Mapping playa evaporite minerals and associated sediments in Death Valley, California, with multispectral thermal infrared images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B1, 1996, Pages 643-660

  Crowley, James K ^a   Hook, Simon J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; PLAYA; REMOTE SENSING; TIMS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DEATH VALLEY;

EID: 0029751569     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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