New enhancement techniques for azimuthal analysis of lineaments for detecting tectonic trends in and around the Afro-Arabian Shield

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2923-2943

  Mostafa, M E ^a   Zakir, F A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

LINEAMENT AZIMUTHS; WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE METHOD;

REMOTE SENSING;

AZIMUTHAL ANALYSIS; LINEAMENT; TECTONICS; WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE METHOD;

AFRICA, AFRO-ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA, AFRO-ARABIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0030267163     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949119     Document Type: Article

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