Mapping hydrothermally altered rocks at Cuprite, Nevada, using the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (Aster), a new satellite-imaging system

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1019-1027

  Rowan, Lawrence C ^a   Hook, Simon J ^b   Abrams, Michael J ^b   Mars, John C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL EMISSION;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; RADIOMETERS; ROCKS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ASTER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141860830     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1019     Document Type: Article

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