Use of landsat thematic mapper imagery as mineral prospecting tool in the tin province of goias, brazil

Geocarto International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Filho, Raimundo Almeida ^a   Vitorello, Ícaro ^a   Correia, Virginia R M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND RATIO IMAGE; GRANITE; LANDSAT TM; METASOMATISM; MINERAL EXPLORATION; TIN;

BRAZIL, GOIAS, TIN PROVINCE;

EID: 0030466687     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049609354524     Document Type: Article

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