The use of multifrequency and polarimetric SIR-C/X-SAR data in geologic studies of Bir Safsaf, Egypt

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-363

  Schaber, Gerald G ^a,b   McCauley, John F ^a   Breed, Carol S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EROSION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; POLARIMETERS; SAND; SENSORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND EFFECTS;

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM); QUATERNARY PALEODRAINAGE CHANNELS; SHUTTLE IMAGING RADAR C/X SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SIR-C/X-SAR);

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031076284     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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