A comparison of the potential for using optical and SAR data for geological mapping in an arid region: The Atar site, Western Sahara, Mauritania

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1115-1132

  Deroin, J P ^a   Motti, E ^b   Simonin, A ^c  

^a Service Geologique Regional Haute Normandie   (France)

^b Private consultant in remote sensing ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARID REGION; GEOCODING; MAURITANIA; SURFICIAL FORMATIONS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ARID REGION; ERS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; OPTICAL SENSING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SPOT;

AFRICA, SAHARA; MAURITANIA, ATAR;

EID: 0032054360     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215630     Document Type: Article

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