Spectral characterization of ophiolite lithologies in the troodos ophiolite complex of cyprus and its potential in prospecting for massive sulphide deposits

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1245-1257

  van der Meer, F ^a   Vazquez Torres, M ^b   van Dijk, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Brigada Geologica ^*  (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

OPHIOLITE SEQUENCES; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM) IMAGES; ULTRAMAFIC TERRAINS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT TM; LITHOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAPPING; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; OPHIOLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRA; TM DATA;

CYPRUS, TROODOS MASSIF;

EID: 0031120074     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218395     Document Type: Article

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