Identification of sand sources and transport pathways at the Kelso Dunes, California, using thermal infrared remote sensing

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 646-662

  Ramsey, Michael S ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^a   Lancaster, Nicholas ^b   Howard, Douglas A ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ERDAS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; INFRARED RADIATION; LANDFORMS; QUARTZ; SAND; STATISTICAL TESTS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; THERMAL INFRARED MULTI-SPECTRAL SCANNERS; THERMAL INFRARED REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

DUNE FIELD; PROVENANCE; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER;

CALIFORNIA; KELSO DUNES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032876458     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0646:IOSSAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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