Writing

Below, you’ll find my writing organized by publication type and year. For questions on any specific publication, feel free to message me.

Publications

2024

1.  Sadeghi, B. *, Molayemat, H., Pawlowsky-Glahn, 2024 ‘How to choose a proper representation of compositional data for mineral exploration?’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Special Issue on “Compositional Data Analysis 40 years after the paper of 1982 by John Aitchison: state of the art, perspectives and developments”, 259, 107425 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107425).

2.      Akbarpour, A., Ghalamghash, J., Azizi, H., Sadeghi, B. *, 2024 ‘Mineralogy, geochemistry and mineralization of Maimoon-abad iron ore deposit, northwest of Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 259, 107427 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107427).

3.      Akbarpour, A., Vanaei, M., Sadeghi, B. *, 2024 ‘Geology, mineralogy, and alteration of the Cu-Pb veins, and their significance in mineral exploration: a case study in the Khajeh-Nezam area, SE Iran’, Geochemistry, Special Issue on “Critical Minerals: Current Perspectives” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2023.126041).


2023

1. Akbarpour, A., Vanaei, M., Sadeghi, B. *, 2023 ‘Geology, mineralogy, and alteration of the Cu-Pb veins, and their significance in mineral exploration: a case study in the Khajeh-Nezam area, SE Iran’, Geochemistry, Special Issue on “Critical Minerals: Current Perspectives” (In press: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2023.126041).

2. Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R., 2023 ‘Decision-making within geochemical exploration data based on spatial uncertainty- A new insight and a futuristic review’, Ore Geology Reviews, Volume 161, October 2023, 105660 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105660).

3.      Afzal, P., Gholami, H., Madani, N., Yasrebi, A.B., Sadeghi, B. *, 2023 ‘Mineral resource classification using geostatistical and fractal simulation in the Masjed Daghi Cu-Mo porphyry deposit, NW Iran’, Minerals, Special Issue of “Advanced Data Analytics in Earth and Environmental Sciences”, 13, 370. (https://doi.org/10.3390/min13030370)

4.      Heidari, M., Afzal. P., Sadeghi, B.*, 2023 ‘Miocene tectono-magmatic events and gold mineralization in the Takab-Delijan belt, Iran’, Geochemistry, 83(1), 125944 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2022.125944).

5.      Sadeghi, B., 2023 ‘Decision-making for follow-up mineral exploration based on spatial uncertainty of geochemical data’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, Trondheim, Norway.

6.      Sadeghi, B., 2023 ‘How to use a decision-making process to target geochemical anomalies based on frequency and Bayesian frameworks?’, Target 2023 conference, Targeting for a New Era of Discovery.

7.      Madani, N., Sadeghi, B., Maleki, M., 2023 ‘Evaluation of the consistency of geostatistical algorithms for resource modelling of critical elements’, WMC 2023, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN: 978-0-646-87565-1).

8.      Sadeghi, B. * and Cohen, D., 2023 ‘Discrimination of anthropogenic contamination and the effects of mineralization in soils from background patterns using multifractal modelling: Cyprus case study’, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-1585, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1585.

9.      Sadeghi B. * (2023) Variogram. In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1609–1613. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_344-1

10.      Sadeghi, B. * (2023): “Concentration-Area Plot” (Solo-authored). In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 169–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_64-1

11.   Sadeghi, B. * (2023) Spectrum-Area Method. In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1398–1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_310-1

12.   Sadeghi, B. * (2023): “Lotfi A. Zadeh biography” (Solo-authored) .In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1643–1646. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_385-1

13.   Sadeghi B. *, Ortiz J.M. (2023) Simulation. In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1322–1328. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_292-1

14.   Sadeghi, B. *, Agterberg F. (2023) Singularity Analysis. In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1332–1339. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_296-1

15.   Sadeghi, B. *, Grunsky E., Pawlowsky-Glahn V. (2023) Uncertainty Quantification. In: Daya Sagar B., Cheng Q., McKinley J., Agterberg F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 1583–1589. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_334-1

16.   Sadeghi, B. *, Porwal, A., Pour, A.B., Rahimzadegan, M. (2023). Fuzzy Set Theory in Geosciences. In: Daya Sagar, B.S., Cheng, Q., McKinley, J., Agterberg, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham., 454–463. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_10-1

2022

1.      Saein, L.D., Afzal, P., Shahbazi, S, Sadeghi, B. *, 2022 ‘Application of an improved zonality index model integrated with multivariate fractal analysis: epithermal gold deposits’, Geopersia, 12(2), pp. 379–394 (DOI: 10.22059/GEOPE.2022.339864.648652).

2.      Sadeghi, B. *, 2022 ‘Chatterjee Correlation Coefficient: A robust alternative for classic correlation methods in geochemical studies - (including “TripleCpy” Python package)’, Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 146, 104954 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104954).

3.      Farhadi, S., Afzal, P., Boveiri Konari, M., Daneshvar Saein, L., Sadeghi, B. *, 2022 ‘Combination of Machine Learning Algorithms with Concentration-area Fractal Method for Soil Geochemical Anomaly Detection in Sediment-Hosted Irankuh Pb-Zn Deposit, Central Iran’, section of “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications”, vol. 12(6), 689 (https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060689).

4.      Yilmaz, H., Sadeghi, B., Cohen, D.R., 2022 ‘The efficiency of fractal techniques in geochemical anomaly delineation within BLEG and <180 μm stream sediments in Western Turkey’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2022.106957).

5.      Wang, H., Yuan, Z., Cheng, Q., Zhang, S., Sadeghi, B. *, 2022 ‘Geochemical anomaly definition using stream sediments landscape modeling’, Ore Geology Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104715).

6.      Daneshvar Saein, L., Afzal, P., Shahbazi, S., Sadeghi, B. 2022 ‘Application of an improved zonality index model integrated with multivariate fractal analysis: epithermal gold deposits’, Geopersia (In press).

7.      Wang, H., Sadeghi, B., 2022 ‘Discrimination of geochemical anomalies using geological constraints and geochemical landscape modeling’, Mineral Prospectivity and Exploration Targeting–MinProXT 2022 Webinar, Conference Proceedings, pp. 41–45.

8.      Sadeghi, B. *, Grunsky, E., 2022 ‘Predictive Lithologic Mapping and Prediction of Potential Mineral Resources using a Probabilistic Approach with Multivariate Methods: a case study in Western Yilgarn, Australia’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, Nancy, France.

9.      Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D., and Müller, D. 2022 ‘Improved decision-making in geochemical sampling based on both frequency and Bayesian frameworks’, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-14, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-14.

10.   Farahbakhsh, E., Sadeghi, B., Müller, D., Chandra, R. 2022 ‘An improved generative adversarial network for mapping geochemical anomalies’, 16th Biennial Meeting SGA 2022, Rotorua, NZ.

11.  Sadeghi, B. *, Grunsky, E., 2022 ‘Compositional-Category-Based modeling: a new insight for geochemical anomaly classification’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, Nancy, France.

2021

1.     Heidari, S.M., Afzal, P., Ghaderi, M., Sadeghi, B. * 2021 ‘Detection of mineralization stages using zonality and multifractal modeling based on geological and geochemical data in the Au-(Cu) intrusion-related Gouzal-Bolagh deposit, NW Iran’, Ore Geology Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104561).

2.      Sadeghi, B. *, Zhao, H., Holzheid, A. 2021 ‘Preface: Mineral exploration: a journey from fieldwork, to laboratory work, computational modelling and mineral processing’, Geochemistry, Special Issue of “Mineral exploration: a journey from fieldwork, to laboratory work, computational modelling and mineral processing”, vol. 81, Issue 4 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2021.125825).

3.      Sadeghi, B. *, 2021 ‘Simulated-multifractal models: a futuristic review of multifractal modeling in geochemical anomaly classification’, Ore Geology Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104511).

4.      Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2021 ‘Concentration-distance from centroids (C-DC) multifractal modeling: A novel approach to characterizing geochemical patterns based on sample distance from mineralization’, Ore Geology Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104302).

5.      Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2021 ‘Category-based fractal modelling: A novel model to integrate the geology into the data for more effective processing and interpretation’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106783).

6.      Zissimos, A.M., Cohen, D.R., Christoforou, I.C., Sadeghi, B., Rutherford, N.F. 2021 ‘Controls on soil geochemistry fractal characteristics in Lemesos (Limassol), Cyprus’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 220, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2020.106682).

7.      Sadeghi, B. * 2021 ‘SPS Model: a significant algorithm to reduce the time and computer memory required in geostatistical simulations’, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 13(1), pp. 21–30 (http://ijes.mshdiau.ac.ir/article_680583.html).

8.      Mokhtari, Z., Sadeghi, B. 2021 ‘Geochemical anomaly definition using multifractal modeling, validated by geological field observations: Siah Jangal area, SE Iran’, Geochemistry, Special Issue of “Mineral exploration: a journey from fieldwork, to laboratory work, computational modelling and mineral processing”, vol. 81, Issue 4 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2021.125774).

9.      Sadeghi, B. * 2021 ‘Concentration-concentration fractal modelling: a novel insight for correlation between variables in response to changes in the underlying controlling geological-geochemical processes’, Ore Geology Reviews (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103875).

10.   Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2021 ‘Application of C-C fractal modelling to separate anthropogenic from geogenic patterns’, Mineral Prospectivity and Exploration Targeting–MinProXT 2021 Webinar, Conference Proceedings, pp. 27–30.

11.   Farahbakhsh E., Hezarkhani A., Bahroudi A., Sadeghi B., Chandra R. 2021 ‘Three-dimensional weights of evidence modeling of concealed ore deposits using 3DWofE software package’, Mineral Prospectivity and Exploration Targeting–MinProXT 2021 Webinar, Conference Proceedings, pp. 55–58.

12.   Sadeghi, B. * 2021 ‘Evaluation of geochemical anomaly classification models based on the relevant uncertainties and error propagation per class to select the most robust model(s) for the follow-up exploration’, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-1429, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1429, 2021.

2020

1.    Sadeghi, B. (2020) Quantification of Uncertainty in Geochemical Anomalies in Mineral Exploration. PhD thesis, University of New South Wales (https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/2127).

2.      Sadeghi, B. *, Yilmaz, H., Pirajno, F. 2020 ‘Weighting of BLEG data with drainage and catchment properties to enhance Au anomalies’, Geochemistry (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2020.125733).

3.      Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2020 ‘Simulated-fractal classification of geochemical anomalies: Sweden case study’, 36th International Geological Congress (IGC), New Delhi, India.

4.   Afzal., P., Sadeghi, B. 2020 Application of Fractal Methods in Geosciences and Mineral Exploration Engineering, IAU Press (In Persian). This book was developed based on my MSc thesis in addition to further case studies.

2019

1.   Madani, N., Sadeghi, B. 2019 ‘Capturing Hidden Geochemical Anomalies in Scarce Data by Fractal Analysis and Stochastic Modelling’. Natural Resources Research, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 833–847.

2.  Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2019a ‘Concentration-concentration (C-C) fractal model: a model to recognize the geochemical anomalies of target elements based on their paragenesis concentrations’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

3.  Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2019b ‘Concentration-Distance from Centroids (C-DC) multi-fractal model: a model to recognize geochemical anomalies based on the distance of samples from the known mineralization areas’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

4.  Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R. 2019c ‘Selecting the most robust geochemical classification model using the balance between the geostatistical precision and sensitivity’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

5.  Sadeghi, B. *, Cohen, D.R., Sadeghi, M. 2019d ‘Recognition and validation of complex geochemical anomalies related to VMS mineral deposits in Sweden’, International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) conference, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

2018

1.    Sanchez, F., Sadeghi, B. 2018 ‘Multi-fractal modelling: a significantly useful method to recognize geochemical anomalies in large-scale sampling networks’, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) Congress, Prague Czech Republic.

2.      Khalajmasoumi, M., Sadeghi, B. * 2018 ‘Lithogeochemical anomaly prospectivity mapping of HREEs using multi-fractal modelling in Saghand Area, Central Iran’, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) Congress, Prague Czech Republic.

2017

1.      Khalajmasoumi, M., Sadeghi, B. *, Carranza, E.J.M., Sadeghi, M. 2017 ‘Geochemical anomaly recognition of rare earth elements using multi-fractal modelling correlated with geological features, Central Iran’. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Special issue of “Critical metals in the Middle East and North Africa – Geochemistry: Exploration and Analysis”, vol. 181, pp. 318–332.

2016

1.      Rahimzadegan, M., Sadeghi, B. 2016 ‘Development of the iterative edge detection method applied on blurred satellite images: state of the art’, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, vol. 10 (3) 035018 doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.10.035018.

2.     Sadeghi, B. *, Carranza, E.J.M., Yilmaz, H., Ford, A. 2016 ‘Mapping of Au anomalies in drainage sediments by multifractal modelling’, 35th International Geological Congress (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa; paper number 1286.

3.  Khalajmasoumi, M., Sadeghi, B. *, Lotfi, M. 2016 ‘Discrimination and mapping of REEs litho-geochemical anomalies by multi-fractal modelling’, 35th International Geological Congress (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa; paper number 1287.

4.      Rasi, R., Afzal, P., Yasrebi, A.B., Wethereld, A., Sadeghi, B. *, Mohammadi, B. 2016 ‘Application of fractal modelling for integration of data layers in GIS, Case study: Sharafabad-Hizehjan area (NW Iran)’, 35th International Geological Congress (IGC), Cape Town, South Africa- paper number 74.

5.      Sadeghi, B. *, Carranza, E.J.M., Wang, H., Yilmaz, H., Ford, A. 2016 ‘Enhancement of Au Anomalies: Weight Bulk Leach Extractable Gold Data with Catchment Area’, Goldschmidt2016, Yokohama, Japan.

2015

1.      Sadeghi, B. *, Khalajmasoumi, M. 2015 ‘A Futuristic Review for Evaluation of Geothermal Potentials Using Fuzzy Logic and Binary Index Overlay in GIS Environment’, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 43C, pp. 818–831.

2.      Sadeghi, B. *, Madani, N., Carranza, E.J.M. 2015 ‘Combination of geostatistical simulation and fractal modelling for mineral resource classification’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 149, pp. 59–73.

3.      Nazarpour, A., Sadeghi, B., Sadeghi, M. 2015 ‘Application of fractal models to characterization and evaluation of vertical distribution of geochemical data in Zarshuran gold deposit, NW Iran’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 148, pp. 60–70.

4.      Nazarpour, A., Rashidnejad Omran, N., Rostami Paydar, G., Sadeghi, B., Matroud, F., Mehrabi Nejad, A. 2015 ‘Application of classical statistics, logratio transformation and multifractal approaches to delineate geochemical anomalies in the Zarshuran gold district, NW Iran’, Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry, vol. 75, pp. 117–132.

5.      Khalajmasoumi, M., Lotfi, M., Memar, A., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B., Khakzad, A. 2015 ‘Separation of Geochemical Anomalies of Rare Earth Elements by Concentration-Area Fractal Model in Anomaly No. 5 of Saghand (Central Iran)’, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, vol. 71, pp.113–126.

6.      Sadeghi, B. *, Carranza E.J.M. 2015 ‘Improving geological logs of drill-cores by correlating with fractal models of drill-hole geochemical data’, International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) Congress, Freiberg (Saxony), Germany (ISBN 978-3-00-050337-5).

7.      Rahmati, A., Afzal, P., Abrishamifar, S.A., Sadeghi, B. 2015 ‘Application of Concentration-Number and Concentration-Volume fractal models to delineate mineralized zones in the Sheytoor iron deposit, Central Iran’, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 8, pp. 2953–2965.

8.      Khalajmasoumi, M., Lotfi, M., Memar Kochebagh, A., Khakzad, A., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B., Ziazarifi, A. 2015 ‘Delineation of the radioactive elements based on the radiometric data using concentration-area fractal method in the Saghand area, Central Iran’, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 8, pp. 6047–6062.

9.      Rahimzadegan, M., Sadeghi, B., Masoumi, M., Taghizadeh Ghalehjoghi, S. 2015 ‘Application of target detection algorithms to identification of iron oxides using ASTER images: a case study in the North of Semnan province, Iran’, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 8, issue 9, pp. 7321–7331.

10.   Hosseini, S.A., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B., Sharmad, T., Shahrokhi, S.V., Farhadinejad, T. 2015 ‘Prospection of Au mineralization based on stream sediments and lithogeochemical data using multifractal modelling in Alut 1:100,000 sheet, NW Iran’, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 8, pp. 3867–3879.

2014

1.  Shamseddin Meigoony, M., Afzal, P., Gholinejad, M., Yasrebi, A.B., Sadeghi, B. 2014 ‘Delineation of geochemical anomalies using factor analysis and multifractal modelling based on stream sediments data in Sarajeh 1:100,000 sheet, Central Iran’, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 7, pp. 5333–5343.

2.   Momeni, S., Shahrokhi, V., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B., Farhadinejad, T., Nikzad, M.R. 2014 ‘Delineation of the Cr mineralization based on the stream sediment data utilizing fractal modelling and factor analysis in the Khoy 1:100,000 sheet, NW Iran’, Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, vol. 152, pp. 143–151.

3.  Sadeghi, B., Khalajmasoumi, M., Afzal, P., Moarefvand, P. 2014 ‘Discrimination of Iron High Potential Zones at the Zaghia Iron Ore Deposit, Bafq, Using Index Overlay GIS Method’, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 6(2), pp. 91–98.

4.  Sadeghi, B. 2014 ‘Geothermal energy resources in NW Iran, Eastern Azerbaijan’, provided for National Elite Foundation of Iran.

5.  Sadeghi, B. 2014 ‘The pre-feasibility study (PFS) project of the Sarkouh Cu-Mo deposit, Iran’; Project holder: National Iranian Copper Industries Co. (NICICO); Project consulter: Hampa Behineh Consultant Engineers Co.

2013

1.      Sadeghi, B. *, Khalajmasoumi, M., Afzal, P., Moarefvand, P., Yasrebi, A.B., Wetherelt, A., Foster, P., Ziazarifi, A. 2013 ‘Using ETM+ and ASTER sensors to identify iron occurrences in the Esfordi 1:100000 mapping sheet of Central Iran’, Journal of African Earth Sciences, vol. 85, September 2013, pp. 103–114.

2.   Afzal, P., ZiaZarifi, A., Sadeghi, B. 2013 ‘Separation of geochemical anomalies using factor analysis and concentration-number (C-N) fractal modelling based on stream sediments data in Esfordi 1:100,000 sheet, Central Iran’, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 100–110.

3.    Momeni, S., Shahrokhi, S.V., Afzal, P., Farhadinejhad, T., Sadeghi, B. 2013 ‘Separation of geochemical anomalies for prospecting of chromite mineralization using Concentration-Number fractal model in Khoy 1:100,000 sheet’; First National Conference on Exploration Engineering of Underground Resources, University of Shahrood, Iran.

4.      Afzal, P., Ziazarifi, A., Sadeghi, B. 2013 ‘Reconnaissance of exploration targets for metallic mineralization by composition of airborne magnetometeric, remote sensing and stream sediments geochemical data in Esfordi 1:100,000 sheet, Central Iran’; by supporting of Islamic Azad University, South Tehran branch.

5.    Momeni, S., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B. 2014 ‘Separation of geochemical anomalies for prospecting of chromite mineralization using Concentration-Area fractal model in Khoy 1:100,000 sheet’, 5th Iranian Mining Engineering Congress.

2012

1.  Sadeghi, B. *, Moarefvand, P., Afzal, P., Yasrebi, A.B., Daneshvar Saein, L. 2012 ‘Application of fractal models to outline mineralized zones in the Zaghia iron ore deposit, Central Iran’, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Special Issue "fractal/multifractal modelling of geochemical data", vol. 122, pp. 9–19.

2. Daneshvar Saein, L., Rasa, I., Rashidnejad Omran, N., Moarefvand, P., Afzal, P., Sadeghi, B. 2012 ‘Application of number-size (N-S) fractal model to quantify of the vertical distributions of Cu and Mo in Nowchun porphyry deposit (Kerman, SE Iran)’. Archives of Mining Sciences, vol. 58 (2013), no 1, pp. 89–105.

3.   Sadeghi, B. *, Moarefvand, P., Afzal, P. 2012 ‘Determination of Fe grade distribution using concentration-number fractal method in boreholes of Zaghia iron ore deposit, Bafq’, Journal of Earth and Resources, 4th year | 3rd issue | Autumn 2011(Series No. 12); pp. 51–60. (In Persian with English abstract).

4.  Sadeghi, B. *, Noorollahi, Y., Radan, M.Y., Khalajmasoumi, M. 2012 ‘Evaluation of geothermal potentials using Index Overlay and Fuzzy Logic methods, Eastern Azarbayejan province 1:250,000 mapping sheet’, Journal of Exploration Geology, Vol.16, 5th year | 3rd issue, pp. 27–38.

5.    Shamseddin Meigoony, M., Afzal, P., Gholinejad, M., Sadeghi, B. 2012 ‘Processing and Comparison of Airborne Magnetic and ETM+ Data for Identification of Alteration Zones, Sarajeh 1:100000 Sheet, Qom’, Journal of Exploration Geology, 5th year | 4th issue, pp. 31–43.

6. Sadeghi, B. *, Afzal, P., Moarefvand, P., KhodaShenas Firouzabadi, N. 2012 ‘Application of Concentration-Area fractal method for determination of Fe geochemical anomalies and the background in Zaghia area, Central Iran’, 34th International Geological Congress (IGC), Brisbane, Australia.

7.  Sadeghi, B. *, Khalajmasoumi, M., Moarefvand, P., Afzal, P. 2012 ‘Extraction of iron alterations from ASTER SWIR and ETM+ data from Esfordi 1:100000 sheet (Central Iran)’, International Mining Congress & Expo, Tehran, Iran.

8.   Katal, R., Sadeghi, B., Adib, D, Memar KoochehBagh, A 2012 ‘Geophysical sulphure zone exploration studies using IP & RS methods at Shadan area, Southern Khorasan province’, International Mining Congress & Expo, Tehran, Iran.

2010

1.   Sadeghi, B. *, Mehrabi, B., Eghbali, M.A. 2010 ‘General exploration of abandoned lead and zinc mine of RoknAbad in Ardabil province’, International Mining Congress & Expo, Tehran, Iran. (In Persian with English abstract).

2.     Babaei, K., Sadeghi, B. * 2010 ‘Discrimination of alteration zones from ASTER SWIR data in the lead and zinc abandoned area of RoknAbad in Ardabil province’, International Mining Congress & Expo, Tehran, Iran.