Remote detection of a tonal anomaly in an area of hydrocarbon microseepage, Tucano basin, north-eastern Brazil

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2683-2688

  Almeida Filho, Raimundo ^a   Miranda, Fernando P ^b   Yamakawa, Tadashi ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c Earth Rsrc Satellite Data Anal C   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SEEPAGE;

HYDROCARBON MICROSEEPAGE; LANDSAT-THEMATIC MAPPER; RADIOACTIVITY INTENSITY; SOIL GAS; TONAL ANOMALY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032654103     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212029     Document Type: Article

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