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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2616</article-id>
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<article-title>Considering mineralization local-global geological features: An interpretable DCN-Transformer hybrid model with attribution for mineral prospectivity mapping</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hao</surname>
<given-names>Yunfei</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xiong</surname>
<given-names>Yihui</given-names>
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<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China</addr-line>
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<day>16</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Yunfei Hao</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Mineral prospectivity mapping is a critical task in mineral exploration, effectively integrating which demands models capable of capturing both local and global geological features. While deep learning models excel in this domain, their &quot;black-box&quot; nature often limits the trust and insights geologists can derive from their predictions. This paper introduces a novel and interpretable hybrid model to explicitly address this challenge. Our architecture synergistically combines a deformable convolutional network for adapting spatially varying local mineralization features, such as geochemical anomalies, a Transformer module for modelling long-range global-scale spatial features governing mineral deposition. A pivotal innovation is the incorporation of an attribution branching network that generates significance scores for each input predictive factor to the final prospectivity probability. These scores not only provide a direct interpretation of factor relevance but are also fed back to dynamically modulate the key values in the Transformer&apos;s attention mechanism, effectively injecting prior geological knowledge into the local and global feature learning process. This design fosters a more geologically informed integration of local and global representations. The model&apos;s performance is evaluated against benchmark models including standalone deformable convolutional network, Transformer, and a hybrid model with deformable convolutional network and Transformer. Results demonstrate a superior predictive accuracy and more geologically plausible prospectivity maps. Furthermore, we provide a multi-faceted interpretation framework: the attribution branching network quantifies the contribution of each evidence layer, while gradient-weighted class activation mapping visualizes the discriminative local regions highlighted by the convolutional components and attention maps reveal the long-range feature relationships prioritized by the Transformer to elucidate how the model hierarchically integrates local and global features to arrive at its decisions. This dual-path interpretation strategy demystifies the model&apos;s decision-making process, offering geologists tangible insights into both &quot;where&quot; and &quot;why&quot; the model identifies high-potential zones, thereby bridging the gap between high-performing deep learning and actionable c intelligence.</p>
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<funding-source>National Key Research and Development Program of China</funding-source>
<award-id>22023YFC2906404</award-id>
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