lithological classification. In SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing
(pp. 98801P-98801P). International Society for Optics and Photonics. (Poster)
- Thakur, S., Chudasama,
B., Porwal, A., & Gonzalez-Alvarez, I. (2016). Sub-surface paleochannel detection in DeGrussa
area, Western Australia, using thermal infrared remote sensing. In SPIE
Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing (pp. 98772C-98772C). International Society for
Optics and Photonics. (Poster)
- Ahluwalia, A., Manickam, S., Bhattacharya, A., & Porwal, A. (2016).
Urban area mapping from polarimetric SAR data using
fuzzy inference system. In SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing (pp.
987721-987721). International Society for Optics and Photonics. (Poster)
- Pal, MK, Porwal, A (2016) Dimensionality Reduction of Hyperspectral Data:
Band Selection Using Curve Fitting, SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 4 - 7
April 2016, New Delhi, India. (Poster)
- Pal M. K., Porwal A. (2016)
Vegetation Suppression for Unveiling of Surface Lithology from Hyperspectral
Images Using Linear Spectral Unmixing Approach, 2016
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 10 July - 15 July
2016, Beijing, China (accepted). (Oral)
- Pal M. K., Porwal A., 2016.
Optimizing Classification Using Multi-Classifiers for Spaceborne
Hyperspectral Dataset, WHISPERS-2016, 21 st -24 th August 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA (accepted).
- Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal,A.,
2016. Origin of Mass Wasting Features In Juventae Chasma, Mars. R. Sarkar,
P. Singh, Ganesh. I, A. Porwal Proceedings of the 47th Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1876 (Poster)
- Singh, P., Sarkar, R., Ganesh.
I., Porwal, A., 2016. Origin of Fluvial Channels in the Walls of Juventae Chasma: evidences of
groundwater sapping? Proceedings of the 47 th Lunar
and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract #1878 (Poster)
- Chudasama, B., Porwal, A., Kreuzer, O.P.
(2015) Modelling gold prospectivity in the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin,
Ghana, West Africa, using fuzzy inference systems (FIS), Mineral Resources In A Sustainable World, 13th SGA Biennial Meeting 2015.
Proceedings, Volume 4, pp. 1583-1586 (Poster)
- Porwal, A., Chudasama,
B., Das, R. D., Kreuzer, O.P. (2015) Surficial uranium targeting model and
prospectivity mapping of the Yeelirrie Area, Western Australia, Mineral
Resources In A Sustainable World, 13th SGA Biennial
Meeting 2015. Proceedings, Volume 5, pp. 1871- 1874 (Poster)
- Sarkar, R., Singh, P., Porwal,
A., 2015. Identification of Aqueous Minerals and Subsurface/Interstitial Ice
Signatures from a Crater in Thaumasia, Mars. Proceedings
of the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, Abstract
#1784 (Oral)
- Sarkar,R., Singh, P., Porwal,A.,
2015. Ductile and Brittle Deformational Features Within the Light Toned Mounds
of Juventae Chasma, Mars.
Proceedings of the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas,
Abstract #1788 (Poster)
- Pal M. K., Porwal A., 2015.
Spectral noise reduction and smoothing using local cubic least square
regression from Hyperion reflectance data, 2015 IEEE 2nd International Conference
on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks, pp. 752-755, 19-20 February,
2015, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Oral)
- Pal M. K., Porwal A., 2015. Destriping of Hyperion Images Using Low-Pass- Filter and
Local-Brightness- Normalization, 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Symposium, 26 July - 31 July 2015, Milan, Italy. (Poster)
- Sarkar, R., Porwal A., 2014.
Light toned layers in a crater in Thaumasia, Mars.
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geoscience Society,
Sapporo, Japan,p. 336 (Oral)
- Joly, A., Aitken, A., Dentith, M., McCuaig, T. C.,
Porwal, A., Smithies, H., ... & Evans, S. (2012). Architecture and
evolution of the West Musgrave Province, and implications for mineral
prospectivity. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2012(1), 1-4. (Oral)
- Koek, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Maier,
W.D., Porwal, A., Thompson, M., and Guj, P.
(2009), A review of the PGM industry, deposit models and exploration
practices: Implications for Australian PGM potential. SGA meeting, Townsville,
Australia.
- Fallon, M., Guj, P. and Porwal, A. (2009), Prospectivity Analysis of
the Plutonic Marymia Greenstone Belt,
Western Australia. SGA meeting, Townsville, Australia.
- Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., Joly,
A., McCuaig, T.C., Porwal, A. (2009), Potential
Greenstone Belt Continuity Undercover, Zimbabwe. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., 2009.
- Porwal, A.,
Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., Markwitz, V., McCuaig, T.C., Mamuse, A.
(2009), Regional-scale nickel sulfide prospectivity
mapping of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. SGA meeting, Townsville,
Australia.
- Markwitz, V., Gonzalez-Alvarez, I.,
Maier, W., McCuaig, T.C., Porwal, A. (2009),
Nickel Deposits in Archaean Greenstone Belts in Zimbabwe: Review and
Prospectivity Analysis. SGA, Townsville, Australia.
- Porwal, A., (2008), Bayesian
Network Classifiers for GIS-based mineral prospectivity mapping. Australian
Earth Science Convention Abstracts p. 203.
- Porwal, A.,
(2008), Spatial mathematical models for mineral prospectivity
mapping. Australian Earth Science Convention Abstracts p. 203.
- Porwal, A. and Hale, M. (2000),
GIS-based weights-of-evidence analysis for predictive mineral mapping: a case
study from Aravalli province, western India, Proceedings of XIV International
Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, p. 377-384.
- Porwal, A. and Sides, E.J.
(2000), A predictive model for base metal exploration in a GIS
environment. International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, v.
XXXIII, part B7, Amsterdam, 1178-1184