The contribution of radar satellite imagery to geological exploration in arid areas;Apport de l'imagerie satellitaire radar pour l'exploration géologique en zones arides

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 719-728

  Baghdadi, Nicolas ^a   Grandjean, Gilles ^a   Lahondère, Didier ^a   Paillou, Philippe ^b   Lasne, Yannick ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Geological exploration; Mauritania; Radar and optical imagery

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; AKJOUJT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INCHIRI; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19944391033     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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