Remote sensing analysis of structure and geothermal potential of the Humboldt Block, Nevada

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 627-629

  MacKnight IV, Robert B ^a   Silver, Eli ^a   Kennedy Bowdoin, Ty ^a   Pickles, William L ^b   Waibel, Al ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Columbia Geoscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Basin Range; Chlorite; DEM; Extension; Fault; Geothermal; Humboldt Block; Hyperspectral; HyVista; Kaolinite; Nevada; Sinter

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CHLORITE; DEM; EXTENSION; GEOTHERMAL; HYPERSPECTRAL; HYVISTA; KAOLINITE; NEVADA; SINTER;

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MAPPING; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 15944373916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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