Applications of orbital imaging radar for geologic studies in arid regions: The Saharan testimony

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 717-726

  Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Robinson, Cordula ^b   El Baz, Farouk ^b   Stern, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGING METHOD; RADAR;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034078212     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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