Mapping the geochemistry of the Northern Rub' Al Khali using multispectral remote sensing techniques

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 735-748

  White, Kevin ^a,d   Goudie, Andrew ^b   Parker, Adrian ^c   Al Farraj, Asma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AL AIN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Remote sensing; Sand seas; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; MAPS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; QUARTZ; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WEATHERING;

MARINE TRANSGRESSION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SAND; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0035391853     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.218     Document Type: Article

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