Targeting key alteration minerals in epithermal deposits in Patagonia, Argentina, using ASTER imagery and principal component analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4233-4240

  Crosta A P ^a   De Souza Filho, C R ^a   Azevedo, F ^b   Brodie, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b IAMGOLD Argentina SA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL RESOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

METALLIC DEPOSITS; THEMATIC MAPPER (TM);

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ASTER; EOS; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

EID: 0345392776     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000152291     Document Type: Article

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