Technical note a new optimizing technique for preparing lineament density maps

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1073-1085

  Zakir, F A ^a   Qari, M H T ^a   Mostafa, M E ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LINEAMENT DENSITY MAPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL MAPPING; MAPPING METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0033560544     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212858     Document Type: Article

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