Mineralogical and structural characterization of alteration zones detected by orbital remote sensing at Shalatein District, SE Desert, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-99

  Ramadan, Talaat M ^a   Kontny, Agnes ^b  

^a NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alteration zones; Egypt; Gold mineralization; Landsat Thematic Mapper images; Neoproterozoic rocks

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SHALATEIN; WORLD;

EID: 13644279743     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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