应用UMAP来识别精炼黄金来源,使用化学成分分析
Angel A Verbel1,2, Daniel D Gregory3, Maria Emilia Schutesky4
1Institute of Geosciences, Graduate Program in Geology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, D.F, Brazil. aaverbelo@unal.edu.co.
Scientific reports
|December 11, 2025
概括
使用统一多重近似和投影 (UMAP) 的地化学指纹可以追踪黄金的来源,即使混合. 这种方法有助于打击非法金矿开采,并促进资源的负责任管理.
科学领域:
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
- 法医科学 法医科学 法医科学
背景情况:
- 非法金矿开采在全球范围内造成了重大环境和社会经济损害.
- 准确的黄金来源归因是具有挑战性的,因为混合来源和加工.
- 现有的方法难以区分转化或混合黄金材料.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种用于金的地化学指纹的新方法.
- 评估统一多重近似和投影 (UMAP) 在黄金可追溯性的有效性.
- 支持打击非法黄金开采的努力,促进资源的负责任管理.
主要方法:
- 用概率向量和赫林格距离分析了黄金组成数据.
- 应用了统一的多重近似和投影 (UMAP),一种非线性维度减小技术.
- 在黄金生产链的各个阶段进行了地化学特征的比较.
主要成果:
- 根据其地化学成分,UMAP成功地可视化和集群金矿样本.
- 尽管采用了优化工艺,但黄金中保留了独特的地化学特征.
- UMAP在混合和转化黄金样本中发现了相似性和区别的有意义的模式.
结论:
- UMAP是一个强大的工具,用于黄金的地化学可追溯性.
- 这种方法增强了归因黄金来源的科学基础.
- 该方法支持监管框架和针对非法黄金贸易的司法诉讼.
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