The Serra da Cangalha astrobleme as revealed by ASTER and SRTM orbital data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 833-838

  Almeida Filho, R ^a   Moreira, F R S ^a   Beisl, C H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBLEME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 13644249978     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001618815     Document Type: Article

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