Measured Effects of Desert Varnish on the Mid-Infrared Spectra of Weathered Rocks as an Aid to TIMS Imagery Interpretation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 284-291

  Petroy, Shelley B ^b   Miller, John R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Labsphere Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGING; ROCKS;

MAFIC ROCKS; TIMS IMAGERY INTERPRETATION; WEATHERED ROCKS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0027306346     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.210468     Document Type: Article

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