Reconnaissance geologie mapping in the tapajós mineral province, brazilian amazon, using spaceborne sar imagery and airborne geophysics

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 669-678

  Pedroso, E C ^a   Rivard, B ^b   Crosta A P ^c   Filho, C R De Souza ^c   Miranda, F P ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEPOSITS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GOLD; MAPPING; MINERAL RESOURCES; POTASSIUM; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THORIUM;

AEROMAGNETIC DATA; AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; SPACEBORNE RADAR IMAGERY;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 1442264925     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2001.10854909     Document Type: Article

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